On Thursday last week, the Living Wage campaign was given a very public airing at AUT University with a collection of international speakers. While much of the focus of this campai[...]
The news about the quality of water in New Zealand’s stream, lakes, estuaries and rivers is depressingly consistent – freshwater quality is deteriorating at a rapid pace, under sie[...]
To deliver on the vision of a predator free New Zealand and a renewal of our native wildlife, let’s start right here in Wellington, by building on the halo created by our own sanct[...]
Recently a coroner’s report fingered excessive consumption of Coca Cola in the death of an Invercargill woman. She apparently drank 10 litres per day – the coroner estimated that t[...]
In February 2012, Gareth Morgan trapped ten of New Zealand’s top experts on the region in a boat with 40 ordinary Kiwis for a month. Together with Geoff Simmons, he grilled them about the issues facing our southern waters
Last week we were having a discussion on Facebook about what we expect from our tax and welfare regime. The overwhelming thought from respondents has been that we want an equitable[...]
We want YOU to keep an eye out for wandering cats and let us know if there are any cat colonies in your neighbourhood. You can also sign up for updates on cat colonies in your area[...]
One article that stood out over the weekend was this article on the fact that half of NZ's super rich are dodging tax. Susan Guthrie (who wrote The Big Kahuna with me) and I were c[...]