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Last night’s Sunday programme shows the pain sugar causes our kids

Gareth MorganMarch 8, 2015Health

Last night’s Sunday programme featured Roby Beaglehole, who is launching a campaign on the impact of sugar, soft drinks in particular. Roby is a dentist who is tired of carrying out expensive and painful operations on little kiddies to remove their teeth. … Read More

Whiteboard Friday – Can growth continue forever?

Gareth MorganMarch 5, 2015Economics

We’ve had a lot of basic economic questions – last week we looked at what is growth? This week Geoff looks at a question we get a lot – can we have unlimited growth? The answer might surprise you. What … Read More

Why we haven’t talked about the TPPA

Geoff SimmonsMarch 4, 2015Economics

The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) is probably the most talked about economic issue of the year, apart from our age-old favourite – housing. Today the TPPA will even be the focus of protest marches around the country. As many … Read More

Democracy Under Threat in New Zealand

Gareth MorganMarch 2, 2015Treaty

Howie Tamati, sole Maori councillor on the New Plymouth District Council, sees the granting of Maori wards on local councils as a step in the right direction, “not the right answer but a start” (Insight, Radio NZ, March 1st). He … Read More

Don’t be Xenophobic, Make Money Out of the Foreigners

Gareth MorganMarch 1, 2015Environment, Tax and Welfare

Our blog on Taxing the Mega-Rich for their Kiwi Hideaways galvanised two reactions from readers – one xenophobic a la the Winston Peters followers, and one enlightened. The enlightened folk recognise that foreign investment, tourism and immigration can all be … Read More

Whiteboard Friday – What is growth?

Gareth MorganFebruary 26, 2015Economics

We have a lot of people talking about growth and that we cannot have unlimited growth in a sustainable world. Of course, nothing is a simple as it seems. So in this video Geoff goes right back to the basics … Read More

Gutless Government rules out policies which will deal with child obesity

Gareth MorganFebruary 26, 2015Health

Our new Health Minister Jonathan Coleman is looking at introducing a Health Target to control child obesity. This seems like a great idea. Unfortunately his Government has already ruled out any of the policies that would be effective in achieving … Read More

Who owns the Waikato River? Townies or Farmers

Gareth MorganFebruary 25, 2015Environment

The above photos were taken over the past week in the Waikato region. If someone can use water and someone else can’t – when they both take water from the same river – it tells us someone has ownership rights … Read More

Tax Mega-Rich for their Kiwi Hideaways

Gareth MorganFebruary 23, 2015Property, Tax and Welfare, Uncategorized

The UK media have been reporting on the global elite buying up secluded New Zealand ‘bolt-holes with airstrips’. The story goes that these properties are being snapped up in case of a ‘global uprising’ where the poor rise up against … Read More

Time to talk about real food, not nutrients

Geoff SimmonsFebruary 16, 2015Health

The debate over whether cholesterol and saturated fat or sugar and refined carbohydrates are the greatest dietary evil has once again raised its ugly head. These arguments between nutritionists leave people confused in their quest for a longer, healthier life. … Read More