The Albanese Government has announced a gradual lowering of the 16% tax rate to 14% for income between $18,200 and $45,000. This increases the gap between the NZ and Australia, where we get taxed far ...

The Irish Times reports on how Trump attacking leaders increases their popularity back home. Examples include: Canada Government net approval has gone from -42% to +16% Mexico President net approval g ...

The details, released under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act, also reveal a car used by the mayor and mayoral office staff was recorded speeding 30 times over the same time ...

Within hours of the 156 page Independent Police Conduct Authority report coming out on 18 February everyone seemed to have an opinion on it. There seemed to be an immediate consensus that it was a thr ...

AKA: Our actual spending to try and improve things is tiny! AKA: The current government is a very long way from keeping their promises to reduce the spend on bureaucracy. 1. Our government education ...

Chris Bishop and Simon Court announced principles for the RMA replacement, and they generally look very good (but not perfect). Some key aspects: The new system will be based on the economic concept ...

The White House released a list of countries and the tariff rates they charged the US. It was clearly wrong as NZ has an average tariff of around 1.7% on US imports and the list said 20%. I thought it ...

In 2017, the geniuses of the Labour Party decided to have an experiment. They said, let's cut the prison population by 30%. Someone (hopefully) said, you mean by reducing serious crime by 30%? But the ...

Fascinating to compare the tariffs imposed by Donald Trump on two countries. Country A Has zero tariffs on US imports Has a Free Trade Agreement with the United States Imports ($34.6 billion) twice as ...

The Government is accelerating Local Water Done Well for the Wellington region to provide greater transparency at Wellington Water and ensure it is delivering value for money for ratepayers, say Local ...

President Trump has announced massive tariffs on most countries, including a 10% tariff on all NZ exports to the US. The table he released claims that NZ imposes an average 20% tariff on US goods.

A submitter known only as “Amy” has schooled the Commerce Commission on a regulatory change that could, she says, cause her parents grief. The commission said earlier this week that it is assessing ...