GOVERNMENT GIVES LARRY ELLISON AMERICAS CUP CAMPAIGN COMPANY $17 MILLION
The Warkworth boat building company which is owned by Larry Ellison’s Americas Cup team Oracle Racing, is refusing to comment on claims that it...
GOVERNMENT TO GIVE ORACLE'S BOAT BUILDER $17 MILLION
The Warkworth boat building company which is owned by Larry Ellison’s Americas Cup team Oracle Racing, is refusing to comment on claims that it...
DAIRY PRICES ARE DOWN BUT SO IS THE DOLLAR SO WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
Treasury now says dairy prices are unlikely to recover till late this year or early next year.
That’s a step back from the Budget forecasts...
SORRY APPLE – THE HOLIDAY HERE MAY BE OVER. TIME TO PAY TAX.
New Zealand looks ready to crack down tax on dodging US tech companies like Apple who pay very little tax here.
For the year ended...
FORGET AUCKLAND'S HOUSES – NOW IT'S THE DAIRY FARMERS WHO ARE IN TROUBLE
The Reserve Bank’s focus is now shifting from Auckland housing to a dairy industry that increasingly looks as though it is in deep trouble
.Just...
RESERVE BANK DROPS INTEREST RATES
For the first time since March 2011 the Reserve Bank has cut the Official Cash Rate down from 3.5 to 3.25 per cent.
And it...
ALL EYES ON THE RESERVE BANK
All eyes will be on the Reserve Bank this morning as its releases its quarterly Monetary Policy Statement.
MPs who are on the Finance and...
BILL ENGLISH'S SOCIAL SERVICES REFORMS STEP UP THEIR PACE
The Government announcement that it plans to develop Social Impact Bonds is yet another indication that the Bill English – led reform of the...
THE INSPECTOR MAY CALL – BUT WE CAN'T SAY WHEN
MPs today heard a revealing account of antiquated systems within the Auckland Council’s Building Control Department.
The Department --- which deals with over 17,000 applications...
SMITH OPTIMISTIC RMA REFORMS CAN BE ACHIEVED
The Government is still optimistic that a Bill to reform the Resource Management Act can go through Parliament later this year.
Last Friday the Prime...
THE DEVIL IN THE BUDGET'S DETAIL
Tax cuts in 2017 will depend on the Government achieving a credible surplus next year.
That will now become the focus of the Government.
If it...
QUESTIONS ABOUT O'REILLY'S RESIGNATION
Questions are being asked around Parliament about the surprise resignation today of Business New Zealand Chief Executive Phil O’Reilly.
Mr O'Reilly has been CEO for...
NEW HOUSING TAX A POLITICAL COUP
The Government’s announcement of what amounts to a capital gains tax on investor housing is a political coup.
Whilst it exposes National to some risk...
MORE BUDGET HINTS
As more hints come about this Budget it is increasingly look like it will be the social policy budget.
The Prime Minister says it will...
POLITICAL PRESSURE FROM AUCKLAND MPs FORCED THE GOVERNMENT HOUSING TAX MOVE
The Government’s capital gains tax proposal on investor housing announced today apparently came after pressure from some Auckland MPs.
Even so, Caucus as a whole...
