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The Kiwi Bach is a Sinking Ship and Taxpayers Should Not Pay to Bail You Out

Geoff SimmonsNovember 27, 2014Environment

A new report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE) Jan Wright released today highlights the perilous status of our national institution – the seaside bach or crib. The PCE’s report is a summary of the state of the … Read More

The problems of measuring water quality

Gareth MorganNovember 26, 2014Environment

Professor Gary Jones from Canberra how is the keynote speaker at the 2014 NZ River Awards tonight. The following podcast is Gary speaking to Radio NZ’s Kathryn Ryan about the vexing questions of water quality and quantity. The problems … Read More

Whiteboard Wednesday – How a flat tax would be fairer than our current system

Gareth MorganNovember 25, 2014Tax and Welfare

Geoff is going to talk us through how a UBI and flat tax work together. The end result is less bureaucracy and a fairer, simpler, more productive society. Whiteboard Wednesday – How a flat tax would be fairer than our … Read More

Impact of dairy effluent on rivers in New Zealand [infographic]

Gareth MorganNovember 24, 2014Environment

Should we be able to swim in our rivers? Water quality has been in the news a lot this year – in particular the Impact of dairy effluent on rivers in New Zealand. But if we want to swim in … Read More

2014 New Zealand River Awards

Gareth MorganNovember 23, 2014Environment

The second annual New Zealand River Awards will be announced this Thursday evening in Wellington. The Awards recognise the most improved river in each region where there’s robust data, and also identifies the three most improved rivers in the country. … Read More

Whiteboard Friday. How NZ’s welfare system traps people in poverty

Gareth MorganNovember 20, 2014Tax and Welfare

This Whiteboard Friday looks at how our current benefit system traps people in poverty, which is another reason we need to replace it with an Unconditional Basic Income. This week has been a big week for the Unconditional Basic Income. … Read More

This video shows the pain caused by NZ’s current benefit system

Geoff SimmonsNovember 19, 2014Tax and Welfare

Darryn bravely talks about the stigma that comes with being on the benefit, and how that has affected his life. This stigma is just one of the many problems our current benefit system creates. These problems would be removed if … Read More

The Launch of Predator Free New Zealand

Gareth MorganNovember 18, 2014Environment

Yesterday we launched Predator Free New Zealand, a new initiative that the Morgan Foundation are involved with. Predator Free New Zealand has been set up to support the efforts of the many community groups already out there eradicating and controlling predators. To … Read More

Too much to ask of the Waitangi Tribunal

Gareth MorganNovember 18, 2014Politics

Last week the Waitangi Tribunal released its findings from the first stage of its hearing into claims from the Far North tribes. The claim is known as ‘Wai 1040’ and the Tribunal’s report highlights everything that is wrong with the … Read More

Why fencing waterways on dairy farms is not enough

Geoff SimmonsNovember 18, 2014Environment

The above image is from a polution report by Doug – Dairy cows mob stocked along a stream, the waterway was fenced off by a hot wire but all the cows were inside the wire [hr] As we saw in our … Read More