New Zealand is fortunate to have a superb cartoonist in Toby Morris. This week in the Spinoff they published Toby’s analysis of the economic “recovery” in cartoon. I found this illuminating and I hope you do as well. … [Read more...]
Here’s a really bad example of exploitation of low paid workers by a social service agency
It is excellent when any Government passes legislation in support of low paid workers. However, what also needs to happen is the Government then needs to allocate additional funds to pay for these extra wages. I wonder if this happened with these low paid health workers. Consider this scenario. … [Read more...]
Businesses which have made a profit who also took the wage subsidy:
There has been much unenlightened debate in the media about firms which had taken the Government wage subsidy and which had not repaid it before they declared a profit. It seems to me that this is a debate about ethics. The Government had to make a quick call which would save the maximum number … [Read more...]
A truly outstanding article on some of the forces at work with Brexit:
I had not thought about some of the forces at play with Brexit. It just seemed a stupid thing for the UK to be doing from my computer screen. The article below raised some things which I had not considered. I think too often we focus on all capitalism being the same, but it’s not. I really … [Read more...]
This Week: Screen Canterbury
This week we will have Bree Loverich, from Screen Canterbury. Bree is a wonderful speaker and an enthusiast for film promotion. We have to get in behind this sector as it is job rich and able to bring vast resources to Greater Christchurch and the South Island. The film sector brings around $1b … [Read more...]
A few topics which we will focus on much now that the election is over:
Community Housing: Access to finance is a major impediment for the amazing groups involved in community housing. There have been two significant moves in the past few months where new ethical funds have moved into community housing. One is ACC has invested in CERO housing in Auckland and they … [Read more...]
Last Week the Film Sector
Last week we had a series of speakers from the Film Sector. They covered a range of topics including: International TVC industry is gone due to boardersLoosing Crew to the North Island due to lack of productionsCentral Government has a huge amount of funding available for content creation.We need … [Read more...]
We must focus on what will be our new economy and how we can support it:
Here’s another contribution from Steven Moe. This guy doesn’t seem to sleep. Steven wrote an article for Spinoff recently where he focused on a growing sub-set of business in Christchurch. Christchurch now has a thriving start up ecosystem. Co-working spaces are packed with entrepreneurs, as is … [Read more...]
Opening up the borders is really difficult:
Isn’t it offensive the way the media has twisted and turned over opening up our borders? The were screaming out for weeks that borders should be opened up. Then when two women highlighted how vulnerable we are if we are complacent the media then screamed out in the opposite direction. The worst of … [Read more...]
Let us think about migrants and their rights; our chance to lead as a country
In this article Patrick O’Connor argues that it is essential that we advocate for those who are migrants in this country. Every single person in New Zealand is descended from a migrant. We have a responsibility to remember our own tupuna. Where did they come from? What struggle did they have to get … [Read more...]