How a UBI would create opportunity?

Gareth MorganTax and Welfare

Dave Hanna (of Wesley Community Action and Inspiring Communities) explains how our complex tax and welfare systems tie people up in bureaucracy, and reforming those with an Unconditional Basic Income would unleash people’s creativity and entrepreneurial spirit. How a UBI … Read More

Capital’s Cutest Chicks – 2 weeks on

Gareth MorganEnvironment

Two weeks on and the kaka chicks are getting bigger! We catch up with Angus from DOC and Tim from Wellington City Council to hear about the amazing international success of the #kakacam, and the threats that lie ahead for … Read More

Top 5 questions over TPPA

Geoff SimmonsEconomics

The Trans Pacific deal is done and the negotiators are heading home. The Government is now beginning a charm offensive to convince us that it is a good deal, but a lot of uncertainties remain until we see the full … Read More

The Flag Process – Do You Feel Duped Yet?

Gareth MorganTreaty

The public has won a victory of sorts by finally getting genuine choice into the first flag referendum. However, with such a tight timeframe and by stacking the deck so obscenely with fern variants, it is unlikely that Red Peak … Read More

At least Foreigners See the Maori In Us All

Gareth MorganTreaty

A couple of weeks ago we discussed “the Maori in us all”. We made the point that when we New Zealanders are overseas looking back at New Zealand we value Maori culture, but struggle to do the same at home. … Read More

Capital’s Cutest Chicks

Gareth MorganEnvironment

Thanks to the fenced predator free sanctuary Zealandia, Wellingtonians have enjoyed the return of kaka to the Capital. Over the past decade we have watched their numbers grow to over 200, and sightings of them have spread over the city. … Read More