Creating jobs will not end poverty

Gareth MorganTax and Welfare

For families’ sake it’s time to rethink our welfare and tax systems. The Prime Minister’s reaction to the latest survey of child poverty was predictable but misguided. It is not just about jobs. As the welfare regime already attests with … Read More

12 Fake Foods of Christmas no.2: Low Carb Beer Belly

Gareth MorganHealth

Alcohol already cops a bit of flak for the terrible toll it takes on our hospital A&E department early on Sunday mornings. However it also exerts a subtler, longer-term toll on our health that people don’t really understand. Alcohol accounts … Read More

Exercise: Don’t Sweat It

Gareth MorganHealth

Exercise: Don’t Sweat It   “Why don’t fat people just go for a jog?” This is one very popular response to a lot of the discussion on food, particularly when we start talking about taxing unhealthy food. We have already … Read More

Study to find cats’ hunting behaviours

Gareth MorganEnvironment

A Victoria University researcher is trying to find out just how deadly the domestic cat is for native wildlife. In a joint project with the Wellington City Council, miniature cameras have been attached to the collars of a group of … Read More

Morgan Announces Cat Trespass Survey

Gareth MorganEnvironment

The Enhancing the Halo project aims to make Wellington New Zealand’s natural capital. As part of this, there will be a number of surveys of the predators that roam in the backyards of Wellingtonians. The intention is to bring to … Read More

Vision for football in New Zealand

Gareth MorganWellington Phoenix

In two extended radio interviews Gareth Morgan expanded on his vision for football in New Zealand and got more specific about how the governance and management of the sport has to change if it is ever going to lift itself … Read More

The Recipe for Change

Gareth MorganUncategorized

Fake food now kills as many people as cigarettes, and it is time to apply the same solutions as we did to that problem. There is a tried and tested formula to crack this problem – education, regulation, taxation and … Read More

Selling state assets is good

Gareth MorganEconomics

Why sell assets to reduce debt? from Gareth Morgan on Vimeo. The Government’s partial selldown of a number of state-owned assets is almost done and dusted, with only Genesis yet to go on the block. New Zealand has nevertheless instigated … Read More