Does the new Blue/Green Party have a Clue on Freshwater?

Housing is to Blame for Rising Inequality

School Choice Comes With Hidden Price Tag

Wealth Inequality - High & Not Likely to Reduce Any Time Soon

The Listening Tour: Workshop Results

Teacher Strike - It is (Mostly) Not About the Money

Teacher pay strike education inequality taxes money

What New Zealand can learn from Trump

An analysis of the economic conditions which gave rise to Trump in the United States suggest we should be worried here in New Zealand. It comes down to one key thing: productivity.

I Went Travelling for Six Months and My House Earned Far More Than I Spent

Why is it that my house earned more money than I spent on holiday?

The Education Gap

A report out by UNICEF yesterday shows that New Zealand has some of the most unequal education outcomes in the world. This is partly explained by our higher than average rates of poverty, but also by our education system.

No Time For Slacking on Cannabis Reform

After a disappointing year of inaction by the coalition government, the Opportunities Party calls on the Government to give New Zealand a binding plan for the Cannabis Referendum.

Baches earn more and pay less tax than New Zealand’s working class.

In this country wage and salary earners and those who invest in productive businesses pay too much tax. Around one third too much. That’s about $11 billion too much tax. The owners of property and property related businesses often pay too little. You guessed it, about $11 billion too little. You can see this discrepancy in the Tax Working Group’s graph below

Why Shared Equity is Not the Answer