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Something’s got to change

Posted by Clare Curran on November 5th, 2011

I am not a practising Catholic. I can’t quite do the God thing. Though having been brought up as a Catholic I can’t quite not do it either.

Perhaps that’s why I’m a member of the Labour Party instead. There’s a set of values that underpin the broader Catholic Church and christianity generally which Labour shares.

For social justice, and against greed.

One of the reasons I’m not a practicising Catholic is that I can’t abide the institutional  corruption and greed which (in many cases) lies at the heart of organised religion. But Catholicism, like all many religions, is also driven by a desire to make sense of our world and to promote collective goodness and community. My view of what politics should be is not dissimilar.

Tonight Last night I watched a programme on Sky News (Australia) called Mamamia where a pannelist referred to this article, where the Vatican (or  the social justice branch of the Vatican) called for morality to be put back into the heart of economics. And radical reform of the world’s financial systems, including the creation of a global political authority to manage the economy.

I’m not sure morality was ever in the heart of economics. But mark my words. There’s a change happening in our world.

Greed is not ok. Poverty is not ok.

Politicians, social justice activists and those of many religious faiths across our world are forming a new community as we speak. I support that community as long as it’s not driven by vested interests and greed. And the Vatican needs to demonstrate that to the world.

But listen up.

The Vatican and the Global Financial Crisis

Published: November 04, 2011

As protesters demonstrate against corporate greed and politicians struggle with the eurozone crisis, the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace has published proposals for reforming international finance. It is a document that puts morality back into the heart of economics, says William Keegan in The Tablet.

While the New Testament tells us to “render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s”, the Church, and Churches, understandably take a close interest in the effect that governmental economic and social policies have on the well-being of the flock.

Apart from anything else, the Church has close contact with both the citizens of what are known as the “advanced economies” as well as with the emerging nations of the developing world.

PS: (see this link to last week’s episode of Mamamia, great show)

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Chch Labour MPs good communicators

Posted by Clare Curran on November 2nd, 2011

We already know this. But research backs it up.

Story in today’s Press highlights the important role the Chch Labour MPs have played in keeping their communities informed and advocating on their behalf post earthquakes. The ChCh bulletins from the Labour MPs have been and remain an important resource.

The Fairfax Media-Research International poll out today suggests an ongoing rump of discontent.

Some 31.2 per cent strongly agree that the speed of decisionmaking affecting individuals and home-owners has been far too slow. And 44.8 per cent agree or strongly agree that the speed of decision-making affecting businesses has been far too slow.

Labour has long been preaching the need for community buy-in, to soften the blow of inevitable bad news. Its local MPs have kept up a daily earthquake bulletin – up to its 137th edition – and rallied street corner meetings and caravan clinics.

Canterbury University researcher Kris Vavasour has canvassed hundreds of residents about communication after the quakes. A “big issue” for people was conflicting and confusing information, specifically from leaders like Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee or Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker, Mr Vavasour says.

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Something else happened this week

Posted by Darien Fenton on September 9th, 2011

With all the excitement around the Rugby World Cup it may have slipped your notice that the long battle by Disability Support workers to be paid minimum wage for “sleepover” shifts looks like it might come to an end by Christmas – if the government gets its act together.

The government, IHC and the unions have reached a compromise deal, which will see the full minimum hourly rate paid for sleepovers by December 2012.

50% of the backpay owed will be paid eight weeks after the government legislates, which will need to happen to enable a variation of the Court’s decision and the very reasonable position taken by the unions of enabling the minimum wage to increase over a period of time.

I’m pleased that after a drawn-out process lasting five years and workers jumping through the hoops and appeals in three Courts, Tony Ryall has finally decided to get the matter settled. I’m also intensely relieved that the government has shelved any idea of amending the Minimum Wage Act to avoid these payments. This would have had an impact on tens of thousands of workers.

The only note of concern is that Minister Ryall is saying legislation won’t be passed before the election.  If that happens, there is no trigger for the backpay to be paid and workers will have to wait a lot longer. There’s no reason settlement legislation can’t happen in the next three sitting weeks.

After all, the government managed to ram through significant changes under urgency that removed rights for a whole category of workers so they could please Warner Bros. They can please the nearly 4,000 workers who have made a claim by getting the legislation through the House asap.  Labour will co-operate with the government so these workers can be paid.

Well done to Service & Food Workers Union and PSA for hanging in there.  You’ve done your members proud.

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Filed under: Workers, community, minimum wage, workers rights
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One of the most powerful of speeches…

Posted by Clare Curran on July 3rd, 2011

Late last week I spent a day and a half at NetHui in Auckland. Couldn’t make the full 3 days. It’s a new initiative, organised by InternetNZ.

It will be an annual event. That all MPs should attend and all of you.

It was all about the internet. What it means for us. What the opportunities and the scary challenges are. And that it’s about equality.

Lawrence Lessig was the keynote speaker.

Some takeout messages:

  • Kids, dropouts, outsiders have been the innovators and have developed the major changes on the internet
  • The internet is about reviving a culture of passive consumption to re-creating a culture of sharing, participation and making new stuff.
  • The need for truth tellers about the network.
  • The enormous challenges for policy-makers and law makers. One of which is for politicians to move away from a culture of being funded  and therefore influenced by private interests. To halt law-making by lobbyists. And consider other ways.
  • How NZ could become a beacon of light in showing the way forward on many of the issues that arise because of the internet

If you watch nothing else for a while, watch his speech. It’s on Youtube in 3 parts.

Part 2 is here

Part 3 is here

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Filed under: #OpenLabourNZ, comms & IT, community, copyright, democracy, digital, internet, politics
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2 min 38 secs on the national party leader’s plan – have a look

Posted by Trevor Mallard on June 17th, 2011

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Filed under: Cost of Living, Loan Sharks, Pay Equity, Unemployment, coalition management, community, debt, economy, family, inequality, value of work, women, work life balance, workers rights, youth
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Priorities

Posted by Clare Curran on February 1st, 2011

Then
Food, shelter, clothing

Now
Food, housing, education, health, power, a job, a vote, connectivity, (not sure about the order)

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Gumboots take off

Posted by Clare Curran on January 18th, 2011

Gumboots- Operation Angel QLD floods

Today in Melbourne the 1600 gumboots donated by The Warehouse were loaded onto trucks along with other essential relief supplies headed for Queensland where they are being named as a critically important item in the flood clean-up. No doubt they’ll be needed in Victoria too.

Organised by relief agency, Operation Angel, who last worked in Victoria’s Bushfires, thousands of gumboots have been loaded onto trucks by volunteers and carried free of charge by Toll Transport to Brisbane, Somerset, Ipswich, Lockyer Valley, Esk, Laidley & Riverview.

Word of this quirky, but vital initiative has spread around the globe with stories running on CNN, BBC World, New Zealand media & PRI radio across the USA.

1600 of the gumboots were donated by The Warehouse, along with hundreds more from Bata in Victoria. The latest major boots donation came from iconic Aussie brand Blundstone with 3000 pairs of boots – 1000 from Australia, and 2000 to be shipped over from New Zealand. (I’ve got a pair of blundstones)

Via a hugely successful radio and viral Twitter campaign, scores more pre-loved gumboots have been donated by members of the Australian public, along with sturdy metal gardening tools and other items.

Offers of gumboots have flooded in from corporate donors around the globe following Jonathan Mann, CNN’s lead anchor’s interview with Operation Angel’s Founder and Director, Jacqueline Pascarl, as the prime time lead story internationally.

Jacqueline is pictured above (on the right). Not sure who other person is.

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Filed under: Civil Defence, community
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Gumboot update

Posted by Clare Curran on January 14th, 2011

Had a bit of new information about where the gumboots are going to.

I’ve also had it confirmed by The Warehouse that there are 1600 (not 1200) pairs of gumboots. Thanks.

They’ve been picked up and are awaiting their flight to Melbourne on Sunday. Thanks Qantas.

All the costs have been covered by The Warehouse, Qantas and Toll Group (an Aussie trucking company)

Operation Angel has determined that they are destined for the Lockyer Valley (around Gatton and Grantham).  The Lockyer Valley is 70km east of Toowoomba.

I understand the loss of life and of entire communites has been significant in this area and the clean up  for kilometres around is still designated a coronial scene.

Our thoughts are with the people of Queensland.

More commercial donations of gumboots, waders, mosquito nets, coils and repellent are needed.

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If it weren’t for your gumboots

Posted by Grant Robertson on January 13th, 2011

Huge congratulations to Clare Curran for organising from scratch for 1200 pairs of gumboots to get from New Zealand to Australia to help with those in caught up in the floods.

So to celebrate, a song. Well done Clare, great work.

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Gumboots unite NZ and Oz

Posted by Clare Curran on January 13th, 2011

Phew. Compared with the enormity of what Queenslanders are facing right now, organising a few gumboots isn’t much. But I’m glad it’s done. And it seems to have united the Kiwi and Oz spirit.

On Sunday, 1200 (pairs of) gumboots provided by our very own NZ company; The Warehouse, will fly out of Auckland headed towards the flood recovery in Queensland. Big ups to The Warehouse. I know it was a team effort, but Rachel Walker and I seem to have become friends as a result.

Why gumboots? There is a chronic shortage of gumboots in Australia. It’s not the season for them. And to be honest, I’m not sure that gumboots are really the essential item that they are in NZ.

Throughout flood-swept Qld people are being told by Mayors, by Premier Anna Bligh and by the Prime Minister Julia Gillard, to be careful of their footwear. Not to wear thongs (jandals).  Once the clean up begins gumboots will be essential, for adults and kids.

The gumboots will go to Toowoomba, where Operation Angel, an organisation based in Melbourne, is directing its efforts.

On Tuesday night I got a text from my sister Judith who said our mutual friend Jacqueline Pascarl had been in touch to say she was reinvigorating Operation Angel to coordinate a recovery operation in Toowomba, Queensland. She said among the most essential items were gumboots and mosquito nets, coils and repellent. And would I help?

Jack’s a tenatious person and is good in a crisis. She’s a Patron of Care International, and a bunch of other things, and she’s had a lot happen in her life. So I sent an email to Stephen Tindall of The Warehouse late Tuesday night and by close of business Wednesday  they’d found 1200 pairs of gumboots.

It took a bit longer to organise how to get the gumboots to Oz. I won’t say too much about that, but after I emailed CEO Allan Joyce this morning, by this afternoon Qantas had got back to me saying they’d be pleased to transport the gumboots to Oz.

I understand the gumboots will be flown to Melbourne via Auckland on Sunday and then transported free by truck to Qld, courtesy of Toll Group in Oz.

The generosity of NZ and Oz companies is fantastic and I am feeling a bit overwhelmed.

John Clarke (aka Fred Dagg) would be proud.

A bit of info about:

Operation Angel is a not for profit, secular, humanitarian organisation founded in 1997 by Jacqueline Pascarl to assist the women and children of the war-torn Balkan states. Reinvigorated during the 2009 Victorian Bushfire Crisis, it has since evolved into a rapid response, community and volunteer support organisation, priding itself on being lateral thinking and responsive – filling niches that are often overlooked in the time of emergency and disaster.

Jacqueline is a friend and a very special person.

PS: Mosquito nets, coils and repellent are still needed. And probably more gumboots. Can you help?

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Don’t dump on the do-gooders

Posted by Darien Fenton on January 9th, 2011

Paul Thomas had a good article in the NZ Herald yesterday, where he describes the work Jimmy Carter has been doing since he lost the US Presidency in 1980.

Apparently, he’s on the verge of eradicating the guinea worm – a parasite that is ingested from drinking water and grows to around a metre in length, then erupts from blisters (eewww I know!)

The Carter Foundation’s campaign of education and distribution of water purification strainers has reduced the number of cases from three million reported cases in 1980  to 1700 last year, mostly in Sudan.

Yet, as Paul Thomas says :

(Jimmy Carter)… remains the benchmark of liberal ineffectuality and a prime target of that curious pejorative, habitually delivered with a curl of the lip, do-gooder.Carter is routinely described as a peanut farmer, which is true as far as it goes. He was also a naval officer involved in America’s nuclear submarine programme and a modernising governor of Georgia, but those parts of his CV don’t conform to the narrative.

Sarah Palin, who during the 2008 presidential campaign sneered at Barack Obama’s background as a community organiser, recently joined the dots. Asked to summarise Obama’s presidency, she offered, “Two words: Jimmy Carter.”

This is the same Sarah Palin who, since she resigned her Alaska governship, has made $16 million through books, speaking engagements and appearances on Fox News.

It says something about today’s society that we (some) hang on Palin’s every tweet and treat her as a serious political figure when all she seems to be good at, or interested in, is self-promotion, while continuing to deprecate Carter despite his measurable contribution to mankind.

I agree. And don’t we see it here?  The denigration of those whose work involves helping others, rather than themselves and whose causes are about more than building personal wealth.

We need to value and respect those who are dedicated through their work or community involvement or activism, to doing good and to fighting for important causes.

Because if they don’t, who will?

Filed under: Foreign Affairs, community, health, human rights, inequality, poverty
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Australian workers raising money for Pike River families

Posted by Clare Curran on December 3rd, 2010

A show of solidarity from acrosss the ditch. The Australian Workers Union (AWU) represents the miners at Beaconsfield in Tasmania where there was another mining accident several years ago.

Good on them

Just one of many acts of kindness being shown around our country and the globe on this.

AWU members donating to support New Zealand Pike River Families

03 December 2010

The tragic deaths at New Zealand’s Pike River mine has affected many Australian Workers’ Union members who have contacted the national office asking if they can donate money to support the families left behind.

australia and new zealand350 4ce64ff9965e3 [australia and new zealand350 4ce64ff9965e3.jpg]Already AWU members in Tasmania have donated more than $1000 to our New Zealand sister union’s EPMU Pike River Miners Families Support Trust.

AWU members who want to support the donation drive can send cheques made out  to: “ EPMU Pike River Families Support Trust” care of the EPMU, PO Box 14-277, Kilbirnie, Wellington, 6241, New Zealand.

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We must ask the hard questions

Posted by Clare Curran on November 28th, 2010

John Armstrong’s piece in yesterday’s Herald got it wrong.

He inferred that most politicians raising questions and exploring the reasons for the explosions at Pike River will be tainted with “exploiting the catastrophe for selfish political motives”.

John by writing that you do two things:

1. You perpetuate the view that politics is somehow “dirty” and “bad”. Is that what you really think?

2. You are undermining the questioner and the questions. That means it will be much harder to get to the truth. Is that really your intention?

Instead, asking the hard questions and seeking answers to them is what we would expect and what we require from our politicians. And from our media. Surely!

29 men died. Their families want answers. Their community wants answers. Politicians were elected to ask questions.

Armstrong appears to be framing the Pike River aftermath so that from the Opposition Benches only Jim Anderton has credibility in asking the hard questions about what went wrong.

I’m happy that Jim will be doing it.

But according to Armstrong, Labour can’t because we’ll be cynically exploiting the catastrophe for the wrong reasons, or showing desperation. What rubbish!

The union movement can’t because they (according to Armstrong) want payback “for the humiliation the Combined Trade Unions incurred over The Hobbit”. More rubbish!

Not sure what he thinks about the Greens asking questions.

On day one of the Pike River explosion I raised on Twitter the importance of hard questions being asked of the company responsible for Pike River Mine. I raised the issue of the Beaconsfield Mine collapse in Tasmania and the important role played by the (AWU) union in bringing health and safety issues to the fore.

And I encouraged the media to ask the tough questions. They are the ones who are placed to ask them. And not be put off by cries of insensitivity. Or inappropriateness. Let’s hope they do.

Fran O’Sullivan, also writing yesterday in the Herald,  believes that the hard questions need to be asked and the vested interests of everyone taken into account. I agree.

My vested interest is to determine why this disaster happened, make sure it doesn’t happen again and bring some accountability. It’s the truth that matters here. All questions are important, even if they are scoffed at by some.

Politicians, no matter what side of politics they are on must ask the hard questions. Otherwise, they’re not doing their jobs.

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Damien, Rick and Phil

Posted by Clare Curran on November 28th, 2010

I know there’s a bunch of MPs who’ve spent time at Pike River over the last week and a bit. All of them, from across the political spectrum, have done their best to contribute in whatever way they could to the immense tragedy. This post applies to all of them.

I just want to acknowledge three colleagues; Damien O’Connor who dropped everything and headed to Greymouth on the Friday evening of the mine accident. The West Coast is his patch. And I can’t imagine what the last week has been like for him.

And Rick Barker. We spent last Saturday together in Mana during the by-election. I know his mind and heart was on the West Coast and he headed there the next day. Rick grew up on the Coast.

And of course Phil Goff. He’s been there as much as could be this week. To be honest nothing else really mattered.

They are among the ones who’ve seen first hand the effect this tragedy has had on the people affected. Think they need support too.

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Red Alert postings suspended

Posted by Clare Curran on November 25th, 2010

Parliament has now been suspended out of respect for the death of 29 Pike River miners. Red Alert has suspended posts for today.

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The desire to do something

Posted by Clare Curran on November 25th, 2010

I know we all feel helpless and distressed right now about the Pike River mining tragedy. The natural human response is to want to “do something”  to help.

Here’s something we can do.

The Labour Party was born in the mines on the West Coast. Our hearts are with the miners families.

You can donate to the them by going to the Labour Party website or by clicking directly here

PS: The givealittle website  goes to the Grey District Mayoral Fund so that the public can offer financial support to the families directly affected. (added: Nothing to do with the Labour Party)

 People can also donate by going into their local ANZ or National Bank branch, or via internet banking.The account number: 01 1841 0052483 00

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Update from Pike River #2

Posted by Clare Curran on November 21st, 2010

Pictures just in from the Pike River Mine news conference in Greymouth attended by dozens of media from all around NZ and the world. High interest. Pressure mounting given the rescue cannot yet get underway.

Effort being put into supporting the families and continuing to analyse the air quality in the mine to assess when is the safe time to send rescuers in.

Pictures supplied by Labour’s Damien O’Connor who has been there since Friday night. Labour Leader Phil Goff (pictured in foreground) arrived this morning.

  • Twitter feed can be accessed at www.twitter.com (#pikeriver). Updates are coming thick and fast.
  • NZHerald has useful updates here
  • Stuff Wesbite here
  • TV3 streamed the media conference live (I watched it online) They are providing updates here
  • TVNZ which now (finally) has live feeds is here

Happy to supply other media links if you want to send them to me

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Updates on Pike River Mine

Posted by Clare Curran on November 19th, 2010

Our thoughts and hearts are with the (29) unaccounted for miners at Pike River. And their families. The community will be in shock.

Phil Goff has just made a public statement.

He says:

We know the Govt and emergency services will do everything humanly possible to rescue those caught up in this disaster. We hope and pray the miners can be reached and recovered as soon as possible.

Damien O’Connor is at the mine site.

It’s times like these that the spotlight comes on the ability of our media to respond quickly to report a crisis.

My advice is to go sign up to Twitter. www.twitter.com It’s easy. Once you’re there do a search on #pikeriver and you’ll get plenty of updates. Click follow on the people and news media organisations who seem the most onto it.

GreerMcDonald from Fairfax is the tireless social media journo. She works long hours and does constant live updates.

dchengnzh (AKA Derek Cheng) from the NZ Herald is also doing live updates.

I understand Sky News is covering. TV3 had a live feed by about 9.30pm (approx). TVNZ still doesn’t. Not good enough.

There is considerable international media interest. CNN, NY Times, Al Jazeera TV have run stories.

Also go to facebook and join this group http://www.facebook.com/PikeRiver (Update: At 11pm when I posted this more than 1400 people have now signed up to this page. Within half an hour another 500 had joined)

Further update: TV3 has a dedicated page to Pike River

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Bully state – let’s change this law too

Posted by Darien Fenton on October 28th, 2010

While everyone’s been obsessed with the Hobbit there’s another battle looming that could have the same end result – the government rushing off to change labour laws to prevent workers accessing rights.

Today, the Service & Food Workers Union is in the Court of Appeal defending the right of disability support workers to be paid the lawful minimum wage during periods they are required to remain on the employers premises on-call to the 4 -5 intellectually disabled residents they are supporting (known as a sleepover).

Last December, the Employment Court confirmed its decision that being required to stay on the employer’s premises during the night to support people with intellectual disabilities was “work” and should attract the minimum wage. The court described the responsibilities during sleepovers as ‘weighty’ and ‘critical to the business of the employer.’ 

IHC, the National Residential Intellectual Disability Providers, Business New Zealand and the Department of Labour put forward the argument that if the requirement to pay $12.50 an hour was averaged over a pay period employers could offset higher paid periods for those where rates below the minimum hourly rate were paid, but the Court disagreed. 

Now the government’s joined the appeal, with AG Christopher Finlayson appearing alongside the employer (IHC).  They will argue that it is possible to average the minimum wage across a pay period and thus it is possible to earn just $3.00 an hour for some hours worked.

The AG will be arguing that the Court’s decision to have these workers paid properly for sleepovers will be a catastrophe for the NZ economy because it will destroy the system of salaries, commission and piece work.

But just in case they lose, the government is currently working on an amendment to the Minimum Wage Act to overturn the Court judgement and allow “averaging” and legal rates of pay as low as $1.00 an hour.

What’s really behind it is that the government will have to stump up with a whole lot of extra cash for Disability Providers if the Court judgement stands. 

No problem bailing out SCF with $1.6 billion, but a big problem paying these workers properly.

So, easy.  Let’s change the law. After all, they’ve done it for the Hobbit, so why not?

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Unlocking Our Potential

Posted by David Cunliffe on October 4th, 2010

The Canterbury Earthquake, terrible though it was, reminds us of the courage and resilience of New Zealanders in a crisis. 

 If only the same courage and strength could be tapped as part of our normal ‘economic development’, NZ would be able to unlock enormous untapped potential.

 That same courage was evident in many of our forebears: those who voyaged to NZ by waka or ship, and those hacked down the bush to form arable pasture (often on slopes so steep it should not have been touched, but their courage was undeniable).  

 Tapping into that same strength of character to unlock future potential is part of the task that lies before us. 

 Our world is changing.  The old solutions will not work for tomorrows problems.  The old certainties have gone.   The era of guaranteed markets in the UK for our sheep and beef has gone.   The era of free and easy credit has now gone.  

 We are told we face a ‘decade of deleveraging’.  All around us we see growing signs of despair.  

 Just as in the 70’s we were called upon to diversify our markets, in the 80’s to deregulate our economy, and in the 00’s to rebuild our torn social fabric, Labour is now called upon to rise to a new challenge in a new era. Just as Mickey Savage did in the 1930s, we are being called upon to find a better way.

 NZ is currently meandering through the aftermath of the global financial crisis.  We are beset by malaise.  We lack confidence.  We appear unable to define our own future, and even lack awareness of our own potential and character.

 So NZ falls back passively on its proximity to larger Asian growth centres, its traditional bulk agricultural base, and its relationship with its nearest neighbour Australia.

 These are undeniable strategic advantages, but if any are a substitute for owning our own future, they will ultimately undermine our national wellbeing and identity.  

 Our relationship with foreign investment has to change.  As it stands we are becoming more and more deeply indebted to foreigners.  We have been through a phase of selling state assets to cover the interest.  We are now selling our land at the rate of dozens of rugby fields a day.  But still our national debt keeps rising. 

 It was not primarily ‘the government’s’ fault.   Most of this debt is private debt.  Most of it fuelled the private binge on property consumption (it was never really ‘investment’ despite the temporary up-cycle in which much of it happened).

 That we need more foreign investment is undeniable, but it must be channelled into genuinely value-creating and productive activity and not simply transfer the ownership of existing assets to foreigners making our future income deficit worse.   

 A new conversation must begin – one that starts from the proposition that we wish to own and govern our own affairs.

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