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PHOENIX INVESTIGATE NEW ARENA

Gareth MorganFebruary 17, 2014Media, Wellington Phoenix

MEDIA RELEASE Today the Hutt City Council announced plans for a new boutique football specific sports stadium based at the current Petone Recreation site. While the Wellington Phoenix has at this stage only made a conditional commitment to moving to … Read More

Why You Should be Worried About Labour/Greens Electricity Proposal

Gareth MorganFebruary 12, 2014Economics

The Labour Greens proposal (NZ Power) has sparked a long overdue debate about electricity prices. Despite what National claims the NZ Power model is perfectly workable, and indeed similar models are in place overseas. The real question is whether the … Read More

Limits to the Treaty of Waitangi partnership

Gareth MorganFebruary 6, 2014Politics

For decades New Zealanders have listened to influential lawyers and political leaders talking about a ‘Treaty partnership’ between Maori and the rest of society (or the ‘Crown’). Significant changes to the way we govern ourselves as a country have been … Read More

Why Government’s Plans For Our Rivers Will Make You Sick

Gareth MorganFebruary 4, 2014Environment, Health

Should Kiwis be able to jump in the river? We think we should be able to swim in all rivers, and that is what we have told the Government in our submission on water quality standards (attached). The standard suggested by … Read More

Gareth Morgan wants to lift Phoenix fan experience

Gareth MorganFebruary 2, 2014Media, Wellington Phoenix

If Gareth Morgan had the option to move the Wellington Phoenix out of Westpac Stadium, he would do it instantly. Speaking to Radio Sport yesterday, Morgan highlighted the need to lift the experience fans have at games and give them more of an “intimate” … Read More

Will the Phoenix fly the coop?

Gareth MorganFebruary 2, 2014Media, Wellington Phoenix

Wellington Phoenix fans may have to hit the road for ‘home’ games after a bumper crowd at Eden Park put fans in the capital to shame. Club co-owner Gareth Morgan said yesterday that games in Auckland and other centres were … Read More

The business of playing ball in the A-League

Gareth MorganFebruary 2, 2014Media, Wellington Phoenix

Owning an A-League football club is historically not for the faint-hearted. Quite the opposite really. It’s for people with plenty of dollars and, some may argue, no sense. Since the A-League’s inception in 2005, two teams – Gold Coast United … Read More

Out with amateurs at NZF, says Gareth Morgan

Gareth MorganJanuary 26, 2014Wellington Phoenix

Wellington Phoenix co-owner Gareth Morgan wants a level of involvement in New Zealand Football, offering a blueprint to develop New Zealand into a world top 50 nation. For the first time in years NZF is set for fundamental governance change … Read More

Many rivers to cross to fix dairy industry

Gareth MorganJanuary 15, 2014Environment

In yesterday’s article we pointed out how farmers have been converting land to dairy, generating massive private profits tax-free, but leaving the damage to our rivers, lakes and groundwater to be picked up by the public. The Government has been … Read More

Tan His Hide – Rodney hide denies climate change

Gareth MorganJanuary 14, 2014Environment

It never ceases to amaze us how politicians (past and present) and other public figures have the arrogance to form their opinions without bothering to check out the facts or time to let even modest research get in the way … Read More