Geoff Simmons

It was a pleasure to speak to local historian Geoff Simmons who has more knowledge of Tooting than anyone I've met. As well as being passionate about the area campaigning for blue plaques to mark people and places of interest, he regularly runs free local walks which I highly recommend you check out. To find out more please check out Geoff's website www.summerstown182.wordpress.com and his social media.

Geoff Simmons, The Opportunities Party leader, talks to Catherine about his economist background and how that relates to housing, the environment and Gene Editing among other things political in NZ. The General Election Show is on Beach FM 106.3 every Sunday from 5pm-6pm. Brought to you by The Lindale Village - where local businesses thrive.

Geoff Simmons is the leader of The Opportunities Party which is making waves to be taken seriously under his leadership succeeding Gareth Morgan. This week we sat down with Geoff to talk about the upcoming election, his view on the referendums, the history of TOP, his life in improvised comedy, books which he has co-authored, his relationship with previous party leader Gareth and everything else in between. Among an absolutely legendary chat with the man an impromptu comedy monologue about legalisation of cannabis is also sprinkled into this episode which would be a crime to miss!

Geoff Simmons’ (the Opportunities Party leader) gives his opinion on Auckland going into lockdown, how COVID-19  has impacted and will continue to impact NZ parties campaigns, the universal basic incomes increased relevance in the time of COVID-19 and more.

TOP rocketed to fame in the last election off the back of its former leader Gareth Morgan attacking pretty much everything: government, the opposition, the wealthy, the tax system the welfare system and even cats. This time around it’s Geoff Simmons at the helm. The former economist talks to Vincent about prospects for success, climate action, upending the tax system and the future of a value, not volume driven New Zealand. 

John Cowan interviews leader of The Opportunities Party, Geoff Simmons.

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Geoff Simmons and I caught up to talk about why people put their money in to property / gold / cryptocurrency, addressing poverty, getting around changing cities, unconditional basic incomes and the impacts of an automation society. You can learn more about Geoff Simmons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Simmons And follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/geoffsimmonz Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GeoffSimmonsNZ/ Geoff is the leader of The Opportunities Party in New Zealand, which you can also follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/top_nz Or Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/topnz/ And check the website: https://www.top.org.nz/ Want to find out more about Josiah? Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dgb_chilling

Geoff Simmons is the Leader of TOP aka The Opportunities Party NZ. They tack a pragmatic and nuanced approach to politics and policy and look to move NZ into the future. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geoffsimmonz/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/geoffsimmonz Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GeoffSimmonsNZ/ Website: https://www.top.org.nz/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/top_nz?lang=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/topnz/ SPONSOR: https://waiket0.pruvitnow.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thestagroar/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stagryan/ Twitter https://twitter.com/stagryan Snapchat @stagryan Facebook https://www.facebook.com/WaiKeto/ Blog https://stagryan.com/

For a podcast that's often focused on personal growth, in this episode we're talking economic growth!This month in New Zealand the Tax Working Group released their report and home owners held their breath.There it was....a recommendation for a capital gains tax on property sales. There were a host of other recommendations of course, but they were drowned out and seldom debated.So is this the best we can do? My guest this week was asking the same question.Geoff Simmons is the leader of The Opportunities Party and took part in discussions around the country to present an answer. If you've been looking for a long form, in depth discussion about how we look at fairness, taxation and the long term prosperity of New Zealand, I'm hoping you now have a place to start!