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How Minister Smith Could Deal with Land Banking

Geoff SimmonsAugust 29, 2016Economics

The average price of a house in Auckland is predicted to pass $1m when official figures are released later this week. In an interview on TV3’s The Nation over the weekend the Housing Minister Nick Smith (dubbed by Paddy Gower … Read More

HomeStart Scheme will not fix houseing affordability

Why the Government’s HomeStart Scheme is Not a Solution to Housing Affordability

Geoff SimmonsAugust 1, 2016Economics

In response to questions about housing affordability on Sunday’s Q&A Nick Smith announced changes to the Kiwisaver HomeStart scheme. He is increasing the income and house price caps for people to qualify for the subsidy. This policy has failed to … Read More

Capital Tax the Best Option for Economy

Gareth MorganJanuary 31, 2012Tax and Welfare

In its election campaign Labour promoted a capital gains tax. That at least recognises that we have a terrible hole in our tax base, and what results is a misallocation of capital to the detriment of the economy.

New Zealand Income Tax: Unfair and favours the rich

Gareth MorganJune 7, 2016Economics, Tax and Welfare

This report continues the work on closing tax loopholes that we started in the Big Kahuna. The two main loopholes explored in this report are not taxing the full benefits received by the owners of assets (this is particularly significant … Read More

Moving Freight to Rail and Shipping Makes Sense

Geoff SimmonsMay 25, 2016Economics

Yesterday the Greens announced a policy to shift road freight to rail and shipping, aiming to reduce accidents and pollution. To achieve this they propose funding rail from the same budget that currently goes to roads. Given this is a … Read More

Why benefit numbers decreasing is a stupid metric for success

Jess Berentson-ShawApril 7, 2016Tax and Welfare

I recently attended a conference entitled ‘Evidence to Action’. It was a conference primarily aimed at those in the public service and the not for profit sector. It is an annual event put on by a small government outfit called … Read More

Looking back at 2012

Gareth MorganJanuary 8, 2013Uncategorized

I have been writing in the print media with various opinion pieces in the Herald and Dom Post over many years. I have also had an online presence in the news section on the Gareth Morgan Investments site since the … Read More

Food Labelling – A Tantalising Taste of Change

Geoff SimmonsJune 30, 2014Health

The Government, in line with our Australian cousins, is finally bringing in a new front of pack labelling system for all packaged food (the stuff at the supermarket). It’s a step in the right direction, but we desperately need more … Read More

What Does the Treaty of Waitangi Mean to You?

Gareth MorganJanuary 26, 2015Politics, Treaty

Last week I said too many Pakeha were ignorant about the Treaty. Predictably this upset some people, but I stand by it, because it is an issue of fact. We researched this in our book Are we there yet?: The … Read More

The housing crisis has nothing to do with the RMA

Gareth MorganJanuary 28, 2015Property, Tax and Welfare

We have long written that the problem in NZ’s housing market, which more and more people are finally acknowledging, is a crisis, is a crisis of demand not of supply. Central to the causation of inflated demand are two factors. … Read More

Death Throes of a Tax and Welfare Regime

Gareth MorganAugust 7, 2012Tax and Welfare

We often talk about poverty traps for those on benefits where the effective marginal tax rate can get up close to 100%. That’s when for every dollar earned by a beneficiary they lose an amount from their benefit that leaves … Read More

Study to find cats’ hunting behaviours

Gareth MorganDecember 8, 2013Environment

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

“El Golombiao – The Game of Peace” , Bogota Colombia

The level of violence, both related and unrelated to the armed conflict in Colombia, continues to be very high. Violence has a tremendous impact on society and childhood and poses serious obstacles to humanitarian operations. UNICEF has been supporting and … Read More

The media is getting it wrong: Tax dodging is a national sport

Gareth MorganDecember 10, 2014Tax and Welfare

This morning I was on Breakfast TV talking about how our tax regime is unfair and how many Kiwis get around paying their fair share of tax. The media likes to paint these tax loopholes as the preserve of the … Read More

No more sugary drinks at schools?

Gareth MorganMarch 21, 2016Health

Funding Applications and Donations

Applications for funding for charitable purposes are welcome and should be forwarded to the addresses below. However in order not to waste your time and ours applicants should familiarise themselves with the priorities of the Foundation — outlined as; The … Read More

Why do you think an economist can teach us anything about the Treaty?

Firstly, one important issue economists study is social and economic wellbeing and progress. One of the widely recognised world authorities on how to define wellbeing and progress is a Nobel-Prize winning economist Amartya Sen. We have used Sen’s ideas as … Read More

Stewart Island could lead the conservation world, and get major economic stimulus

Gareth MorganAugust 16, 2012Environment

By now the cat is out of the bag, so to speak, about the fact that I’d love to see Stewart Island predator-free. If we actually achieved this mighty goal Stewart Island would be the first human-inhabited island to be … Read More

Gareth Morgan watching, trapping local cats

Gareth MorganJanuary 12, 2014Environment, Media

Gareth Morgan is keeping a close eye on Wellington’s cats. The high profile philanthropist first courted controversy over his anti-cat stance last year, and has now stepped it up a notch by monitoring and trapping local moggies. He has set … Read More

The Big Kahuna

A simple, fairer tax system for all New Zealanders New Zealand’s tax and welfare policies are a mess and the solution is abolishing the current welfare system and radically overhauling the tax system. The whole point of a tax and … Read More