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Q&A interview with Russel Norman

Gareth MorganJuly 31, 2012Economics, Environment

Last Sunday Russel Norman and I were on Q&A and were talking about the Green Parties economic policy. Here is the video below if you missed it. What did you think about the interview? Is it possible for us to … Read More

Vast marine zone requires top governance

Gareth MorganJuly 30, 2012Economics, Environment

The North, South and Stewart Islands comprise a mere 5 per cent of New Zealand’s total territory – that’s if we regard our country as extending to the edge of our recognised extended continental shelf (ECS). If we were to … Read More

Why Peter Young and his “Last Ocean” Travellers are Hypocrites

Gareth MorganJuly 29, 2012Environment, Fisheries Management

Peter Young used to plunder and exploit fisheries with no regard for their sustainability. Then he was “born again”. Sometimes there is nothing worse. I admire his current campaign to “lock up” the Ross Sea region so there is no … Read More

A Motorcycle Ride with a Difference

Gareth MorganJuly 25, 2012Travel

Jo with the Motorbike parked at the DMZ last time we were in Korea We have this plan to ride our motorcycles down the length of the Korean peninsula, from the north of the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) … Read More

Not So Pure

Gareth MorganJuly 15, 2012Environment

We live in times of great prosperity – at least measured via conventional means such as GDP or national income per capita. Income per head is three times what it was fifty years ago in 1960, which is progress for … Read More

Park Up the Emotion, Get a Grip on the Issue

Gareth MorganJuly 13, 2012Uncategorized

Following on from this weeks posts (“Some motorbike riders need to get real” and “Let’s levy the rider and not the motorbike“) I would say the motorcycling community suffers from a number of delusions, the greatest being; Park Up the … Read More

Some motorbike riders need to get real

Gareth MorganJuly 11, 2012Uncategorized

The other day I posted an article about ACC levies on motorcycle riders. The conclusion I reached, once I got to grips with what was happening in the motorcycling injury scene and what is driving ACC’s bills in this area, … Read More

Let’s levy the rider not the motorbike

Gareth MorganJuly 9, 2012Uncategorized

Recently ACC architect Sir Owen Woodhouse commented that in moving to full funding in 1999 and ditching pay-as-you-go, the government made a grave mistake with ACC. He cites the 30 per cent loading to annual levies to fund the tail … Read More

Has New Zealand missed a golden opportunity to end whaling?

Gareth MorganJuly 4, 2012Environment, Fisheries Management

With the start of the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission, it is timely to revisit the issue of whaling and New Zealand’s recent attempt at a compromise position. Has New Zealand missed a golden opportunity to end whaling? … Read More

John Key and capital gains tax in New Zealand

Gareth MorganJuly 4, 2012Uncategorized

Acknowledgement by John Key that a capital gains tax only makes sense if it includes residential property is acknowledgement that we’ve got taxation of capital in New Zealand all wrong. I couldn’t agree more with that observation. John Key and … Read More