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Farmers in a Quandary – Perspective from the Pub

Gareth MorganDecember 12, 2012Economics, Environment

Spending a couple of hours in a pub in South Canterbury talking to the locals last week there were two topics of interest. Will Jamie Joseph be able to overcome the ‘big noter’ syndrome from the recent Wellington imports to … Read More

National’s Change in Heart on Kyoto – Rationale of Convenience?

Gareth MorganDecember 11, 2012Environment

Trade Minister Tim Groser says its nuts complying with a regime that applies to only 15% of global emissions and so on that basis he has abandoned New Zealand’s commitment to the Kyoto reduction of carbon emissions and instead declared … Read More

Minister mouthpiece for dirty dairy

Gareth MorganNovember 26, 2012Environment

Horizons Regional Council in the central North Island has done what all regional councils should do. It has taken its responsibilities to the public as outlined in the Resource Management Act seriously. Horizons came up with a plan which will … Read More

100% muddled earth

Gareth MorganNovember 20, 2012Environment

In this its second term, a yawning gap has appeared between the actions of National and the clean and green rhetoric it trots out on the international stage. Our 100% Pure image has most recently been called out by the … Read More

Predator Free Stewart Island – What’s next

Gareth MorganNovember 14, 2012Environment

Some of you may have been following my interest in exploring the idea of a predator-free Stewart Island. This open letter below to the people of Stewart Island, published yesterday in the Stewart Island News, should bring you up to … Read More

Federated Farmers need to own their shit

Gareth MorganNovember 13, 2012Environment

The problem with Conor English is that he stubbornly refuses to answer the charge that Fed Farmers think that it is a birthright for its members to vandalise the environment and smash the rights of others, all for the pursuit … Read More

Welnix and the Hurricanes

Gareth MorganNovember 12, 2012Uncategorized

As you may have seen in the media Welnix, the group that I am involved in which owns the Wellington Phoenix, has just bought a stake in the Wellington Hurricanes. The investment in the Hurricanes is very much a Welnix … Read More

Unemployment on the march: Whose Fault?

Gareth MorganNovember 8, 2012Economics, Tax and Welfare

Personally I wouldn’t blame the exchange rate, the government, or any lack of entrepreneurship. The world is really struggling if you hadn’t noticed and the ability of our firms that export or compete with imports, to maintain sales, is being … Read More

Housing: The Great Kiwi Tax Dodge

Gareth MorganNovember 7, 2012Economics, Tax and Welfare

My 5 point plan for housing has prompted a fair bit of debate and I’d like to respond to the points people have made. Let’s start by clearing up one thing about housing as an investment. I am not anti-housing … Read More

Gareth’s Five Point Affordable Housing Plan for New Zealand

Gareth MorganNovember 4, 2012Economics, Tax and Welfare

You don’t need a fancy Commission, costing over $4 million a year, to tell you what to do about house prices and worsening housing affordability, especially Auckland housing affordability. It’s blindingly obvious. There are four significant forces behind the housing … Read More