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How sending your old folks to Thailand could save money – Whiteboard Tuesday

Gareth MorganDecember 22, 2014Economics

On a recent trip to Thailand Gareth noticed a large number of Australians retiring in Thailand. Gareth chats about the possible economic and lifestyle benefits. How sending your old folks to Thailand could save money – Whiteboard Tuesday was last … Read More

Dunedin teachers leading citizens science – 2014 NZ River Awards

Gareth MorganDecember 18, 2014Environment

Two Dunedin teachers Andrew Innes and Simon McMillan were finalists in the NZ River Story Award and are working to develop rigorous water testing for Otago students.  A fantastic example of young citizen science. Dunedin teachers leading citizens science – … Read More

How we pay for a universal basic income – Whiteboard Wednesday.

Gareth MorganDecember 16, 2014Tax and Welfare

Lots of people like the idea of an Unconditional Basic Income (UBI), but can we afford it as a nation? In this Whiteboard Wednesday Geoff looks at the three parts of the Big Kahuna package – Unconditional Basic Income, Flat … Read More

5 Benefits of Radically Overhauling New Zealand’s Tax and Welfare System – Whiteboard Wednesday

Gareth MorganDecember 2, 2014Economics, Tax and Welfare

The Big Kahuna takes as its base assumption that we don’t, as a society, accept that huge differences in income are acceptable and that we, therefore, choose to redistribute wealth. While they are generally regarded as separate, the tax and … Read More

Amazing work by landcare group protecting our rivers

Gareth MorganDecember 1, 2014Environment

One of the finalist in the River Story Awards, the Rangitata Gorge Landcare Group, is a farming community that has taking on a war against pest plants that threaten their grand, braided, glorious river in Canterbury. Check out their story.   … Read More

River story winner Bill Kerrison – Saving NZ’s longfin eel

Gareth MorganNovember 27, 2014Environment

The Award winning River story for the 2014 New Zealand River awards story is about one man, Bill Kerrison, who has worked tirelessly for more than 20 years trapping and transferring eels and other native fish species past the dams … Read More

Whiteboard Wednesday – How a flat tax would be fairer than our current system

Gareth MorganNovember 25, 2014Tax and Welfare

Geoff is going to talk us through how a UBI and flat tax work together. The end result is less bureaucracy and a fairer, simpler, more productive society. Whiteboard Wednesday – How a flat tax would be fairer than our … Read More

Whiteboard Friday. How NZ’s welfare system traps people in poverty

Gareth MorganNovember 20, 2014Tax and Welfare

This Whiteboard Friday looks at how our current benefit system traps people in poverty, which is another reason we need to replace it with an Unconditional Basic Income. This week has been a big week for the Unconditional Basic Income. … Read More

This video shows the pain caused by NZ’s current benefit system

Geoff SimmonsNovember 19, 2014Tax and Welfare

Darryn bravely talks about the stigma that comes with being on the benefit, and how that has affected his life. This stigma is just one of the many problems our current benefit system creates. These problems would be removed if … Read More

Whiteboard Friday – Diabetes: Taxpayers will pay a fortune for people’s poor diet

Gareth MorganNovember 13, 2014Health

Rounding out our series on diabetes awareness week, Geoff runs us through a crash course on cause and effects of diabetes and will explain the impact that this will have on taxpayers. The short version is that this preventable illness … Read More

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