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Landmark Statements
What partnership?
A speech which challenged the growing nonsense that the Treaty of Waitangi created a partnership between Maori chiefs and the Crown
Is freedom of speech under threat in New Zealand?
A speech to a conference on free speech in Auckland
Who should control monetary policy: politicians or central bankers?
A speech given to a seminar at Princeton University
The Book
Don's book, 'Incredible Luck', is available for purchase as an eBook on Amazon.com by following this link.
One Law for All?
A major policy speech made while ACT Party Leader, focusing on the need to ensure all are equal before the law
Building a More Prosperous New Zealand
A major policy speech made while ACT Party Leader, outlining the economic policies needed to grow New Zealand's economy and living standards.
Letter to John Key
Don's letter resigning from the National Party
Return to Orewa
An address to the Orewa branch of the New Zealand National Party
Challenges for New Zealand's Future Pension System
Can the New Zealand Superannuation scheme survive the ageing of New Zealand's population, and if not, what should be done about it? A speech given to the Asset Allocation Summit at the Hilton Hotel in Auckland
Why bother with public life?
Speech given at the opening dinner of Consilium, hosted by the Centre for Independent Studies, in Coolum, Queensland
Orewa 2004 - Nationhood
The speech which, for a time, changed "Orewa" from a place to a date, outlining the dangerous drift to racial separatism in New Zealand and the development of the Treaty grievance industry
Why are Schools Failing so many of our Kids?
An address to the Visionschools annual conference
Maiden speech in Parliament
Don's personal credo
Inflation targeting 14 years on
A summary of New Zealand's experience of inflation targeting in a speech to the American Economics Association in Atlanta
Faster growth? If we want it
A speech to the Knowledge Wave conference in Auckland
Comments on accepting the NZIER/Qantas Economics Award
Discusses the success or otherwise of the post-1984 economic reforms and criticizes professional economists for failing to explain those reforms to the public