Dec 9, 2025 | Monetary Financing, News, Petition, Petition (DMF), Submissions
In late October, we presented a petition to parliament seeking an inquiry into direct monetary financing for infrastructure. We have followed it up with a supporting submission. Following is an extract from our submission. You can read the full submission here (PDF)....
May 30, 2025 | Monetary Financing, Submissions, Treasury
Treasury recently consulted on how the government should manage fiscal policy (i.e. government spending) through economic shocks and business cycles. Positive Money used this consultation as an opportunity to promote the use of Direct Monetary Financing as part of a...
Mar 7, 2025 | Monetary Financing, News, Submissions
Positive Money’s team put in a submission on the Local Government (Water Services) Bill and followed it up with an oral submission to the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee on 5 March 2025. (Transcript and full submission below.)...
Jan 29, 2025 | News, Submissions
The following is our response to the Infrastructure Commission’s invitation to test their thinking on developing a National Infrastructure Plan. My name is Don Richards and I am the national spokesperson for Positive Money NZ, an independent, non-profit group...
Oct 7, 2024 | Banking Reform, News, Submissions
We supported our written submission with an oral presentation to the select committee on banking competition on the 19th February 2025. (Full submission is below.) https://youtu.be/JsZpH4pk3IY?si=s9HOQYYYas3WmDAHVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is...
Jul 25, 2024 | Future of Money, News, Submissions
Positive Money has submitted a response to the Reserve Bank’s consultation Digital Cash in New Zealand. This continues its evolving CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency) programme. Here is a link to the Reserve Bank’s consultation page and its consultation paper (PDF...
