May 21, 2023 | News, Opinion
Our 2023 “no frills” or “no thrills” budget is yet another missed opportunity that will consign the country to more debt. Few can argue against the need to fund infrastructure and resilience ($6 billion) and public housing ($3 billion) but the downside is that other...
Jun 30, 2022 | Media Releases, News
The Reserve Bank is squandering billions of taxpayer dollars buying back our own Government bonds from private banks when it does not need to. Now we find that this money-go-round had a real cost—$8 billion and counting, says Positive Money national spokesperson Don...
Feb 10, 2022 | Media Releases, News, Submissions
The Green Party’s call for an inquiry into the government’s economic response to Covid is welcome, but needs to go a step further, says Positive Money national spokesperson Don Richards. “Rather than a select committee inquiry, the public deserves an...
Aug 9, 2021 | News, Submissions
The Positive Money team has followed up our parliamentary petition with a submission to Parliament. Positive Money launched its petition to offer an alternative to the emergency Covid-19 financing mechanism known as quantitative easing (QE) or ‘Large Scale Asset...
Apr 26, 2020 | In-depth videos (1 hour+), News, Videos
Positive Money NZ national spokesman Don Richards and Auckland spokesperson Cliff Hall hosted a Zoom meeting with Positive Money members to discuss how New Zealand can pay for the Covid-19 response and recovery. Hint: it’s not debt and it’s not taxes. Recorded Sunday...
