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You’re told NZ’s energy is 80% renewable. That couldn’t be further from the truth

Geoff SimmonsDecember 10, 2015Environment

John Key recently defended New Zealand’s clean, green image by pointing out that 80% of our electricity comes from renewable sources. Is this claim relevant or just a way to deflect attention away from his Government’s lack of action? Let’s … Read More

Should New Plymouth council have a separate Maori ward – Video Notes

Gareth MorganDecember 9, 2014Politics, Treaty

The video from the live debate on New Plymouth council having a separate Maori ward goes for a couple of hours. As some people are time poor, I decided to make summary notes so you can understand the key points … Read More

How much tax does Gareth Morgan Pay?

Geoff SimmonsNovember 5, 2014Tax and Welfare

Since the election we have been talking a lot about tax – how we don’t tax all the income from investments equally. One of the common questions we have had is how much tax Gareth pays. While the question is … Read More

Green’s Robin Hood Tax Misses Target on Wealth & Inequality

Geoff SimmonsAugust 18, 2014Tax and Welfare

The top tax rate on income continues to be a political football and is emerging as a key battleground in this election. Shame it is an outdated and inefficient way to raise extra cash for the Government. National’s first term … Read More

Politicians reach a new low on tax

Susan GuthrieJune 26, 2014Economics

Wouldn’t it be nice if elections were about uncovering the best government policies and the best people to implement them? Isn’t that why we have a democracy in the first place? Well, we can kiss that illusion goodbye. Take a … Read More

Many rivers to cross to fix dairy industry

Gareth MorganJanuary 15, 2014Environment

In yesterday’s article we pointed out how farmers have been converting land to dairy, generating massive private profits tax-free, but leaving the damage to our rivers, lakes and groundwater to be picked up by the public. The Government has been … Read More

Why the Green’s Suggestion to Print Money is Silly

Gareth MorganOctober 10, 2012Economics

Printing money a silly idea. The US and Europe are printing money to dig themselves out of a hole. Therefore we should do the same. Wrong. The difference between both of those giants and New Zealand is enormous. Let’s take … Read More

Political Party Health Policies Compared to Health Cheque

Gareth MorganNovember 24, 2011Health, Tax and Welfare

Gareth Morgan and Geoff Simmons, Authors of Health Cheque Prescription One: Managing Demand – reducing the demand for healthcare services by improving prevention, catching problems early and improving the information on the downsides of treatment. Investing in prevention is a … Read More

When Good Deflation Turns Bad

Gareth MorganJuly 31, 2003Economics

BY GARETH MORGAN US deflation is supply-side deflation a.k.a. “good” deflation. Japanese and German deflation is demand-side deflation and is bad, bad, bad. What’s that mean for the world? In the US the supply of goods and services (GDP) continues … 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

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

Why Does No-one Understand Social Investment? Not Even Bill English

Jess Berentson-ShawSeptember 6, 2017Tax and Welfare, Uncategorized

Its confusing, this Social Investment business, yet sometimes it sounds so very simple. For example Bill English made it sound very simple in the leaders debate when he said “…we will go to the social investment ball here [for dealing … Read More

Listener Feature Article: Avoiding Armageddon

Gareth MorganOctober 23, 2008Economics

LISTENER COVER FEATURE OCTOBER 18 2008 How bad is the global economic fallout likely to get and how will it affect us here? As the world grapples with crumbling financial institutions that threaten to bring economies to their knees, the … Read More

Children’s Mental Wellbeing is About Income, Wealth and Deprivation

Jess Berentson-ShawMay 18, 2017Uncategorized

Today the Child Poverty Action Group and The New Zealand Psychological Society has released its new report (Child Poverty and mental health: A literature review ) into the connection between children’s mental health and being poor. It adds to the … Read More

Employment Policy Built on Quality Evidence or Reckons?

Jess Berentson-ShawMarch 1, 2017Tax and Welfare

Recently the Prime Minister Bill English followed in the tradition of the previous Prime Minster John Key and suggested the reason we had a skills shortage was because young people could not pass drugs tests . He said this was … Read More

Where is the vision for thriving lives for all Kiwis?

Jess Berentson-ShawFebruary 8, 2017Tax and Welfare

Today the Salvation Army released its annual state of the nation report. It highlights particularly the lack of evidence that crime is on the rise, and questions the focus of spending on policing and prisons. Instead it asks why is … Read More

How does the Comprehensive Capital Income Tax work?

Gareth MorganAugust 3, 2016Tax and Welfare

In June I released a report detailing my idea for a Comprehensive Capital Income Tax (CCIT). This reform would close the loopholes in the New Zealand tax system, eliminate speculation in the housing market and importantly improve the capital available … Read More

10 Ways The Media Can Improve Their Reporting On Struggling Families

Jess Berentson-ShawJuly 1, 2016Tax and Welfare

Yesterday’s coverage of a Porirua family that can only afford biscuits was a lovely well-meaning interview; with a family who work extraordinarily hard but struggle to cover their costs. It was sad and depressing to hear. However, around half of … Read More

Big thinking on the UBI is not for the fainthearted (or weak headed)

Susan GuthrieApril 5, 2016Tax and Welfare

The recent Basic Income debate has brought to light both criticisms of the existing welfare system, and of alternatives to it, such as the Big Kahuna’s tax and welfare proposal. Criticism is the easy part, designing something which would work … Read More