The Long Drop motorcycle tour part 1 – What we are up to

Gareth MorganJuly 18, 2013Uncategorized

Here is a bit of video overview of our upcoming long drop trip from Russia, via North Korea, the DMZ and into South Korea. The Long Drop motorcycle tour part 1 – What we are up to was last modified: … Read More

It’s all go for Morgan’s historic Korea mission

Gareth MorganJuly 12, 2013Media, Travel

Affter being initially rebuffed, economist Gareth Morgan has finally been granted permission to travel through Korea’s heavily fortified demilitarised zone. The crossing is part of a 40,000-kilometre ride from Russia to New Zealand. He and five others will travel through … Read More

State Housing a Joke

Gareth MorganJuly 9, 2013Tax and Welfare

Here is a classic illustration of how stuffed the welfare system is. Housing New Zealand (HNZ) allocates it’s low-rent properties to people based on their income and savings. Ms Bella Bowden easily qualified on all their criteria – a working … Read More

Our new Solomon Islands Social Investment initiative

Gareth MorganJuly 8, 2013Morgan Foundation

In 2012 Jo and I travelled back to the Solomon Islands with UNICEF NZ. As well as checking the quality of work on the schools project we had jointly funded, we took time to understand the wider context of development … Read More

Bold tax treatment of housing needed to end the bubble

Gareth MorganJuly 8, 2013Property, Tax and Welfare

Watching the political debacle unfolding over housing is as excruciating as watching the Black Caps play test cricket. Tentative steps forward, no application and not daring to do differently characterise both. Some policies are just too important to leave in … Read More

Takeaways tax will force sensible eating

Gareth MorganJuly 5, 2013Health, Uncategorized

This week we heard Kiwis clocked the $1.5 billion mark in takeaway consumption last year. This has risen 25 per cent over the past four years, and given most of this food is high in sugar, fat and salt, it … Read More

Those with means should buy ‘multiple houses’

Gareth MorganJune 19, 2013Economics, Investing, Property

Auckland’s property-market circus a golden opportunity for speculators as home buyers feel the squeeze. We all know Auckland is the battlefront for the current housing explosion. What perhaps we don’t all appreciate is the forces at work. In yesterday’s article … Read More

Reserve Bank solution misses the point

Gareth MorganJune 18, 2013Economics, Property

Remedy for New Zealand’s housing bubble needs to focus on curbing investors’ enthusiasm for property. The Reserve Bank has announced it will lift the ratio of deposits to loans in order to take the heat out of the housing market. … Read More

Enhancing the Halo Launches

Gareth MorganJune 14, 2013Environment

Gareth Morgan is asking Wellington households to pitch in and make their back yard a safe haven for native wildlife.   Over the past couple of decades Wellingtonians have invested heavily in our wildlife hotspots – with both money and … Read More

Govt and miners have learned lesson

Gareth MorganJune 3, 2013Economics, Environment

The Denniston Plateau deal shows that National and the mining industry have learned their lesson from their last attempt to mine on conservation land. Sure, it was a tad cynical of the Government to make this latest decision the day … Read More