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Shifting the Blame for Weight Gain
The food industry seems to love finding new ways to tell people that it is their fault they are overweight. According to new research from the British sugar lobby, obesity is due to people not knowing...
View ArticleCats will damage your mind
A “mind-bending” disease found in cat faeces and spread to human brains has been enlisted in Gareth Morgan’s war on moggies. About 40 per cent of people in New Zealand are infected at some time in...
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Why we need a tax on soft drinks
The Government opposes this package of ideas that would save lives and help families eat better, all at no cost. Are they on the side of families or Big Food companies?
View ArticleMarine Protection Good For Business
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...
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Our Politician of the Week
It isn’t often the Morgan Foundation honours our politicians, but then it isn’t often they are brave enough to take positions of true leadership. Labour’s candidate for Kaikoura, Janette Walker, has...
View ArticleFood Labelling – A Tantalising Taste of Change
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...
View ArticleRuataniwha/ Tukituki: A Dummies Guide
There has been a lot of noise about the Ruataniwha dam, which was proposed for the Tukituki catchment in the Hawkes Bay. And rightly so, because the decision is a big deal for the way we manage our...
View ArticleDunne and Dusted
United Future underlined its dinosaur status yesterday with its “Outdoors” spokesperson’s response to our blog on Labour Party hopeful Janette Walker’s idea of licensing recreational fishers. The press...
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National Minister Muddying the Waters
The Government’s recently announced approach to fresh water is indeed a step forward and Ministers are to be congratulated for that. But don’t be fooled by Environment Minister Amy Adam’s effusion – we...
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Government Should Focus on Caring Work Like they Focus on Cows
Yesterday was International Women’s Day. Putting aside the number of men who asked when International Men’s day is (it’s November 19th), many in the policy and political space spent time reflecting on...
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6 Things Governments Could Invest in that Actually Work (or how to stop...
No single group operating in the policy space (or politics) owns fiscal responsibility as an idea. Rather fiscal responsibility is something all Governments are concerned about (in fact legally they...
View ArticleWhy climate change could have Aucklanders boiling their water
If you asked most New Zealanders how they think climate change will affect them personally, my guess is not many would mention needing to boil their drinking water. But 1.5 million Aucklanders are...
View ArticleDon’t Whack Them Mate. It Actually Makes Youth Crime Worse
The chair of the National Party’s Kaikohe branch, Alan Price, has advocated for physical punishment as a solution to some pretty grim stuff that Northland has to put up with. Northland is a low-income...
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Report shows paths to zero emissions in NZ
Today sees the release of a groundbreaking report on how New Zealand can tackle climate change. Net Zero in New Zealand, by London-based consultants Vivid Economics, explores New Zealand’s potential to...
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Is New Zealand’s growth model stuffed?
The international organisation that reports on the economic wellbeing of developed countries delivered us a stark message last week: “New Zealand’s growth model is approaching its environmental limits....
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A Simple Two-Step Plan to Ensure the Oranga Tamariki Works for Children &...
Last week was the official reinvention of Children, Young Person and their Families Service (CYFS). With the creation of Oranga Tamariki (also poorly named the Ministry for Vulnerable Children) the...
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