Brian Easton

Listener 23 August, 1997

Keywords: Environment & Resources;

Under the plains of New Zealand run great rivers, aquifers flowing through permeable gravels carrying the rains from the back country to the sea. Although unseen, they can be tapped for humankind’s benefit with artesian bores for household, industry, and agricultural use.

Listener 9 August 1997

Keywords: Social Policy;

In this column I assume that the government’s proposed Retirement Savings Scheme (RSS) works the way the government says it will. In which case the RSS is a privatization of the current New Zealand Superannuation (NZS), where instead of the government taking responsibility for the funding, the private sector does, albeit under considerable government regulation.