How to carefully weigh up investment risk

Gareth MorganAugust 20, 2012Investing

Too many investors don’t take a blind bit of notice of risk. If we’re talking about your life savings the objective should be to increase its value, but subject to not losing it! This is an incredibly important qualification. In … Read More

Stewart Island could lead the conservation world, and get major economic stimulus

Gareth MorganAugust 16, 2012Environment

By now the cat is out of the bag, so to speak, about the fact that I’d love to see Stewart Island predator-free. If we actually achieved this mighty goal Stewart Island would be the first human-inhabited island to be … Read More

Why I’m gunning for your cat

Gareth MorganAugust 14, 2012Environment

This is a follow up to a piece that was published in the Southland Times titled “Steward Island Moggies May Get Their Marching Orders“. Basically the article talks about my wish to make Stewart Island the world’s first pest-free community. … Read More

Risks, returns and keeping nest egg safe

Gareth MorganAugust 13, 2012Investing

New Zealand’s problem is more about how well we manage our savings rather than how much we save. New Zealand has a weak track record when it comes to saving and an even worse scorecard when it comes to looking … Read More

Birth registration – a precursor for protecting children

Gareth MorganAugust 12, 2012Media, Morgan Foundation

One thing Jo and I learnt when we went over to the Solomon Islands with UNICEF, was that there’s a massive issue with the registration of births. In short, if a child doesn’t have a birth certificate it does not … Read More

Death Throes of a Tax and Welfare Regime

Gareth MorganAugust 7, 2012Tax and Welfare

We often talk about poverty traps for those on benefits where the effective marginal tax rate can get up close to 100%. That’s when for every dollar earned by a beneficiary they lose an amount from their benefit that leaves … Read More

Patience required with exchange rates

Gareth MorganAugust 6, 2012Economics

The NZD is back to 82 cents US, although at 77 it remains well below its high of 81 against the Australian. Like the Australian at $1.06 close to its all time high against the US, 82 cents feels right … Read More

Email exchange between Peter Young and I after the “Last Ocean” premier

Gareth MorganAugust 6, 2012Environment, Fisheries Management

The following is an email exchange between Myself and Peter Young, Director of “The Last Ocean”.  We are both focussed on how to stop fishing in the Ross Sea Region, but each have a very different approach on how to … Read More

Raising the minimum wage – more evidence on how nuts our welfare regime is

Gareth MorganAugust 1, 2012Economics, Tax and Welfare

Labour MP David Clark’s member’s bill to raise the minimum wage from $13.50 to $15 is the latest chapter in a losing battle to use the minimum wage as a way to stem the widening gap between rich and poor. … Read More

Sir Bob, Gareth Morgan clash over low decile schools

Gareth MorganJuly 31, 2012Media, Tax and Welfare

This post was originally posted on TVNZ’s website. I would like to know what you think. Are our kids better off at high decile schools? Does the decile system impact on how well children do later in life? Two of NZ’s … Read More