Rates Growth
(November 2006 )
Probably everywhere for both district and regional councils rates are increasing faster than inflation. Why?

The End of Farm Exports?
(October 2006 )
There is wide awareness of prospective continuing energy price increases. However fossil fuels such as coal will last centuries and other technologies should see us out for millennia, albeit at much higher energy prices than we presently enjoy.

Our Electrical Future
(September 2006 )
The Labour government is floundering in dealing with our future electricity needs. Addiction to growth including encouraging tens of thousands of immigrants into the country inevitably increases the demand for electricity. In the past this meant paying the capital cost of a dam but after that and loan interest had been paid off there was only a small maintenance cost to cope with. Now we face the prospect of thermal power stations and their ongoing fuel costs, not to mention carbon emissions.

What Is Social Credit?
(July 2006 )
Social Credit is the name given to a system of economic analysis and political philosophy by its originator, Major C.H.Douglas.

Are You Being Ripped Off?
(June 2006 )
There is only one reason why Democrats for social members know that reforming our financial system is essential: the present system does not and cannot work for the benefit of New Zealanders.

Submission to Wanganui District Council
(May 2006 )
The New Zealand Democrats for social credit have been represented in Parliament in the past and intend winning electoral support again. Indeed, the requirements of the Local Government Act (2002) cannot be met without the adoption of the policies we advocate. As an independent party once more we are intent on taking opportunities such as submission processes to inform people of the practical solutions available under current legislation for funding the public sector.

Demoralised Public Service
(March 2006 )
New Zealand used to have a proud Public Service in which integrity was valued. Red tape was annoying at times, but its purpose was designed to “get it right”. That appears to have disappeared under successive couldn’t-care-less administrations of the two main old political parties.

Student Debt Racket
(February 2006 )
The entire borrowing and lending complex involved with this legal scam is only surviving because of the mass of misinformation and economic ignorance surrounding it. This outline of how it works, in principle, and who the real beneficiaries are, is lacking detail in some areas because those who know the facts are in positions where they may be humiliated or sacked if they became "whistle blowers", for allowing it to continue for so long.