More tax for what?! Sitting in gridlock while they banter around for the next 5 years trying to build a tram set which won't be anywhere near adequate...
Thats alright, shell just brand any mention of low business confidence as fake news or NZs version hate speech and outlaw any mention of the notion....
Julian has been resident off and on in NZ for the past 15 years. He is usually here during Summers. He actually has done alot for NZ, as a patron of the arts. He has done quite a bit for the Auckland Art Gallery and quite a few other NZ institutions. He sponsored a few scholarships too for NZ students. He employs NZers at all his lodges.
See you in 3-4 years. Well be in the same position again. Everyone gets pay rises and costs increases across the board. So everyone ends up in exactly the same position with a few extra zeros in their paycheck. Cost of living needs to go down to raise the standard of living and then the pay rises will actually mean something.
Agreed, the banks are tightening lending criteria no matter what they say. This is from refinancing which weve done very recently. It just hasnt made the news yet.
Read the article. âa Christchurch City Council-owned flat managed by the ÅŒtautahi Community Housing Trustâ....Quit blaming private landlords. Social housing providers are to blame here.
Yes, completely correct. Lets NOT start exporting PC BS. Ironically theyll forget to celebrate the two cultures that started the Americas Cup, England and the USA because it doesnt fit with their PC BS agenda..
Phil Goff, the Mayor who cries out poor for Aucklands transport projects, adds a Petrol tax, then goes out to say â˜shop around for cheaper petrol while driving a ratepayer funded electric vehicle. Next hell say, âLet them eat cakeâ. Now wants to blow more money on a gigantic white elephant while we sit around in traffic...
Hon PHIL TWYFORD: KiwiBuild homes are not subsidised. With KiwiBuild, we are choosing to build houses in the lower quartile; were choosing to build the affordable homes that the private market is currently not building. There is no subsidy.Hansard Record 18 May 2018
As opposed to the optimistic businesses which would do what exactly? Take on massive loans because theyre optimistic and then go out of business because theyve misjudged the market due to your pearl of business wisdom...? The only businesses that should be optimistic are debt collectors and fast food joints, but thats probably lost on you
Yep, aint that the truth. Notice how no comments are allowed on any commentary articles involving Jacindas jaunt to the UN? The Ministry of Propaganda is well and 1ly active comrades!
This is the mayor that basically said âLet them eat cakeâ regarding the petrol tax, by telling us to shop around while he was gleefully driving around in a taxpayer funded electric car. So how much of that regional fuel tax is funding these payrises?
How about we expand the tax base by getting more people into work instead of penalising the ones already working and saving for their futures? Better than dragging everyone down into poverty. Reform the RMA and make it easier and cheaper to build housing so it actually costs less to live in the first place, instead of striking for endless payrises that will get eaten up in 2 years....
We have forgotten what real hate speech looks like. The people that lived through World War 1 and 2 are passing away and soon no one will truly remember how bad it really was. You want real hate speech? Go read Mein Kampf... its central thesis is about pure blame of one race.
Air NZ DID shift their heavy widebody maintenance offshore a few years back. It put 600 engineers and workers out of the job. Thats why they havent forgotten...
Its absolutely important that the Americas Cup be a celebration of what it has always been, the spending of large amounts of money to make very expensive sailboats go very fast. It is not a grandstanding event to export NZs feeble attempts at social justice...
I just love it how Kiwis are so arrogant (yet at every turn tell you that their humble), that they think its completely acceptable to take a much lower pay than the global going rate for aeronautical engineers just for the privilege of paying through the nose for living in NZ... Standard response, if you dont like it leave. And what does that solve?Average pay may of $115000 may sound a lot, but globally, its not for aviation engineers.As living costs go up in NZ, everyone needs a pay rise to keep up with their place in the pecking order. Or else youll eventually get terms and conditions eroded to the point that a baggage handler will earn more than a engineer. Its happened at other airlines before. Example, the new collective agreement in hospitals has some cleaners on higher pay than some junior nurses...Yes, next it will probably be IT, police, firefighters, pilots and ferries to go on strike.You all voted for a government that encourages and promotes striking and pay rise. A better idea would have been to vote for a government that wants to lower the cost of living. You made the bed. Lie in it...
The game has changed. It's not about sitting down low with the ducks anymore. Its about sitting up at altitude and letting your sensors do the looking. The Orion evolved from the Electra, another passenger aircraft, so this isn't a new idea...
Nothing wrong with standards but where is the accountability from tenants too? You can have all that, (granted a functioning toilet, drains and safe wiring are basic standards) houses that face the sun, cleans the mold off themselves without you having to do anything but Im the one that has to fund it and take the risk. So I expect a decent return on my investment. So Im gonna charge a much higher rent. Complain all you want but a first time home buyer on a average income isnt going to be touched by a lender to fund such a fantastic property without significant security, which if they had, they probably wouldnt be renting in the first place. The rent would probably be about the same as a mortgage, but whos the bank going to lend to, someone with an existing asset to secure the mortgage against or a first time homebuyer with no existing asset with a average cashflow...?
Mine did too. I work, pay taxes, raised here, did some service in the fire service and search and rescue and I still feel like a outsider. Ahhh but what are you going to do about it? Probably what our Chinese ancestors did and just got on with it. Being successful is far better than dealing with racist zealots and a much better way of giving them the middle finger...
Jacinda is just the one woman marketing department. She has just happened to have started a new marketing campaign... no substance though.. its all about image...
Actually Singapore is a different animal. Yes 23ish% tax. BUT Government mandates EVERYONE MUST save into CPF (kiwisaver on steroids) 40% of their wages/salary. That money is then used to invest into the country but the citizens reap the rewards. Government housing scheme also keeps apartments cheap for citizens because they can build in Singapore with red tape fees. And they build apartments, not 1/4 acre blocks. Government doesn't need a high tax rate because the shear volume of activity in business and CPF takes care of most of the Government spend. Oh and Singaporeans despise the concept of Social Welfare because it erodes the value of hard work as their Government puts it.
We dont dictate interest rates. The bulk of NZ banks fund mortgages off the international market. There just arent enough deposits to self fund mortgages in NZ. The international market dictate interest rates, and they dont give two hoots about the NZ economy. All they care about is risk vs reward. More risk =higher interest rates. If rates go up in the US, investors will move money back there so we would have to raise our rates to attract more investors. Expect interest rates to eventually rise. Its a circle of life thing...
What is Australia crowing about? All they have to do is refuse an issue of a SCV to any of the economic refugees from Nauru should they land in Australia. Its already in their laws as they deport thousands of NZ anyway by revoking SCVs on character grounds. That way, the economic refugees will not be second class citizens in NZ, only second class is Australia.. like the rest of us.
You cant even compare with Singapore. If your a local, your eligible for HDB and CPF in Singapore making living costs reasonable because you can afford your own property through HDB.Licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineers in Oz are on about $135 K PLUS super....
The 1970s called. They want your renationalised, ThinkBig! Electrical grid idea back. Better idea.Virtual power stations using Tesla Powerwalls and rooftop solar controlled together to supply peaking requirements. Removes need for Genesis gas firing up the thermal peaking plants. Solar will cover some baseload requirements that our current hydro provides.If it gets to a critical mass.Weâre talking rooftop solar on most residential, public and commercial properties which are suitable. Power company provides the equipment, pays you for rental of your roof space. They control the flow of the power produced as required back into the grid.Tie windfarm generation into pumped hydro to store renewable energy production for off peak baseload generation. Taking load off normal hydro during night. Saving the lake levels for longer baseload generation.Cant be done? Well already being planned for in South Australia and technology proven with the Hornsdale Power Reserve.Time to ThinkDifferently! (sorrry IBM) instead of ThinkBig!
nah, it affects my Working for families payments if I earn too much... because I want the government to pay to raise my kids because apparently theyre the next generation of tax payers and we need lots of them to pay tax. But we want immigration stopped at the same time.....
Automation is a tool. Nothing more. If the general public knew how many times pilots have had to take over from automation when it did something inappropriate for the situation or did not behave as expected, youd never get on a fully automated aircraft either...
Pegasus launch costs, $40 million USD. RocketLab launch cost, $5.5 million USD.Pegasus uses old school solid fuel boosters. Once its lit, its going. You cant test fire or be 100% sure its going to perform on the day. Electron is liquid fuelled and controllable. Test firing isnt a issue. Rutherford engines arent cast. They are 3D printed. Faster production rate= lower cost. If Im building a cubesat network, conceivably I could have multiple launches in different orbital planes with multiple satellites with RocketLab for the price of 1 launch with Pegasus. Compared to SpaceX, as a cubesat customer, Im not even a afterthought. I want my cubesats in their most beneficial orbit, not somebody elses. I dont want to wait for somebody elses ride on their timetable. I need to build my cubesats to my funding schedule, not someone elses. I d head to RocketLab again hands down.Peter Beck is right, space is open for business once they iron out a kink. There are many companies involved with commercial space already. Planetary Resources, Spire, Sky and Space Global to name a few. And they arent pie in the sky companies, but real companies making real money now with cubesats. Some are even listed on the ASX. The world has changed. NZ is a technological backwater in this field because its population cant dream beyond rugby, farming and houses except for a few brave pioneers who usually get mocked.
Good on Shane for setting up a community. Tiny houses are great. Now waiting for the Auckland City council to rain on his parade.... there probably will be a complaint and that will be that.. should have stayed under the radar...
Different tenancy laws in Europe. You can redecorate a rental in Europe, you wont get kicked out with 90 days notice. Tenants respect the property is a given. Over here, itll be a P lab before you can say Tenancy Tribunal, or burnt down with no recourse because they left the oil on the stove....
Not quite correct. We use a formula based on the fuel cost at each port and the cost to carry that fuel around, because it costs fuel to carry fuel. Where the graph crosses the savings made over the cost to carry, then we fill up in cheaper ports, unless some digger driver hits a pipeline.Its called tankering. The fuel prices usually have to be quite considerably cheap to start tankering. It would make sense for a trucking company to start tankering into Auckland as usually the cost to carry for them is negligible and they are going past anyway. Infact I would be considering putting a dedicated tanker on as that could result in a 10% saving in fuel cost alone after the costs of the dedicated tanker..
Its quite clear that is exactly the mentality, drag everyone down at the top. Evidence, the repeating calls to tax the rich more even though a lot of them have worked very hard to get where they are. That its rewarding mediocrity in itself. Work hard, get taxed more, why bother, lets be mediocre, its more rewarding. His comment is bare truth.
And what will the workers do when they are made redundant or when they lose their jobs or their company goes under... maybe you should talk to those workers then to see what they think... which will make no difference to the outcome...
Unfortantely National bought in this Legislation for this in their last year of Government. Not that Labour went out of it's way to fight it. ACT was the only one which said something. But yes, this law is lunacy but has been coming for awhile.
The system has HEPA filters installed and the airflow through the cabin is quite high. The mass of air flowing through changes the air in the cabin on average every thirty seconds
Yep I m fine with that, because I ve done it before. Happens in Australia all the time, 737 traffic operating at uncontrolled aerodromes lighties. Also have taken a biz jet into and out of Wanaka, Kerikeri and Ardmore with no ATC.
Heres a idea, why dont we increase the size of the productive sector of society, instead of growing the beneficiary base... yeah I know! Original idea!
This should be good... the aircraft engineers are LICENSED. Good luck try to outsource that. Licensed engineers arent exactly sitting around. Theyre usually in the Middle East earning up to $200k
Work hard to get the capital to invest in the first place = worked hard and penalised for investing in the future. Its going to be easier to spend spend spend and then just hold your hand out for a handout from the Labour government. Labour, spreading the poverty equally...
That statement is so categorically wrong its funny. Defence got 252.7 million in the last budget. Maori development got 328.7 million, more than defence. You want astronomical. Social Welfare spending got 22.9 billion. Explain how you possibly think that defence is the largest expenditure?!!
1. Because we are sovereign nation, not a hippy commune. We have one of the worlds largest EEZs. Go look it up. 2.The P8 has a large ordinance bay where the rear cargo hold was. It can carry torpedoes and depth charges dealing with said submarine. 3. Why would attacking a sub be a suicide mission? Subs rely on stealth. They dont have ground to air capability to shoot down aircraft. The whole idea of a sub is not to be seen and no one knowing your there in the first place. They often work alone unless guarding a larger battle group. Our armed forces already do all the objectives of fisheries, surveillance and search and rescue.The P8 can also drop Lindholme units for search and rescue. They cant do it effectively though in a 50 year old aircraft that regularly breaks down and smells of sweat and farts. If Im out in the southern ocean waiting to be found, I dont want to hear that the Orion that is being sent for me has broken down again...
Drones only help fill a gap. The P-8os designed to work with the Triton, the maritime version of Global Hawk. No offensive weaponry or sonobuoy launcher so still need to send out a P-8 to drop ordinance or hunt for subs...
Falcon 7X, very efficient, burns less than a ton a hour, even with 3 engines. Latest generation. Compare that to Jacindas private jet which burns 4-5 ton a hour and is a lot older and inefficient.
Banks dont like lending on apartments. Higher deposit required. Not to mention body corp fees, which could add $1000s a year onto costs. God help you if your apartment develops a leak...
watch how Labour will squirm and borrow more if we ever have another major earthquake event.. the rich have been paying the same tax rate under all of Nationals term. Trying looking out both eyes instead of your left one.
I don't disagree that those on the minimum wage work hard. They do. And many people that are well off, started on the minimum wage, and worked their way up. I started below minimum wage but worked my way out. The real problem is not a wage problem. It is a cost of living problem. Rising wages will just result in more price hikes and we'll be where we started again. The cost of living problem is tied to the stupidly high cost of housing, which is tied to restricted supply because building in NZ is too expensive. ($100000 in fees, levies, consent and design before turning the first bit of dirt over?! Really?!) You can build a house brand new, house and land for under $500 k in Queensland, ask Duncan Garner. That shows that something is seriously wrong with NZ. Fix the cost of living so its cheaper for the people worse off, so they can pull themselves up. Don't drag others which have been successful down. The Green Party, which last time I looked are part of the government and have been calling for a additional tax bracket and higher tax rate on the higher brackets. Look at their website.
So by your logic I'm owed a tax refund because I have kids, and don't rely on WFF or any other benefits and I pay for everything. Because I m incurring a cost for producing your future taxpayers which I don't claim back.
That only related to traders. They would sell in May and go away for summer holidays. The idea being that they didnt want to be caught on the wrong side of the trade while they were away from their offices and terminals while on summer holidays.
well your mill would have eventually closed down and jobs lost anyway if he didnt but it because if it were a profitable sustainable operation, Hart would have kept it or not bought it in the first place.
Well looking at our current PM, you dont get there in merit anymore... you get there on looking and feeling politically correct.... Helen Clark as much as I dislike her politics, at least earned her right to leadership through merit....
Ministers issue fresh request to Tax Working Group to 'consider inequality'
Tax on Capital gains... so do I get a refund on capital losses? No didnt think so. Labour, spreading the poverty equally since ages ago...
Government upping transport investment, but Aucklanders face fuel tax double-whammy
More tax for what?! Sitting in gridlock while they banter around for the next 5 years trying to build a tram set which won't be anywhere near adequate...
Housing Minister Phil Twyford's reforms likely to raise rents, officials warn
According to this current government, YOU ARE a charity. You take all the risk, and well take all the rewards....
Construction slowdown and weak confidence could see economy enter the doldrums
Hahahahhaha... thanks Winnie.... told everyone on election night what you wanted to see... a downturn...
Will the first victim of business confidence be the lack of inquiry into the banks?
Thats alright, shell just brand any mention of low business confidence as fake news or NZs version hate speech and outlaw any mention of the notion....
Aus immigration minister's exit could present opportunity for refugees
Could you be any more ignorant....?! Dutton is about to become PM! Thats the Home Affairs ministers boss if I need to spell it out for you!
US billionaire Julian Robertson buys Waiheke land for luxury lodge
Julian has been resident off and on in NZ for the past 15 years. He is usually here during Summers. He actually has done alot for NZ, as a patron of the arts. He has done quite a bit for the Auckland Art Gallery and quite a few other NZ institutions. He sponsored a few scholarships too for NZ students. He employs NZers at all his lodges.
Nurses agree to DHB pay offer, putting an end to strike action threat
See you in 3-4 years. Well be in the same position again. Everyone gets pay rises and costs increases across the board. So everyone ends up in exactly the same position with a few extra zeros in their paycheck. Cost of living needs to go down to raise the standard of living and then the pay rises will actually mean something.
Will the first victim of business confidence be the lack of inquiry into the banks?
Agreed, the banks are tightening lending criteria no matter what they say. This is from refinancing which weve done very recently. It just hasnt made the news yet.
Social housing provider bubble wraps windows after tenant complains of cold
Read the article. âa Christchurch City Council-owned flat managed by the ÅŒtautahi Community Housing Trustâ....Quit blaming private landlords. Social housing providers are to blame here.
When a $16k payrise only gives you $50 a week extra in hand after credits reduced
Sue, your just paying back what you owe to the NZ taxpayer... thanks...
Putting the multi-cultural DNA into America's Cup 2021
Yes, completely correct. Lets NOT start exporting PC BS. Ironically theyll forget to celebrate the two cultures that started the Americas Cup, England and the USA because it doesnt fit with their PC BS agenda..
'Pay for it yourselves': NZ First MP Shane Jones savages hapÅ«'s PapatÅ«Änuku proposal
Phil Goff, the Mayor who cries out poor for Aucklands transport projects, adds a Petrol tax, then goes out to say â˜shop around for cheaper petrol while driving a ratepayer funded electric vehicle. Next hell say, âLet them eat cakeâ. Now wants to blow more money on a gigantic white elephant while we sit around in traffic...
Why do vegans have such bad reputations?
How do you tell a vegan?You dont, theyll tell you....
KiwiBuild: Not for low-income families, says Housing Minister
Hon PHIL TWYFORD: KiwiBuild homes are not subsidised. With KiwiBuild, we are choosing to build houses in the lower quartile; were choosing to build the affordable homes that the private market is currently not building. There is no subsidy.Hansard Record 18 May 2018
Will the first victim of business confidence be the lack of inquiry into the banks?
As opposed to the optimistic businesses which would do what exactly? Take on massive loans because theyre optimistic and then go out of business because theyve misjudged the market due to your pearl of business wisdom...? The only businesses that should be optimistic are debt collectors and fast food joints, but thats probably lost on you
Oil industry claims before ban, interest in exploring in NZ was the highest in years
Labour, increasing our carbon foot print while being hypocrites in one easy step...
Millionaire Craig Heatley rates Jacinda Ardern at book launch shared with John Key
why is black the national colour? it should be envy green..
Symbolic backdown undermines Government's untidy oil move
Yep, aint that the truth. Notice how no comments are allowed on any commentary articles involving Jacindas jaunt to the UN? The Ministry of Propaganda is well and 1ly active comrades!
Parliament to add a playground for kids to its grounds
Wheres the merry-go-round in the shape of the Beehive..... oh wait...
Auckland mayor salary nears $280,000 after rise
This is the mayor that basically said âLet them eat cakeâ regarding the petrol tax, by telling us to shop around while he was gleefully driving around in a taxpayer funded electric car. So how much of that regional fuel tax is funding these payrises?
Government set to give oil industry breathing space over permits, Greens urge rethink
That extra little jaunt to Niue and back would have burnt the best part of 30 tonnes of kero..... for how many passengers?
Pain in the details of Labour's capital gains tax ambitions
How about we expand the tax base by getting more people into work instead of penalising the ones already working and saving for their futures? Better than dragging everyone down into poverty. Reform the RMA and make it easier and cheaper to build housing so it actually costs less to live in the first place, instead of striking for endless payrises that will get eaten up in 2 years....
Don Brash speaks at boisterous Auckland University debate, punctuated by protests
We have forgotten what real hate speech looks like. The people that lived through World War 1 and 2 are passing away and soon no one will truly remember how bad it really was. You want real hate speech? Go read Mein Kampf... its central thesis is about pure blame of one race.
Strike planned for Air NZs busiest day before Christmas
Air NZ DID shift their heavy widebody maintenance offshore a few years back. It put 600 engineers and workers out of the job. Thats why they havent forgotten...
Prime Minister's office admits mistake over Ardern's economic growth 'hint' claim
Classic Trump move....
Raising kids in a damp home: One woman's battle to get out of her Housing NZ hell
Then theyll say its too hard to heat and drafty!
Putting the multi-cultural DNA into America's Cup 2021
Its absolutely important that the Americas Cup be a celebration of what it has always been, the spending of large amounts of money to make very expensive sailboats go very fast. It is not a grandstanding event to export NZs feeble attempts at social justice...
Strike planned for Air NZs busiest day before Christmas
I just love it how Kiwis are so arrogant (yet at every turn tell you that their humble), that they think its completely acceptable to take a much lower pay than the global going rate for aeronautical engineers just for the privilege of paying through the nose for living in NZ... Standard response, if you dont like it leave. And what does that solve?Average pay may of $115000 may sound a lot, but globally, its not for aviation engineers.As living costs go up in NZ, everyone needs a pay rise to keep up with their place in the pecking order. Or else youll eventually get terms and conditions eroded to the point that a baggage handler will earn more than a engineer. Its happened at other airlines before. Example, the new collective agreement in hospitals has some cleaners on higher pay than some junior nurses...Yes, next it will probably be IT, police, firefighters, pilots and ferries to go on strike.You all voted for a government that encourages and promotes striking and pay rise. A better idea would have been to vote for a government that wants to lower the cost of living. You made the bed. Lie in it...
Defence Minister Ron Mark one step closer to replacing old military planes
The game has changed. It's not about sitting down low with the ducks anymore. Its about sitting up at altitude and letting your sensors do the looking. The Orion evolved from the Electra, another passenger aircraft, so this isn't a new idea...
Landlord group embarks on alternative to rental WOF
Nothing wrong with standards but where is the accountability from tenants too? You can have all that, (granted a functioning toilet, drains and safe wiring are basic standards) houses that face the sun, cleans the mold off themselves without you having to do anything but Im the one that has to fund it and take the risk. So I expect a decent return on my investment. So Im gonna charge a much higher rent. Complain all you want but a first time home buyer on a average income isnt going to be touched by a lender to fund such a fantastic property without significant security, which if they had, they probably wouldnt be renting in the first place. The rent would probably be about the same as a mortgage, but whos the bank going to lend to, someone with an existing asset to secure the mortgage against or a first time homebuyer with no existing asset with a average cashflow...?
Grim findings in China survey
Mine did too. I work, pay taxes, raised here, did some service in the fire service and search and rescue and I still feel like a outsider. Ahhh but what are you going to do about it? Probably what our Chinese ancestors did and just got on with it. Being successful is far better than dealing with racist zealots and a much better way of giving them the middle finger...
It's risky being a parent when you're in politics
Jacinda is just the one woman marketing department. She has just happened to have started a new marketing campaign... no substance though.. its all about image...
Damien Grant: Nanny state insulates us from the consequences of failure
Actually Singapore is a different animal. Yes 23ish% tax. BUT Government mandates EVERYONE MUST save into CPF (kiwisaver on steroids) 40% of their wages/salary. That money is then used to invest into the country but the citizens reap the rewards. Government housing scheme also keeps apartments cheap for citizens because they can build in Singapore with red tape fees. And they build apartments, not 1/4 acre blocks. Government doesn't need a high tax rate because the shear volume of activity in business and CPF takes care of most of the Government spend. Oh and Singaporeans despise the concept of Social Welfare because it erodes the value of hard work as their Government puts it.
This is what it takes to get on the property ladder in Auckland
We dont dictate interest rates. The bulk of NZ banks fund mortgages off the international market. There just arent enough deposits to self fund mortgages in NZ. The international market dictate interest rates, and they dont give two hoots about the NZ economy. All they care about is risk vs reward. More risk =higher interest rates. If rates go up in the US, investors will move money back there so we would have to raise our rates to attract more investors. Expect interest rates to eventually rise. Its a circle of life thing...
"NZ won't change law over Aussie policy on Nauru refugees, Winston Peters says
What is Australia crowing about? All they have to do is refuse an issue of a SCV to any of the economic refugees from Nauru should they land in Australia. Its already in their laws as they deport thousands of NZ anyway by revoking SCVs on character grounds. That way, the economic refugees will not be second class citizens in NZ, only second class is Australia.. like the rest of us.
Editorial: Pike River decision is a victory for justice
Sounds like KiwiBuild all over again. Wait for the shoe to drop...
Strike planned for Air NZs busiest day before Christmas
You cant even compare with Singapore. If your a local, your eligible for HDB and CPF in Singapore making living costs reasonable because you can afford your own property through HDB.Licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineers in Oz are on about $135 K PLUS super....
Electric vehicles a middle class and above option in NZ says Motor Trade Association
Justify your comment on Lithium mining. Do you even know how lithium is mined?
Fuel prices creep up towards record high, again
and dont forget, Geoff is proudly driving around in a ratepayer funded EV while telling us to shop around for petrol.. He needs to go
Whats gone wrong with New Zealands electricity market?
The 1970s called. They want your renationalised, ThinkBig! Electrical grid idea back. Better idea.Virtual power stations using Tesla Powerwalls and rooftop solar controlled together to supply peaking requirements. Removes need for Genesis gas firing up the thermal peaking plants. Solar will cover some baseload requirements that our current hydro provides.If it gets to a critical mass.Weâre talking rooftop solar on most residential, public and commercial properties which are suitable. Power company provides the equipment, pays you for rental of your roof space. They control the flow of the power produced as required back into the grid.Tie windfarm generation into pumped hydro to store renewable energy production for off peak baseload generation. Taking load off normal hydro during night. Saving the lake levels for longer baseload generation.Cant be done? Well already being planned for in South Australia and technology proven with the Hornsdale Power Reserve.Time to ThinkDifferently! (sorrry IBM) instead of ThinkBig!
Next attempt to launch Electron rocket from NZ in November
Yes its all a great conspiracy, with the illumanti, the Russians and Katy Perry. I got some great tinfoil hats you can buy......
Better pay is not increasing caregiver workforce
nah, it affects my Working for families payments if I earn too much... because I want the government to pay to raise my kids because apparently theyre the next generation of tax payers and we need lots of them to pay tax. But we want immigration stopped at the same time.....
Hi, robot: Why automation is coming and why it won't be optional
Automation is a tool. Nothing more. If the general public knew how many times pilots have had to take over from automation when it did something inappropriate for the situation or did not behave as expected, youd never get on a fully automated aircraft either...
Rocket Lab readies for second attempt to make it 'two out of two'
Pegasus launch costs, $40 million USD. RocketLab launch cost, $5.5 million USD.Pegasus uses old school solid fuel boosters. Once its lit, its going. You cant test fire or be 100% sure its going to perform on the day. Electron is liquid fuelled and controllable. Test firing isnt a issue. Rutherford engines arent cast. They are 3D printed. Faster production rate= lower cost. If Im building a cubesat network, conceivably I could have multiple launches in different orbital planes with multiple satellites with RocketLab for the price of 1 launch with Pegasus. Compared to SpaceX, as a cubesat customer, Im not even a afterthought. I want my cubesats in their most beneficial orbit, not somebody elses. I dont want to wait for somebody elses ride on their timetable. I need to build my cubesats to my funding schedule, not someone elses. I d head to RocketLab again hands down.Peter Beck is right, space is open for business once they iron out a kink. There are many companies involved with commercial space already. Planetary Resources, Spire, Sky and Space Global to name a few. And they arent pie in the sky companies, but real companies making real money now with cubesats. Some are even listed on the ASX. The world has changed. NZ is a technological backwater in this field because its population cant dream beyond rugby, farming and houses except for a few brave pioneers who usually get mocked.
"Tiny home residents set up a commune for a 'little tender loving care'",
Good on Shane for setting up a community. Tiny houses are great. Now waiting for the Auckland City council to rain on his parade.... there probably will be a complaint and that will be that.. should have stayed under the radar...
This is what it takes to get on the property ladder in Auckland
Different tenancy laws in Europe. You can redecorate a rental in Europe, you wont get kicked out with 90 days notice. Tenants respect the property is a given. Over here, itll be a P lab before you can say Tenancy Tribunal, or burnt down with no recourse because they left the oil on the stove....
Strike planned for Air NZs busiest day before Christmas
Havent you seen the colour of the government lately?! Thats right, straight back to the 60s and 70s...
'Fill up outside Auckland' to escape fuel tax, truckies told
Not quite correct. We use a formula based on the fuel cost at each port and the cost to carry that fuel around, because it costs fuel to carry fuel. Where the graph crosses the savings made over the cost to carry, then we fill up in cheaper ports, unless some digger driver hits a pipeline.Its called tankering. The fuel prices usually have to be quite considerably cheap to start tankering. It would make sense for a trucking company to start tankering into Auckland as usually the cost to carry for them is negligible and they are going past anyway. Infact I would be considering putting a dedicated tanker on as that could result in a 10% saving in fuel cost alone after the costs of the dedicated tanker..
Jane Bowron: We should stand up for the right to sit down
Because children have a choice where their parent live.... ?!
Minister, concerns from business aren't junk
Its quite clear that is exactly the mentality, drag everyone down at the top. Evidence, the repeating calls to tax the rich more even though a lot of them have worked very hard to get where they are. That its rewarding mediocrity in itself. Work hard, get taxed more, why bother, lets be mediocre, its more rewarding. His comment is bare truth.
The views of business matter, but they are not a magic guide to the economy
And what will the workers do when they are made redundant or when they lose their jobs or their company goes under... maybe you should talk to those workers then to see what they think... which will make no difference to the outcome...
Banks freeze accounts when tax residence questions unanswered
Unfortantely National bought in this Legislation for this in their last year of Government. Not that Labour went out of it's way to fight it. ACT was the only one which said something. But yes, this law is lunacy but has been coming for awhile.
Emergency services respond to people sick on Virgin Australia flight to Auckland
The system has HEPA filters installed and the airflow through the cabin is quite high. The mass of air flowing through changes the air in the cabin on average every thirty seconds
Strike planned for Air NZs busiest day before Christmas
umm earth to Hicks.. who makes up Labour?! Thats right UNIONS....
Hawke's Bay Airport air traffic control tower left unstaffed at times
Yep I m fine with that, because I ve done it before. Happens in Australia all the time, 737 traffic operating at uncontrolled aerodromes lighties. Also have taken a biz jet into and out of Wanaka, Kerikeri and Ardmore with no ATC.
Aggie Grey's family sells famed hotel to Chinese investors
Probably because its been flooded twice, and they dont have the money to fix it a third time
Tax Working Group report offers 'little new', says Deloitte
Heres a idea, why dont we increase the size of the productive sector of society, instead of growing the beneficiary base... yeah I know! Original idea!
Strike planned for Air NZs busiest day before Christmas
This should be good... the aircraft engineers are LICENSED. Good luck try to outsource that. Licensed engineers arent exactly sitting around. Theyre usually in the Middle East earning up to $200k
Tax Working Group report offers 'little new', says Deloitte
Work hard to get the capital to invest in the first place = worked hard and penalised for investing in the future. Its going to be easier to spend spend spend and then just hold your hand out for a handout from the Labour government. Labour, spreading the poverty equally...
Primary school teachers and principals vote to strike across country
That statement is so categorically wrong its funny. Defence got 252.7 million in the last budget. Maori development got 328.7 million, more than defence. You want astronomical. Social Welfare spending got 22.9 billion. Explain how you possibly think that defence is the largest expenditure?!!
Primary school teachers and principals vote to strike across country
but were after a bigger pay rise too.
A look inside the sub-hunting planes
1. Because we are sovereign nation, not a hippy commune. We have one of the worlds largest EEZs. Go look it up. 2.The P8 has a large ordinance bay where the rear cargo hold was. It can carry torpedoes and depth charges dealing with said submarine. 3. Why would attacking a sub be a suicide mission? Subs rely on stealth. They dont have ground to air capability to shoot down aircraft. The whole idea of a sub is not to be seen and no one knowing your there in the first place. They often work alone unless guarding a larger battle group. Our armed forces already do all the objectives of fisheries, surveillance and search and rescue.The P8 can also drop Lindholme units for search and rescue. They cant do it effectively though in a 50 year old aircraft that regularly breaks down and smells of sweat and farts. If Im out in the southern ocean waiting to be found, I dont want to hear that the Orion that is being sent for me has broken down again...
Defence Minister Ron Mark one step closer to replacing old military planes
Drones only help fill a gap. The P-8os designed to work with the Triton, the maritime version of Global Hawk. No offensive weaponry or sonobuoy launcher so still need to send out a P-8 to drop ordinance or hunt for subs...
Transport Minister Phil Twyford says light rail not primarily for tourists
Its being sold as being all about the airport
Millionaire Craig Heatley rates Jacinda Ardern at book launch shared with John Key
Falcon 7X, very efficient, burns less than a ton a hour, even with 3 engines. Latest generation. Compare that to Jacindas private jet which burns 4-5 ton a hour and is a lot older and inefficient.
Rental properties could end up better than landlords homes
By the way some people think here, its their right to fully trash your investment... and not be held accountable...
Tax Working Group warned off lowering company tax
Your paying tax on the interest earned, not the principal used to generate that interest, which has already had tax paid.
Air NZ's Impossible Burger criticised by former primary industries minister
Majority government owned BUT NOT government run. No government representation on the Board.. thank God...
This is what it takes to get on the property ladder in Auckland
Banks dont like lending on apartments. Higher deposit required. Not to mention body corp fees, which could add $1000s a year onto costs. God help you if your apartment develops a leak...
Helen Clark chats suffrage, challenges, Ardern, and life after office
No, we just dont like her for what shes done, not who she is. You bought all theother stuff on your own TT...
Primary school teachers and principals vote to strike across country
watch how Labour will squirm and borrow more if we ever have another major earthquake event.. the rich have been paying the same tax rate under all of Nationals term. Trying looking out both eyes instead of your left one.
Millionaire Craig Heatley rates Jacinda Ardern at book launch shared with John Key
Or a PM whos out of their depth...
When a $16k payrise only gives you $50 a week extra in hand after credits reduced
No, the cost of living is too high.. fix that then people would have more money, the government still gets their tax take and quality of life improves
Minister, concerns from business aren't junk
I don't disagree that those on the minimum wage work hard. They do. And many people that are well off, started on the minimum wage, and worked their way up. I started below minimum wage but worked my way out. The real problem is not a wage problem. It is a cost of living problem. Rising wages will just result in more price hikes and we'll be where we started again. The cost of living problem is tied to the stupidly high cost of housing, which is tied to restricted supply because building in NZ is too expensive. ($100000 in fees, levies, consent and design before turning the first bit of dirt over?! Really?!) You can build a house brand new, house and land for under $500 k in Queensland, ask Duncan Garner. That shows that something is seriously wrong with NZ. Fix the cost of living so its cheaper for the people worse off, so they can pull themselves up. Don't drag others which have been successful down. The Green Party, which last time I looked are part of the government and have been calling for a additional tax bracket and higher tax rate on the higher brackets. Look at their website.
Electric vehicles a middle class and above option in NZ says Motor Trade Association
Have you factored the $7000 it is going to cost you to replace the LEAF battery when it hits 8 bars?
Heres why youre not paying off your mortgage
Oh boo hoo. The word âMortgageâ comes from old French and literally means âDeath Pledgeâ. Know what your getting yourself into rather than complain.
Hawke's Bay Airport air traffic control tower left unstaffed at times
Yes, thats what happens. Call mayday and everyone gets out of the way for you..
MPs criticism of cycle rail route near her property plain wrong
Just like how Helen Clark successfully killed the LifePod fundraiser at Eden Park....
It's risky being a parent when you're in politics
The Gayford-Adern family, a mum, a dad, a child and a PR consultant... a positively nuclear family....
Brand new ÅŒhope house destroyed by violent winds during dinner
Or the calibre of commenter.. there are no pre 60s homes in that area of Ohope. You cant compare the two.
Strike planned for Air NZs busiest day before Christmas
you cant justify that comment. Singapore Airlines has a better safety record than Air NZ
When coming home is scarier than moving to New York
And proven right....
When a $16k payrise only gives you $50 a week extra in hand after credits reduced
So by your logic I'm owed a tax refund because I have kids, and don't rely on WFF or any other benefits and I pay for everything. Because I m incurring a cost for producing your future taxpayers which I don't claim back.
This is what it takes to get on the property ladder in Auckland
So you watched âThe Big Shortâ and you think your Michael Burry.. clap clap clap.... good luck trying to short in NZ...
"The battle for Botany: Jami-Lee v the National Party
ugh, living in Botany, I can safely say, Labour have a snowballs chance in hell here...
Don't be spooked by October market hoodoo
That only related to traders. They would sell in May and go away for summer holidays. The idea being that they didnt want to be caught on the wrong side of the trade while they were away from their offices and terminals while on summer holidays.
A look inside the sub-hunting planes
The ignorance is strong with this one
When a $16k payrise only gives you $50 a week extra in hand after credits reduced
No, you get the bill... sorry...
Air New Zealands Koru Club: Its time to kick the freeloaders out
You need a boarding pass for entry AND a club membership. You can only use it on day of travel.
NZ tourism 'asleep at the wheel'
Have you tried navigating the Resource Mismanagement Act lately?
Construction slowdown and weak confidence could see economy enter the doldrums
Yep will do. I ll take my circa $80000 of tax that I pay with me. Good luck replacing it....
Millionaire Craig Heatley rates Jacinda Ardern at book launch shared with John Key
He wont, hes to happy flying around in his chopper and building his business.. good on him.
Petrol price falls on the back of sliding international oil price and strong New Zealand dollar
Would be about $2.10 without the tax. So your point is moot..
Millionaire Craig Heatley rates Jacinda Ardern at book launch shared with John Key
well your mill would have eventually closed down and jobs lost anyway if he didnt but it because if it were a profitable sustainable operation, Hart would have kept it or not bought it in the first place.
When a $16k payrise only gives you $50 a week extra in hand after credits reduced
Yet you complain about immigration in the same breath. A walking oxymoron....
Millionaire Craig Heatley rates Jacinda Ardern at book launch shared with John Key
Which is why youll never be rich, because you dont understand that the money is a by product not the end goal.
Transmission Gully motorway looks likely to be user-pays after Labour shifts gears on tolling
No. What we need is a like a genuine, bona fideElectrified, six-car monorail....Monorail... monorail....
Next attempt to launch Electron rocket from NZ in November
bert cant. He doesnt understand ITAR or EAR regulations. Even things like aircraft manuals are covered by ITAR.
New Zealand's divide over women's rights to vote led to a historic world moment
Well looking at our current PM, you dont get there in merit anymore... you get there on looking and feeling politically correct.... Helen Clark as much as I dislike her politics, at least earned her right to leadership through merit....