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New Paper On Effects Of Taxes, Benefits On Household Incomes

Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 3:32 pm | New Zealand Treasury

The Treasury has published today a new Analytical Note by Tod Wright and Hien Nguyen, Fiscal incidence in New Zealand: The effects of taxes and benefits on household incomes in tax year 2018/19 . Analyses of the distributional impact of taxation and government ... More >>

New Paper Examines Carbon Price Impacts On The Cost Of Living

Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 3:30 pm | New Zealand Treasury

The Treasury has published today a new Analytical Note by Cory Davis, Boston Hart and Benjamin Stubbing, Household cost-of-living impacts from the Emissions Trading Scheme and using transfers to mitigate regressive outcomes . This Analytical Note ... More >>

Government Plans Should Be Redirected Towards Transport For All

Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 3:29 pm | Transport for All

A coalition of public transport and climate organisations, united as ‘Transport for All’, is actively opposing the government’s transport proposals. The draft Government Policy Statement (GPS) includes plans for higher fares for public transport, ... More >>

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Feedback Wanted On Proposed Changes To Greater Wellington’s Revenue And Financing Policy

Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 2:47 pm | Greater Wellington Regional Council

Greater Wellington is inviting feedback on proposed changes to its Revenue and Financing Policy. The Revenue and Financing Policy covers the Council’s various sources of funding, and how the cost of services is shared across the region. This includes ... More >>

Evidence For Free School Lunches: The Bigger Picture Benefits

Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 11:44 am | Public Health Communication Centre

There’s ample evidence demonstrating free school lunch programmes provide wide benefits across schools, households and communities according to public health researchers. ACT Minister David Seymour wants to reduce the spending on Aotearoa New Zealand’s ... More >>

New Record For NZ’s Costliest Weather Events: Expense 20 Times More Than Previous High, Aon Report Reveals

Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 11:06 am | AON

Extreme weather events in the current climate have revealed significant vulnerabilities across the Pacific region More >>

Crown Put To The Test Before The Waitangi Tribunal On Health System Inequities

Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 10:44 am | Te Kohao Health

WAI2575 Health Services & Outcomes Kaupapa Inquiry Investigating More Breaches WAI3307 New Claim Filed Against Disestablishment of Te Aka Whai Ora More >>

Taxpayers’ Union Stands Down From High Alert After Sleepless Night

Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 10:38 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

The Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming comments from Christopher Luxon this morning recommitting to ‘no new taxes’ as part of Budget 2024. “Mr Luxon’s refusal at the Post-Cabinet press conference yesterday to repeat the ‘no new taxes’ promise ... More >>

Fast-Track Approvals Bill A Threat To Animal Welfare, Environment, And Democratic Integrity

Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 10:31 am | SAFE For Animals

SAFE is urgently calling on the Environment Committee to reject the Government’s Fast-Track Approvals Bill, and is urging New Zealanders to rally behind the call. The proposed Bill, currently under consideration with the Environment select committee, ... More >>

Issues Concerning New Zealanders Change Following The First 100 Days Of A New Coalition Leadership

Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 10:07 am | Ipsos

  The latest Ipsos New Zealand Issues Monitor reveals that fewer New Zealanders believe crime / law and order is one of the top issues facing our country. In 2018, Ipsos New Zealand started tracking the key issues facing New Zealand. In this wave ... More >>

Kiingi Tuheitia Holds Audience With Green Party

Monday, 18 March 2024, 6:10 pm | Te Tari o te Kiingitanga

Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII has hosted members of the Green Party Caucus at Tuurangawaewae Marae in Ngaaruawahia. The audience follows the King’s Hui-aa-Motu on 20 January, where more than 10,000 people gathered to discuss national More >>

Luxon Must Rule Out New Taxes, Not Adopt Labour’s Approach

Monday, 18 March 2024, 5:31 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

Reacting to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s refusal to rule out introducing new taxes at the budget, Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Connor Molloy, said: “Today’s refusal to rule out new taxes suggests the Government is nothing more ... More >>

Uber Drivers To Rally As Appeal On Contractor Misclassification Begins

Monday, 18 March 2024, 1:10 pm | FIRST Union

WHAT: Uber drivers are holding a rally outside the Court of Appeal in Wellington tomorrow, as the company begins its appeal against 2022’s Employment Court verdict (in a case taken jointly by FIRST Union and E tū) that four drivers were permanent ... More >>

Grant Robertson Interview Demonstrates Why He Should Never Have Been Finance Minister

Monday, 18 March 2024, 12:16 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

Responding to Grant Robertson’s recent admission on a Q+A with Jack Tame that his only regret from his time in office was that he didn’t take on more debt, Taxpayers’ Union spokesperson, Alex Murphy, said: “Grant Robertson has now admitted that he ... More >>

Kāpiti Council Living Wage Will Do More Harm Than Good

Monday, 18 March 2024, 10:30 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

  Commenting on the introduction of the living wage for all employees and contractors at Kāpiti Coast District Council, Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Connor Molloy, said: “The problem with blanket living-wage policies is that they ... More >>

Concern Over Impending SailGP Event Threatening Hector's Dolphins In Ōtautahi/Christchurch

Monday, 18 March 2024, 10:24 am | Animal Justice Party

With the upcoming SailGP event in Ōtautahi/Christchurch looming, there is mounting apprehension regarding the safety of Hector's dolphins, an endangered species unique to New Zealand waters. The event, scheduled to take place in an area frequented by ... More >>

SailGP Marine Mammal Management Plan A Farce That Puts ‘dollars Before Dolphins’: Dolphin Defenders

Monday, 18 March 2024, 9:33 am | Maui and Hector's Dolphin Defenders

The SailGP Marine Mammal Management Plan (MMMP) released late last week is a farce, say advocates. “Hector’s dolphins are in crisis” says Māui and Hector’s Dolphin Defenders Chair, Christine Rose. 47 Hector’s have been reported dead since ... More >>

Time To Have Your Say On What’s In And What’s Out Of NPDC’s Draft $4b 10-year Work Programme

Monday, 18 March 2024, 9:26 am | New Plymouth District Council

  What’s Brooklands Zoo worth to you? It’s been a family favourite for generations of Taranaki residents, but can we afford $9million to keep it for our tamariki? Upgrading some of the animal enclosures to meet new government standards ... More >>

Climate School Strike on April 5th

Sunday, 17 March 2024, 2:43 pm | School Strike 4 Climate Otautahi

School Strike for Climate Ōtautahi is holding our biggest strike yet to bring about action on intersectional climate and social justice issues in Aotearoa. Students and adults alike will unite and take to the streets on April the 5th. As the current ... More >>

Rt Hon Winston Peter - "State of the Nation - We Got Back Up Again"

Sunday, 17 March 2024, 2:35 pm | New Zealand First Party

Good afternoon. Thank you for, in your very busy lives, turning up to this meeting today. On October 14th last year New Zealanders overwhelmingly voted for change. That is exactly what this new government is bringing. New Zealand First campaigned ... More >>

Charles On Coins A Missed Opportunity

Saturday, 16 March 2024, 12:19 pm | New Zealand Republic

"Putting an image of King Charles III on our currency is a missed opportunity to celebrate New Zealand and our many great citizens,” said Lewis Holden, Campaign Chair of New Zealand Republic, Kia Mana Motuhake a Aotearoa. “The Reserve Bank’s ... More >>

EDS Releases Draft Submission On The Alarming Fast Track Approvals Bill

Friday, 15 March 2024, 4:58 pm | Environmental Defence Society

EDS has today released a first draft of its submission on the Fast Track Approvals Bill. The Bill was introduced to Parliament on 7 March and has been referred to the Environment Select Committee. Submissions to the Select Committee close 19 April. ... More >>

The World Is Watching Hāwera Seabed Mining Hearing, Says Greenpeace

Friday, 15 March 2024, 3:23 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand

Greenpeace says that the result of the EPA hearing for the Australian miner Trans Tasman Resources' seabed mining proposal for Taranaki could set a globally significant precedent. "Commercial seabed mining does not happen anywhere else on planet ... More >>

Rotorua Workers Deserve To Be Paid Fairly

Friday, 15 March 2024, 3:07 pm | Amalgamated Workers Union

59 members of the Amalgamated Workers Union NZ (AWUNZ) and 16 members of First Union have voted to go on strike after months of negotiations resulted in a failure to come to an agreement with their employer Infracore. Infracore is a CCO of Rotorua ... More >>

Survey Shows Transport Biggest Challenge For Hurunui’s Newcomers

Friday, 15 March 2024, 3:01 pm | Hurunui District Council

One quarter of respondents taking part in the Hurunui Welcoming Communities survey found accessing transport in the district the biggest challenge to settling in the Hurunui – ranking it even more of a difficulty than finding work, making friends ... More >>

Expedia’s Exit From Market Shows App Tax Will Reduce Competition And Raise Prices

Friday, 15 March 2024, 2:54 pm | Taxpayers' Union

The Taxpayers’ Union is urging the National Party to reconsider its decision to implement the App Tax it campaigned to repeal following reports that Expedia will remove thousands of accomodation providers from its platform when the new tax comes ... More >>

Taxpayers’ Union Welcomes New Bill To Remove Unfair Union Privileges

Friday, 15 March 2024, 1:00 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

The Taxpayers’ Union is celebrating the lodging of ACT MP Parmjeet Parmar’s Member’s Bill to remove the obligation on employers to automatically deduct fees from union members’ pay. Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Connor Molloy, said: ... More >>

Health, Food Prices And Affordable Housing Top Priorities For Kiwis

Friday, 15 March 2024, 12:19 pm | Horizon Research Limited

Kiwis are telling the government to focus most on improving health, rising food prices and affordable housing. Horizon Research presented a list of 42 issues and asked adults nationwide which were the most important for the current government ... More >>

E Tū TVNZ Members Launch Save Our Stories Campaign

Friday, 15 March 2024, 12:15 pm | E tu

E tū, the union for journalists and media workers in Aotearoa, is today launching a campaign to stop the proposed changes at TVNZ. The Save Our Stories campaign is a response to last week’s announcement of a proposal for significant cuts across ... More >>

No Space For An Undemocratic Fast Track Bill

Friday, 15 March 2024, 11:47 am | Federated Mountain Clubs

‘We must closely guard the welfare of our national parks and reserves. These should not be regarded as the property of our minister or the government. They belong to the people of today and tomorrow. We must fight for their protection if necessary.’ ... More >>

Scrapping Pay Parity Is Not The Solution To The ECE Sector Crisis

Friday, 15 March 2024, 10:59 am | NZEI

NZEI Te Riu Roa members working in early childhood education (ECE) say the Government should come clean on whether it is going to scrap pay parity for early childhood teachers. Pay parity means the pay rates of ECE qualified kaiako (teachers) are determined ... More >>

Kāpiti Coast District Council First District Council To Be An Accredited Living Wage Employer

Friday, 15 March 2024, 10:12 am | Kapiti Coast District Council

  Kāpiti Coast District Council is now an accredited Living Wage employer, the first district council in New Zealand to achieve the milestone. After a long process Council received accreditation from the Living Wage Movement Aotearoa New ... More >>

Dunne's Weekly: Bailing Out Ski Fields Or Media Companies?

Friday, 15 March 2024, 9:01 am | Peter Dunne

This week’s government bailout – the fifth in the last eighteen months – of the financially troubled Ruapehu Alpine Lifts company would have pleased many in the central North Island ski industry. The government’s stated rationale for the ... More >>

Drivers Behind Rates Rises Across The Country Laid Bare

Thursday, 14 March 2024, 2:57 pm | Local Government NZ

Homeowners are facing average rates rises of 15% according to data in draft long-term plans across 48 councils, averaging at about $8 more per week* per household. LGNZ commissioned a report by one of the country’s leading economists, Brad Olsen, which ... More >>

Contradictions In Tax Changes

Thursday, 14 March 2024, 2:01 pm | TrueNZ

The Prime Minister and various other Ministers (David Seymour & Simon Watts in particular) have been singing the praises of the restoration of interest deductibility for landlords as returning to fundamental taxation principles. There is a deafening ... More >>

Minister Tells Councils To Break The Law In Latest Attack On Our Environment

Thursday, 14 March 2024, 1:52 pm | Environmental Defence Society

The Associate Minister for the Environment, Hon Andrew Hoggard, has today told Councils to suspend further work on identifying Significant Natural Areas (SNAs) in their plans. “This is the latest in a rolling maul of attacks on the constitution and ... More >>

Another Unworkable Farming Rule Bites The Dust

Thursday, 14 March 2024, 12:50 pm | Federated Farmers

Federated Farmers says the suspension of Significant Natural Areas (SNA) rules are a positive step forward for both farmers and New Zealand’s biodiversity. "These unworkable rules were universally despised by farmers, and we’re pleased to see ... More >>

International Migration: January 2024

Thursday, 14 March 2024, 11:07 am | Statistics New Zealand

International migration statistics give the latest outcomes-based measure of migration, which includes estimates of migrants entering or leaving New Zealand. Key facts Annual migration Provisional estimates for the January 2024 year compared with the January ... More >>

Ruapehu Bailout Throwing Good Money After Bad, After Bad, After Bad, After Bad

Thursday, 14 March 2024, 10:35 am | Taxpayers' Union

The Taxpayers’ Union is slamming the Government’s announcement to give Ruapehu Alpine Lifts (RAL) another $7 million in corporate welfare bringing the total value of taxpayer-funded handouts they have received to $27.35 million in just the past ... More >>

IPCA PUBLIC REPORT - Fatal Shooting Of Mr Witika In Auckland Justified

Thursday, 14 March 2024, 10:15 am | Independent Police Conduct Authority

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that officers were justified in shooting Mr Witika outside his burning house in Glen Eden. On the morning of 29 November 2021, Police received reports of a house fire where gunshots had been heard ... More >>

Government Attack On Science Steps Up - New Cash Grab Focus Threatens Callaghan Innovation Scientists

Thursday, 14 March 2024, 9:34 am | PSA

Callaghan Innovation’s new focus on commercial-only research threatens the livelihoods of scores of scientists and risks damaging long term research that benefits New Zealand. "This is another sad consequence of the Government’s reckless austerity drive ... More >>

Free Fares Campaign Urges Government To Value Public Transport In The GPS

Wednesday, 13 March 2024, 3:41 pm | Free Fares NZ

According to public transport advocates, the current Government’s approach to land transport is out of touch with the priorities of regular New Zealanders and the reality of cost-of-living pressures. Last week the Ministry of Transport released ... More >>

Shane Jones Recusal From Seabed Mining Shows Corruption Of Fast Track Process

Wednesday, 13 March 2024, 3:29 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand

The recusal of Resources and Oceans Minister Shane Jones from being involved in a government decision on a possible seabed mining application under the new fast-track legislation is evidence of how corrupt the process is, say environment and community ... More >>

The New Zealand Initiative Supports Fast-Track Approvals Bill With Suggested Improvements

Wednesday, 13 March 2024, 2:09 pm | The New Zealand Initiative

The New Zealand Initiative welcomes the government's introduction of the Fast-Track Approvals Bill to streamline consenting for infrastructure and development projects. However, the Initiative recommends several changes to improve the Bill and mitigate ... More >>

Frederick Hobson Pleads Guilty To The Murder Of Janak Patel

Wednesday, 13 March 2024, 1:50 pm | Dairy and Business Owners Group

The Dairy and Business Owner’s Group Incorporated believes Frederick Hobson’s guilty plea for the callous and despicable murder of Janak Patel will at least save Mr Patel’s family the trauma of a trial. That said, a guilty plea is used by criminals ... More >>

Workers Should Worry About New Threat To Workplace Protections In Minister’s Speech

Wednesday, 13 March 2024, 1:33 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions

Minister Brooke van Velden’s speech to the Auckland Chamber of Commerce last night is another alarming sign of the Government’s low regard for workers’ basic rights. “The Minister appeared to endorse proposals that would strip workers of essential ... More >>

New Zealand Leadership In An Insecure World: A Unified Call To Increase Overseas Development Aid

Wednesday, 13 March 2024, 1:02 pm | Council for International Development

An Open Letter to New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, Foreign Minister Rt Hon Winston Peters, and ACT leader Hon David Seymour Dear Ministers, The Council for International Development (CID), along with undersigned international development ... More >>

Grey Power Asks Why The Chief Ombudsman Must Retire At Age 72

Wednesday, 13 March 2024, 11:55 am | Grey Power New Zealand

Grey Power notes from media reports that Peter Boshier is retiring from the position of Chief Ombudsman because government legislation dictates that this is what must happen when the incumbent in that position reaches the age of 72 years. It is difficult ... More >>

Latest OIA Statistics Released

Wednesday, 13 March 2024, 11:00 am | Public Service Commission

Acting Public Service Commissioner Heather Baggott today released the Official Information Act statistics for the six months to December 2023. The latest statistics cover 99 agencies that collectively completed 30,834 official information requests between ... More >>

Chief Ombudsman Publishes Latest OIA & LGOIMA Complaints Information

Wednesday, 13 March 2024, 10:46 am | Office of the Ombudsman

The Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier has published his half-yearly data on Official Information Act (OIA) and Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act (LGOIMA) complaints. The data covers the number of complaints received under each ... More >>

Initial Insights From Groundbreaking Research Safer When, Safe How Reveals The Invisible Risks Of Family Violence

Wednesday, 13 March 2024, 9:13 am | Women's Refuge

Women’s Refuge, with generous support from Contact Energy, is partway through a groundbreaking research project - Safer When, Safer How. Never undertaken in New Zealand, the research is examining family violence risk and what really works to ... More >>

Climate Change Commission Insistent On Making Emissions Reduction Expensive

Tuesday, 12 March 2024, 4:06 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

Reacting to today’s release of the Climate Change Commission’s advice on the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), Taxpayers’ Union climate policy spokesperson, Connor Molloy, said: “The advice, if accepted, would continue to keep carbon prices ... More >>

Seabed Mining Opposition To Gather Outside EPA Hearings

Tuesday, 12 March 2024, 2:01 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand

It’s clear would-be seabed miner Trans Tasman Resources is banking on the government’s new fast-track legislation to get its project across the line, given its lack of effort to satisfy the strong new environmental test set by the Supreme Court, say ... More >>

Seabed Mining Opposition To Gather Outside EPA Hearings

Tuesday, 12 March 2024, 1:38 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand

It’s clear would-be seabed miner Trans Tasman Resources is banking on the government’s new fast-track legislation to get its project across the line, given its lack of effort to satisfy the strong new environmental test set by the Supreme Court, say ... More >>

Countering Hate Speech Aotearoa

Tuesday, 12 March 2024, 11:27 am | Countering Hate Speech Aotearoa

Countering Hate Speech Aotearoa (CHSA) calls on Lower Hutt Mayor Campbell Barry to cancel the Free Speech Union NZ’s booking for Graham Linehan at the Lower Hutt Events Centre on March 14, 2024. Countering Hate Speech Aotearoa (CHSA) is a non-profit ... More >>

Money Down The Drain: The High Cost Of Leaking Water Pipes

Tuesday, 12 March 2024, 10:27 am | Public Health Communication Centre

Leaking water pipe across Aotearoa New Zealand could be costing the country upwards of $122 million a year according to public health researchers. In the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre , University of Otago researchers calculate ... More >>

New Zealand Should Follow Australia’s Lead And Abolish Tariffs

Tuesday, 12 March 2024, 10:25 am | Taxpayers' Union

The Taxpayers’ Union is renewing its calls to abolish all tariffs following reports that Australia plans to unilaterally abolish nearly 500 of its tariffs. Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Connor Molloy, said: “With the stroke of a pen, the Government ... More >>

Excess Units In NZ ETS Pose A Risk To Meeting Climate Goals

Tuesday, 12 March 2024, 9:39 am | Climate Change Commission

The New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme is a tool to help meet the country’s climate goals. Its settings need to line-up with those goals and be guided by clear direction from the Government, He Pou a Rangi Climate Change Commission Chair Dr ... More >>

Save The Children To Present Oral Submissions On Victims Of Sexual Violence And Ram Raids Offending Bills

Tuesday, 12 March 2024, 9:36 am | Save The Children

Save the Children New Zealand Advocacy Director Jacqui Southey and Chief Executive Heidi Coetzee will today present two oral submissions to the Select Committee. 11am - Victims of Sexual Violence (Strengthening Legal Protections) Legislation Bill 11.10am ... More >>

Landlord Tax Cuts Cost Explodes – As Does Government’s Tax Plans

Monday, 11 March 2024, 6:56 pm | CTU

Changes to taxation for landlords have blown out in cost and taken the Government's tax plans with them said CTU Economist and Director of Policy Craig Renney. “At the election, the National party claimed that the return of interest deductibility ... More >>

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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