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Where to now for the Wellington Phoenix

Gareth MorganSeptember 3, 2012Wellington Phoenix

Being away with the Wellington Phoenix in India was great. Aside from the cultural experience, the opportunity to soak up our football climate for an uninterrupted couple of weeks and discuss strategy for The Phoenix going forward was invaluable. The … Read More

Migrant Improvement

Gareth MorganMarch 5, 1992Politics

Gareth Morgan, Director of Gareth Morgan Investments The economic debate on immigration centres most often on whether raising numbers is likely to be of net benefit. Just as legitimate an issue is whether present immigration levels add, detract or don’t … Read More

Secondary and Tertiary Commodities

Gareth MorganJanuary 15, 1992Economics

Gareth Morgan, Director of Gareth Morgan Investments Those exporters who have been calling for a lower dollar to bolster their incomes would have to have had one of their better Christmases in some years. The currency kept falling right through … Read More

Considered Conservation – the Successor to the Green Extreme – Forest and Bird Keynote Speech

Gareth MorganJune 17, 2012Environment

Forest and Bird Keynote Speech – June 16th America’s best Idea is commonly regarded and promoted as the establishment of the world’s first National Park, Yellowstone, 140 years ago in 1872. Go there, see how good the Americans are at … Read More

How do we save the Emissions Trading Scheme?

Geoff SimmonsFebruary 17, 2016Environment

As we saw in our last blog, in order to meet our 2030 target we need to start acting immediately. International trade might help a little, but regardless we need to be net zero carbon by 2050, 2100 at the … Read More

Gareth Morgan’s Big Tax Idea

AndrewOctober 1, 2011Tax and Welfare

When Gareth Morgan was a young student living in a bus, he had an idea that he thought would make him a millionaire. “My sister-in-law said: ‘Oh Gareth, you spend so much time on computers and numbers. You’d think you … Read More

Can the government really kickstart regional economy?

Geoff SimmonsSeptember 10, 2014Economics

Over the last few weeks a range of economic development policies have emerged from across the political spectrum. They vary from the weird to the wonderful, but all of them suffer from the same problem – the delusion that the … Read More

Marine Protection Good For Business

Gareth MorganJune 18, 2014Environment

Most of our country is under water. 95% in fact. Given we have so much ocean, there is bound to be plenty of resource out there – including fish, energy, oil, ironsands and minerals (like phosphate on the Chatham Rise). … Read More

Ross Sea sufferance continues thanks to the Green Extreme

Gareth MorganNovember 1, 2012Environment

The failure of CCAMLR to reach an agreement on establishing a Ross Sea MPA is a tragedy, the responsibility for which can be laid at the door of the Green Extreme NGO’s that comprise the Antarctic Oceans Alliance. That Russia, … Read More

Yes, a zero carbon New Zealand is possible. But it won’t be easy. Here’s how

Paul YoungMay 10, 2017Environment

In the 2015 Paris Agreement, the world agreed on a key climate change goal: reducing greenhouse gas pollution to zero in the second half of the century. What does this mean for New Zealand, and what would it look like … Read More

Why Gareth Hughes’ Solar Bill is Just Hot Air

Geoff SimmonsNovember 10, 2015Environment

Once you install a solar panel you can enjoy free electricity – at least while the sun is shining – and maybe one day in the not-too-distant-future you’ll be able to cost-effectively store that power in battery banks. But what … Read More

Why Peter Young and his “Last Ocean” Travellers are Hypocrites

Gareth MorganJuly 29, 2012Environment, Fisheries Management

Peter Young used to plunder and exploit fisheries with no regard for their sustainability. Then he was “born again”. Sometimes there is nothing worse. I admire his current campaign to “lock up” the Ross Sea region so there is no … Read More

Would you like a hand with a poverty target Prime Minister?

Jess Berentson-ShawOctober 4, 2016Tax and Welfare

Our Prime Minster says that it is too complicated to set a target to reduce child poverty. Apparently there are too many measures, and he has received advice from officials telling him to put this one in the too hard … Read More

Three Ways the RMA Fails to Protect the Environment

Geoff SimmonsSeptember 30, 2016Environment

We often hear about the impact of the Resource Management Act (RMA) on the economy, but what about its impact on the environment? A new report from the Environmental Defence Society (EDS) answers this question, and the results aren’t pretty. … Read More

Fact check: John Key & Steven Joyce on housing

Geoff SimmonsMay 31, 2016Economics

In a speech on Friday, Prime Minister John Key claimed that under National, twice as many new houses were being built as under Labour. Steven Joyce followed that up by stating “Auckland’s housing problems are a regulatory issue, primarily, and … Read More

More 1080, less paperwork. It’s a good thing!

Geoff SimmonsMay 10, 2016Environment, Uncategorized

Over the weekend the Conservation Minister Maggie Barry announced the largest ever 1080 drop in response to yet another looming rat plague. This is great news although it is only a one off – the Greens have called for an … Read More

Ideology Behind the Case Against Sugar Taxes

Geoff SimmonsApril 29, 2016Health

Last week a corporate funded think tank released a report opposing taxes on junk food, alcohol and cigarettes. No surprises there. The only surprise is that the New Zealand Initiative, an organisation that purports to use economic evidence, argues that … Read More

Little thinking behind beach purchase

Gareth MorganFebruary 9, 2016Environment

Kiwis have generously got behind a campaign to buy 7 hectares of beach and scrub, with the aim to fold it into the Abel Tasman National Park. So far the campaign has raised over $1.3m, attracting over 20,000 donors. Even … Read More

Could the TPP become Key’s most embarrassing moment?

Gareth MorganJuly 28, 2015Economics

Yesterday our Prime Minister admitted that the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) would raise the cost of medicines purchased through Pharmac. The government has moved from saying Pharmac wouldn’t be compromised to saying it will but the taxpayer will fund the … Read More