The Recipe for Change

Gareth MorganUncategorized

Fake food now kills as many people as cigarettes, and it is time to apply the same solutions as we did to that problem. There is a tried and tested formula to crack this problem – education, regulation, taxation and … Read More

Selling state assets is good

Gareth MorganEconomics

Why sell assets to reduce debt? from Gareth Morgan on Vimeo. The Government’s partial selldown of a number of state-owned assets is almost done and dusted, with only Genesis yet to go on the block. New Zealand has nevertheless instigated … Read More

My views on NZ Football

Gareth MorganMedia

Thoughts on NZ football as seen on TVone http://tvnz.co.nz/one-sport/s2013-epfriday-video-5711349 My views on NZ Football was last modified: December 15th, 2015 by Gareth Morgan

Disasters no Act of God

Gareth MorganEnvironment

Russel Norman was slated earlier this week for pointing out that the dreadful typhoon that struck the Philippines was no act of God but a direct result of our carbon emissions. Meanwhile John Key is cosying up with a Christian … Read More

All White Flag Shown at the Azteca

Gareth MorganUncategorized

It was an embarrassment, not because we lost heavily but because we decided we wouldn’t play. At the Azteca we showed to the world that we are too scared to play football, we have so little confidence in our ability … Read More

How We Got Fooled by Fake Food

Gareth MorganHealth

Most people blame gluttony and sloth for the obesity epidemic. While individual choice plays a part, genes and upbringing are far more potent deciders of our fate. Yet this cannot explain the recent spike in obesity. Neither our self-control, nor … Read More

Million Dollar Mouse Update

Gareth MorganEnvironment

Some of you may have seen this recent blog from James Russell of Auckland University. James is a world expert in rats and mice and in 2012 received the Prime Minister’s MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist Prize. Earlier this year he made a trip to the Antipodes courtesy … Read More