- 1. By failing to protect our water we have failed everything New Zealanders value
- (Blog)
- ... with the author we have come up with this package looking at the opportunity now presented to address the water quality problem in New Zealand. The original article was this one by Tom Kay, the Freshwater ...
- Created on 03 May 2020
- 2. Feedback from Fabian Friends
- (Lectures)
- ... their nature as empty-headed desperadoes? (Richard) One issue that I would like to hear more about is the 3 waters changes. What does it really mean for the average person? Perhaps you could have ...
- Created on 06 February 2023
- 3. Feedback from Fabian Friends
- (Uncategorised)
- ... their nature as empty-headed desperadoes? (Richard) One issue that I would like to hear more about is the 3 waters changes. What does it really mean for the average person? Perhaps you could have ...
- Created on 06 February 2023
- 4. Colin James - "After Jacinda
- (Uncategorised)
- ... verses from an old testament; the distortion of materially enhancing Schumpeterian capitalism into reclusive rentier capitalism; water shortages parching widening stretches of the world, notably in India ...
- Created on 14 April 2020
- 5. Inequality and the Climate Crisis
- (Blog)
- ... cultural rules and work with others to change when necessary. Under these three categories there are universal characteristics of need satisfiers: adequate nutritional food and water adequate protective ...
- Created on 09 November 2019
- 6. The Future of Energy - Summary
- (Latest)
- ... avoidance of land degradation, fertile soils, and reliable water supplies. We fail to consume around one third of all the food we produce. Better post-harvest storage, processing, and access to markets ...
- Created on 10 September 2015
- 7. Unleashing Auckland; How new approaches to urban development can get our biggest city moving again!
- (Latest)
- ... taking a hard stance against abuse of water for personal benefit. NZ's hands-off philosopy resists such ntervention. Auckland Council is handicapped by Government’s failure to act in the public good. Government ...
- Created on 18 July 2015
- 8. An Economy for a Resilient World
- (Lectures)
- ... The second presentation discussed some policy implications, and in particular ways to adapt to a turbulent future threatened by climate change, peak oil, water and food insecurity, and financial and banking ...
- Created on 17 June 2014
- 9. Democracy & Diversity
- (Lectures)
- ... everyone needs. The very act of public ownership of resources such as water, the foreshore and seabed, the forests, rivers and lakes, the electromagnetic spectrum, flora and fauna, the wilderness, and ...
- Created on 26 May 2013
- 10. Asset Values, Regulation and Power Prices
- (News)
- ... the water and electricity networks in the Wellington region. The water network remained in public hands and the electricity network was privatised. The costs of the water network rose 17% over the ten ...
- Created on 18 April 2013
- 11. A Tale of Two Networks
- (Uncategorised)
- ... from the privatised electricity network and the publicly-owned bulk water distribution network at a recent seminar in Wellington. The differences are striking and significant as the Government is pressing ...
- Created on 12 June 2012
- 12. Improving the Quality of Housing
- (Latest)
- ... 10th May, 12.30-2pm Old Government House, Women's Federation room, cnr Princes Street & Waterloo Quadrant Auckland Please feel free to pass on this invite to others who may be interested. Abstract Considerable ...
- Created on 09 May 2012
- 13. Rural Land Use & Land Tenure in NZ
- (Latest)
- ... ranging from water quality and climate change to rural income distribution. I use a large dataset of the land-use decisions of New Zealand landowners to estimate a cross-sectional multinomial logit model ...
- Created on 31 January 2012
- 14. Public Spending: The Driver of Economic Growth
- (Fabian Events)
- ... to be recycled in a one off attempt to lessen the deficit. The Fabian Society welcomes this timely visit by David Hall of the PSIRU, an expert in public service provision, particularly in the water, energy, ...
- Created on 03 February 2011
- 15. Facial recognition tech is arsenic in the water of democracy, says Liberty
- (Search - Web Links / Interesting Links)
- Created on 08 June 2019
- 16. Dotcom’s lawyer Bob Amsterdam talks about Glenn Greenwald’s claims against our Government
- (Search - Web Links / Interesting Links)
- Created on 14 September 2014
- 17. Watergate was not an isolated operation but only part of a massive campaign… #nzpol
- (Search - Web Links / Interesting Links)
- Created on 04 September 2014
- 18. water
- (Tags)
- water
- Created on 26 November 2018
- 19. 2014 Bruce Jesson Lecture - Mike Joy – Paradise Squandered; New Zealand’s Environmental Asset Stripping
- (Web Link tagged with: water)
- Created on 10 October 2014
- 20. Seminar: Are There Any New Arguments for Privatisation? - Wellington
- (Comments)
- In terms of framing, what you link to is really problematic. Characterising the likes of the energy companies as just 'businesses' is disingenuous. As utilities they have a core economic and social role ...
- Created on 20 September 2010