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  • Human Rights, Environment Obligations, and Ethical Investment: Aotearoa New Zealand is Going Down the Wrong Path

     Dr Robert Howell

    1 Introduction and Summary

    A considerable portion of the world’s investments are unethical in that they have inadequate regard for the welfare of people and/or the planet. They invest in companies that abuse workers’ or other stakeholders rights.  Their activities destroy our environment.  Very few companies are fully fossil-free, or operate within ecological boundaries.  One of the reasons for this is that the term ethical investing is defined by such unvalidated concepts as ESG, or responsible.

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  • Should the Reserve Bank target unemployment as well as inflation? Will the new government abolish the dual mandate?

    Back in 1989 – near the end of the fourth Labour government – the inflation-busting Reserve Bank Act was passed. Labour has shifted well away from the Rogernomics of that decade, and in 2021 Grant Robertson added maximum sustainable employment to the bank’s mandate - with the support of coalition partner NZ First.

    Our Reserve Bank joined a powerful grouping of central banks that have dual targets, including the US Federal Reserve, the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Bank of Canada, the Bank of England and the European Central Bank.

    Going into the 2023 election, National and Act committed to a return to the 1989 objective. Will they take us out of the mainstream and into a straitjacket rather than a life-jacket?  And how does it square with their stated aim of getting people off the dole and back to work?

    Coverage can be found here

  • The next three years – the job ahead for Labour, Greens and Te Pāti Māori

    The Fabians had a session on Nov 14th reflecting on the elections. Our panel of Simon Wilson, Senior Writer at NZ Herald, Bridie Witton, Stuff Press Gallery Reporter and Ollie Neas, freelance writer used the election results as a springboard to target some of the key issues for Labour, the Greens and Te Pāti Māori as they head into opposition.

    Coverage can be found here

  • Rob Campbell on Pae Ora Health Reforms

    Thank you for the opportunity to discuss the Pae Ora health reforms with you.

    Since I was sacked by the Health Minister I have taken time to reflect on the experience and to make a considered assessment of what I learned in the process. My intention tonight is to share that with you, making the assumption that we share common ground in wanting to have an effective, efficient, excellent and equitable public health service.

    If anyone does not want that, I don’t really have anything useful to share with you.

    Read more: Rob Campbell on Pae Ora Health Reforms

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Selwyn Pellett

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{jcomments off}pellettSince 2001 Selwyn has founded and co-founded a number of technology start-ups initially focusing on network security solutions for telecommunications, financial services and government customers and telematics solutions for use in large vehicle fleets. As the co-founder, former CEO, Chair and now director of Endace Ltd he was instrumental in the company becoming the first New Zealand registered company to list on the UK's AIM stock market in June 2005. Endace has operating entities in New Zealand, Singapore, America, China and the England and in 2009 has a market capitalisation of $154 million.

In July 2007 Selwyn stood down as CEO of Endace to re-focus on acquisitions and the commercialisation of Imarda a Telematics (in-vehicle electronics) business. Imarda currently has operations in New Zealand, Singapore, Australia, USA and UK and has recently secured multi-million deals in the US and Australia. Selwyn has personally supervised the market entry of Endace and Imarda into America, Canada, UK, Ireland, Germany, Demark, Israel, UAE, Switzerland, Finland and almost every country in Asia Pac including China and Japan. He has also established multiple physical operating companies in Australia, Singapore, China, Malaysia, UK and America. Collectively Endace and Imarda now enjoy significant global commercial relationships with Tier 1 and Fortune 500 companies a few as well as significant relationships with many western intelligence gathering services.

His other current business interests include being a director of high-end audio distributor, Storm Distribution, an Australian based trucking company, North Star, and non-executive director of technology marketing and communications company, Swaytech.

Selwyn is passionate about helping New Zealand to develop a high-wage, high-growth, elaborately transformed and sustainable economy. He has consulted with government ministers and advisors on industry and economic policy, and been involved in numerous initiatives aimed at building and retaining skills and expertise to support economic growth in New Zealand. These include being a founding member of the NZ Intellectual Capital Foundation (NZInc), being a Trustee of the NZ HiGrowth Project and more recently the founder and driving force behind the NZ Productive Economy Council. He was also instrumental in establishing the first Hi-Tech Awards and has remained involved ever since.