Governing NZ – NON-PARTISAN, NON-IDEOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE

At one time, governing in New Zealand was personal. Technology now filters what decision-makers hear, so policy is shaped by advisors, officials, lobbyists and a politicised media, not by what people need. www.governing.nz puts forward ideas that stand on their own merit. Good ideas. Worth doing.

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

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, most 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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