Governing NZ – Breaching the Bubble – Informing Ministers on Matters of Concern

Governing promotes the public interest. But it operates inside a bubble shaped by advisors, officials, lobbyists, and a politicised media.

We sit outside the bubble. We see what is holding us back. We live with the results. We offer practical ideas to make NZ work better.

The most powerful tool of governance is not taxation, regulation or punishment, it is permission.

“New Zealand tends to focus on short-term gains at the expense of long-term outcomes.”

Sir Bill English

New Zealand’s constitutional and governmental arrangements lack sufficient checks, leading to executive dominance and policy made without adequate scrutiny.

Sir Geoffrey Palmer

An AI Factory received consent to take 5% of NZ’s electricity to sell offshore computing. Policy by omission created the Marsden Refinery fuel crisis. This will be worse. MORE

In 2018, government declared war on mobile homes claiming they were minor dwellings. They are not, they are chattel, and the most affordable solution to the housing crisis.MORE

NZ classic car collecting has a $16 billion economic footprint, but NZTA rules, written for late model imports are strangling the collectible sector. It is time to change the rules. MORE

Settled Tax in real time. Each sale, tax paid. Each expense, deduction refunded. Like PAYE, mostt small businesses stay continuously up to date, with no returns and no accountant.MORE

The NZ Firearms Registry is hosted offshore by a private contractor. In cyber conflict it constitutes a high-value target but is not classified SECRET. This is a material misclassification. MORE

Mark Belton advocates the use of redwood rather than Radiata Pine, arguing there is an urgent need to reduce risk and make the farming sector more resilient to major cyclones. MORE

Governing.NZ is non-partisan, with no ideological alignment, intended to provide innovative solutions to challenges facing New Zealand

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