Category Archive

Politicians not experts on transport – Why trust them to make smart decisions

Gareth MorganSeptember 17, 2014Politics

Transport has been one of the big dividing lines between the parties in this election. How is a voter supposed to make an informed decision? Given the current state of public information, they can’t. On one hand we have the … Read More

Ethics shouldn’t have to be the Election Issue

Gareth MorganAugust 18, 2014Politics

What an indictment of our democracy that it’s the behaviour of our political actors that has captured the imagination of the media rather than their policies. Whether this is because the media is so lightweight that it couldn’t do analysis … Read More

Labour’s candidate for Kaikoura wants to license recreational fishers

Geoff SimmonsJune 29, 2014Politics

It isn’t often the Morgan Foundation honours our politicians, but then it isn’t often they are brave enough to take positions of true leadership. Labour’s candidate for Kaikoura, Janette Walker, has put forward the idea of licensing recreational fishers between … Read More

National wants to help middle-class first home buyers get hooked on housing

Geoff SimmonsMarch 31, 2014Politics

The property market is New Zealand’s drug of choice – and Auckland and Christchurch are the chief junkies at the moment. Today National implements its election promise to create a gateway drug for the middle class, by boosting the Kiwisaver … Read More

Limits to the Treaty of Waitangi partnership

Gareth MorganFebruary 6, 2014Politics

For decades New Zealanders have listened to influential lawyers and political leaders talking about a ‘Treaty partnership’ between Maori and the rest of society (or the ‘Crown’). Significant changes to the way we govern ourselves as a country have been … Read More

Key Antarctica Trip More than Waving at Penguins

Gareth MorganJanuary 17, 2013Environment, Politics

No sooner is our venerable leader back from Hawaii, but he is off to Antarctica. But don’t be fooled – this is more than a jolly to hang out with penguins; the change in temperature alone will come as quite … Read More

Politics and pokies a bad mix

Gareth MorganJune 8, 2012Politics

There’s a bill in front of Parliament that advocates local councils be given the job of allocating gaming proceeds and deciding the location and number of machines in their area. The argument is that councillors are the right folk to … Read More

Distributive Justice and Incentives: A Global Perspective

Gareth MorganSeptember 26, 2001Politics

BY GARETH MORGAN 16% of the world's population controls 80% of global wealth If all the world's citizens consumed the amount of resources the average American does we'd need the resources of 7 globes Over the 1990s, management of US … Read More

A Revival for the Old Paternalism

Gareth MorganMay 23, 1997Politics

Gareth Morgan, Director of Gareth Morgan Investments The chasm between the views of John Luxton and Winston Peters on government ownership of productive assets, epitomises the distance that National has traveled since its ignominious defeat at the polls in 1984. … Read More

Council Rates Amount to Social Welfare in Local Form

Gareth MorganMarch 18, 1997Politics

Gareth Morgan, Director of Gareth Morgan Investments Local councils which levy rates according to a formula whereby higher value properties pay proportionately more, are still muddled in their thinking. To be consistent with recent moves they have made to exit … Read More

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