Jan 22, 2026 | News, Opinion, Petition, Petition (DMF), Reserve Bank
A recent spat between the government and new Reserve Bank Governor, Dr Anna Breman, brought the issue of central bank independence into the spotlight again. We need the debate. There has been a consensus since the monetary reforms of the 1980s that monetary policy...
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...
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...
Mar 1, 2023 | Monetary Financing, News
In November last year, our National Spokesperson Don Richards sent a letter to his local MP, Justice Minister Kiri Allan. In it, he outlined issues with our current monetary system and asked for her support to raise awareness: What we have seen is first, excessive...
Oct 20, 2022 | Media Releases, Monetary Financing, News, Reserve Bank
To: Members of the Petitions Committee, New Zealand Parliamentcc: Dr Duncan Webb, MP (the MP who received our petition) Follow up to our petition, “The Reserve Bank Covid-19 recovery direct funding petition”, published 1 July 2021 You may remember that our petition...
