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Our Future. Our environment – By 2022, New Zealand must…

Gareth MorganJune 4, 2012Environment

Originally published on stuff.co.nz…. Some of New Zealand’s top thinkers are gathering this week to advance Sir Paul Callaghan’s vision of making New Zealand “a place where talent wants to live”.

Shackleton Bear

Gareth MorganMarch 19, 2013

Ever since he learned that he is named after a Famous Polar Explorer, Shackleton Bear has known that it is his destiny to go to the South Pole.

Shackleton Bear travelled to Antarctica as part of the high-profile Our Far South expedition raised and run by millionaire philanthropist Gareth Morgan. Over 100 primary schools throughout New Zealand followed his adventures on the Internet via photographs, an interactive Q&A spot, his weekly blog and an eight-part series of video diaries (with a jingle written specially for him) produced by students of Samuel Marsden Collegiate School.

Since his return, Shackleton Bear has been visiting schools and delighting children with his stories and his photographs, and he continues to update his Facebook Page and his blog on the Our Far South website.

Now you can have Shackleton Bear come over to your house for good!

All proceeds from sales of Shackleton Bear go to the Million Dollar Mouse Fund

15 facts you should know about New Zealand’s southern waters

Gareth MorganJune 28, 2012Environment

As we come up to the launch of the Our South Books, exhibitions and talks. I thought it would be useful to recap some of the key points about why New Zealand’s southern region is so important.

Our Findings – Why Did it Happen?

There are many reasons for continued dairy conversions and more intensive dairy farming. The first reason is the rise in the international price of milk. This happened partly because of an increase in demand from developing countries like China, but … Read More

Taxing Tourists to Save Our Species

Geoff SimmonsMay 17, 2016Environment

It isn’t often that turkeys vote for Christmas, but the tourism industry has done just that, stating they are open to charging visitors to fund infrastructure. This is no doubt in the face of public pressure at the ever mounting … Read More

Get rid of our flag of subservience

Gareth MorganMay 14, 2015Treaty

When John Key first raised the issue of changing the flag it seemed like a random flight of fancy, especially when he referred to our flag as a “brand” – as though we should decide whether we fancied the silver … Read More

Cleaning up our rivers with worms

Gareth MorganDecember 21, 2014Environment

It’s not that long ago that the small Southland towns Edendale and Wyndham had many septic tanks that had passed their use by date. In severe cases these tanks would discharge raw sewage into stormwater drains that ran straight into … Read More

Dairy doing dirty on our environment

Gareth MorganJanuary 14, 2014Environment

Our rivers are stuffed, and getting worse. The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s report on water quality released late last year fingered the steady expansion of dairying as the culprit. The Commissioner covered the environmental issues in her report, but … Read More

Public Policy Education

In order to be effective and sustainable, public policy requires to be built on solid foundations and the best way to ensure this is a well-informed public. After all it is the public that votes in governments and makes choices … Read More

1080 is good but far from perfect. That is why I am investing in am alternative to 1080

Gareth MorganDecember 15, 2014Environment

It has been a big year for the vision of a Predator Free New Zealand. My hope is that 2014 will be remembered as the start of a movement that sees New Zealand eventually rid itself of invasive mammal predators. … 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

A Motorcycle Ride with a Difference

Gareth MorganJuly 25, 2012Travel

Jo with the Motorbike parked at the DMZ last time we were in Korea We have this plan to ride our motorcycles down the length of the Korean peninsula, from the north of the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) … Read More

Strengthening the Kiwi-Korean Connection

Gareth MorganMay 28, 2013Travel

The next overseas motorcycle odyssey for Gareth Morgan and his intrepid companions portends to be one of their most difficult – not so much because of the rough terrain that stands in their way – but rather because of the … Read More

Is the Ministry really that fat?

Gareth MorganMarch 27, 2012Economics, Fisheries Management

Cost cutting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has sparked debate. Is this tax dollar really better left in our pocket or does MFAT really offer a return on its spending? Offering a full cost benefit of something … Read More

High Risk Shift in Vital Chiller Ocean

Gareth MorganJanuary 3, 2012Environment

Yesterday, we looked at how the race for resources is heating up in the Antarctic. That’s not the only thing getting hotter. In our 2009 book Poles Apart, written with John McCrystal, we surveyed the evidence for global warming. The … Read More

Our Findings – What Has Happened to MyRiver?

New Zealand’s water has taken a massive hit in areas of urban settlement and pastoral farming. There are many causes including: cutting down forests; introduced pests and plants; disposal of human sewage; removing water for irrigation and electricity generation; industrial … Read More