Ridiculous costings for freshwater compliance The Ministry for the Environment’s Action for Healthy Waterways report predicts that some councils will face higher costs than others, particularly Canterbury, Southland and Waikato….
Consequences of Policies, Laws and Rules Do the people who dream up policies, laws or rules or the people who draft them ever think of the consequences of their actions…
Wealth tax The Greens’ election policies include a non-negotiable plan to make Kiwis with a net-worth greater than $1 million, pay 1 per cent of their wealth to the Government…
The facts about Farming and Climate Change While climate has always changed, we do have more dramatic events now, and more often. There is no doubt there is climate change….
Taking Responsibility From my observations of general media reporting it seems that in today’s world no one wants to take responsibility for their actions and more often than not seem…
Retirement Age and Superannuation There was an article in the NZ Herald on Thursday 10th September in which David Law, Senior research fellow at the New Zealand Initiative said the…
Restart of the economy after Covid 19 Covid 19 came and the government spent in the vicinity of $54 billion dollars to keep New Zealand afloat. Now the time has…
Accelerating our Economic Potential The Government plans to increase primary sector export earnings by $44 billion over the next decade with a goal of getting 10,000 more New Zealanders working…
Restart of the economy after Covid 19 Covid 19 is the proverbial “rainy day”. The government has spent in the vicinity of $54 billion dollars to keep New Zealand afloat,…
Kio Carp & Water Quality Koi Carp Facts: Fact: Koi Carp are designated as an unwanted organism and a noxious species. Fact: Koi Carp have no natural predators in New…