The idea of paying into super when you started work many years ago was for a comfortable retirement but alas many governments have raped that fund ,now they complain theses no money left or very limited monies, whos fault this that , not the tax payers , far as Im concerned, we the tax payer should look after our pensioners and the sick, the rest of them can get out and get to work, if we need to bring in workers from over seas to work in shops, taxi and general labour jobs etc , their shouldnt be any unemployment but no ,we pay millions for the unemployment benefits and still import workers etc
Keep central government out of water control, its up to local government, next thing central government will start tax on it , plus water is a requirement for living creatures, no one ppls have any rights over it .
Cant believe this council, giving money to pros , they make up to a $1000 bucks a night, $200 a hr , five punters thats all , and they dont pay much tax , I know Im no goodie two shoes , another bad D by our beloved council
Simple! Nanny state. I was born and bred in Fairfield in 60s and 70s , tree huts , selling Xmas tree, cut fresh from the tree , I never worried about safety etc. Get the picture DCC
So we get a 5.3% increase in rates, less money in our pockets, the mayor gets a 7% pay increase more money in her pockets, Ive not had a wage increase in 3 years.,. It sucks to be a wage earner.... so I wonder , will that position get a 70% pay increase over the next 10years as I understand it;rate payers will have to fork out 53% rates increase over the next 10 years
They have just had their annual pay increase, next one due in a year , nice try PM , yr pay freeze will just about be over when you a due for another increase !
Yep cheap labour, and she is not a qualified nurse to work in New Zealand, thatâ's how I read it in the OTD , and if he has a degree , how come heâ's working as a cow hand ?
More wasted money , doesnt this mayor and her CEO know that there time is over. We the rate payers need a business person to run out city, encourage businesses to come to our city, more job growth , we have nearly a brand new city, use it to its best advantage but not with out building infrastructure as required not when its to late, just look at Auckland never kept up with infrastructure now what a mess .
Im sick and tired of the council not just this one but the others beforehand , they just keep on spending on rubbish , there core was sewage, fresh water , parks , library, ( now with internet etc librarys are rather out dated) streets and rubbish collected and that was the way it was suppose to be , now its greed , how much can we guys spend , ratepayers will pay no matter what !
Now watch this mayor and her council waste the money, on say, a new touch screen or a new cycle way etc etc .......o and pay rise for the CEO of the airport, who has very little to do with how much the airport makes , planes must land some where and people dont like spending much time in any airport, over size bus stop and over priced lol
Heres a idea , how about going back to the old way , when the ponds were abit dirtier, stops the little things breeding, then as the the water is discharged into the sea put thru a cleaning process??? I would rather have a bit of a smell than those little bâ”â”rs
Whats the point of voting or referendums , politics just do what the elites demand , we the taxpayer / ratepayer are just their cash cow and now Dunedin stadium will go back into the red , I couldnt give a toss about rugby , now even more !
Nothing better to do than count gum , ban it , same as Singapore, problem solved. Hundred grand heck of a lot of money, do the manufacturers get billed for the clean up ie if my truck leaves mud on the road and I get caught I pay
My kids were far better off under Nat , labour gave $50 bucks to students , straight up , now they have more money to go to the pub with , heres me trying to teach the be self control, so what happens , government gives more money!!$!$&&!$()$&
Banks are ripping us off blind , every week day 99% of salaries are directly put to banks , and in some cases you have to pay to take yr money out , wake up NZ
Here we go again more money down the drain, I got my rates demand yesterday, now I pay more in rates than mortgage, not funny anymore , really thinking about selling up , my mortgage is coming to a end , its going to be to expensive in chc on the pension
Got to remember all of us rate payers, our mayor gets nice pay rise but if our city goes belly up ( bankrupt)we as a rate payer are liable for that debt, the banks can and would demand there millions plus if we dont pay up they can and would bankruptcy each and every one of us who dont pay there ransom, while she walks away, so do all the council members, and yes it can happen .
Healthy stuff eg milk , water ( by the millions) , and certain fruit juice mainly come all in plastic bottles; unhealthy things beer , wine , sugary juice and alcohol spirits come in glass , yep I remember milk coming in glass as a child
Throw them in the cutter , thats whats going to happen, garden City my foot , garbage city, I cycling around town, like this morning, rubbish every were , now we have ( this council ) gone politics. What ever happened to core responsibilities
Yep its been happening for years, but no government will acknowledge it or the medical profession, dont get me wrong some ppl are far better off passing, but a lot of elderly it is not there time , and Ive seen first hand , and its wrong
What next , talk about a nanny state , blame everything on alcohol, gambling etc how about personal responsibility , also what happens to all the employees who rely on a wage , o thats right they can go on the dole .
What a waste of time this government, nothing better to do than go on about plastic shopping bags , I for one use them more than once, now Im going to have to by them , as they is no recycling bags to use efficiently ie kids wet clothes from the pool , dogging dos etc
I cycle down Manchester st in the morning around 8 am traffic is backed up nearly all the back to bealey av, wait for another 2 years or so when theres new rebuild shops etc I remember before feb 11 the traffic was awful then , especially when the girls of the night began their work, well folks I bet you this new design of the cbd will be its down turn for locals but excellent for tourists and walking traffic !
Man o man over a year nearly 9 million a lot of ops in our hospital but no MPs & PMs family travel, they travel, many voters suffer with health problems and pensioners live on the bread line , Yep sounds about right
Question whos going to pay for it ?? Us who have tightened budgets, council members , ecan, we the rate payers dont like yr agenda, spend , spend , spend on things that are just not variable at this time, give as a brake
Look ppl , plastic bags are not I repeat not banned in any supermarkets or the warehouse etc , if you won't one you have to pay for it , just not free any more , simple profitable selling them
Lab and nats have been robbing the EQC account since the early 80s or more correct 1984 . 72 years NZERS have been paying in to the EQC account, yes we have had pay outs, but ...... now its empty but our EQC payment level on our insurance has increased remarkably, still want more money form the tax payer , you the MPs and PM on both sides live with in yr means , ...ba......s
Im totally against selling assets , we the ratepayer have brought and paid for these assets , yes we sometimes get low divided but we get a divided , if we sell them we get nothing but one off payment then we have empty coffers, then just keep banging the rate payers , thank god Ill be dead a gone
What waste of money, most other stadiums in New Zealand are empty on game nights, far better ways of spending the dosh, yep I uses to watch a lot of games but now just blinking over kill , and easy to hit the remote and stay warm
Im dead against a new stadium , nor anything else until we fix our infrastructure, Christ even ancient romans built there infrastructure before the coliseum
If stuff paid more attention to nz matters, ie petrol now $2.36c ltr (91) diesel $1.75c ltr chc price , this really going to effect all of us ,ie roll on cost to every item we buy, just to top it off ,roughly 4 cent tax rises on petroleum at the end of September, thanks NZF,GREENS and labour
Housing Minister Phil Twyford's reforms likely to raise rents, officials warn
Petrol up again , rent going up , what was the point of the min wage going up , Im more broke now than I was under National, thanks for nothing
NZ Super isn't enough for 'no frills' lifestyle, but Kiwis are bridging the gap
The idea of paying into super when you started work many years ago was for a comfortable retirement but alas many governments have raped that fund ,now they complain theses no money left or very limited monies, whos fault this that , not the tax payers , far as Im concerned, we the tax payer should look after our pensioners and the sick, the rest of them can get out and get to work, if we need to bring in workers from over seas to work in shops, taxi and general labour jobs etc , their shouldnt be any unemployment but no ,we pay millions for the unemployment benefits and still import workers etc
Clarke Gayford on Melania Trump, media stress – and Obama's nose
Who made this man our spokesperson,really Obamas âlovely soft nose â !
Big cheeses from UK and US cleared to buy farms in NZ
So much for NZfrist , labour and greens per-election BS keep overseas companies out of our property markets........... more foreign ownership
Major water management reform could take responsibility for drinking water from councils
Keep central government out of water control, its up to local government, next thing central government will start tax on it , plus water is a requirement for living creatures, no one ppls have any rights over it .
Last government under fire as council seeks to throw off shackles to change district plan
Yea and shes been a life long politician, whos been on the gravy boat , gift of the garb , , and yes Deputy mayor
Burger King barred from hiring migrant workers for a year
Good job , now they are forced to hire NZ citizens , not cheap labour from overseas who are and still undermining NZ citizen workers
Prostitutes Collective gets $40,000 from Christchurch City Council to help sex workers
Cant believe this council, giving money to pros , they make up to a $1000 bucks a night, $200 a hr , five punters thats all , and they dont pay much tax , I know Im no goodie two shoes , another bad D by our beloved council
Christchurch Botanic Gardens to be lit up all year round
We are suppose to be saving ratepayers money,not this blink council, just spend spend, suck the life line out of ratepayers
From $6.4b to $171m: EQC's disaster fund forecast to run out next year
EQC was and still is poorly managed, yep and I worked for them under a provider, a licensed to print money!
Council orders removal of 'non-compliant' Dunedin tree house
Simple! Nanny state. I was born and bred in Fairfield in 60s and 70s , tree huts , selling Xmas tree, cut fresh from the tree , I never worried about safety etc. Get the picture DCC
Canterbury mayors get pay increases
So we get a 5.3% increase in rates, less money in our pockets, the mayor gets a 7% pay increase more money in her pockets, Ive not had a wage increase in 3 years.,. It sucks to be a wage earner.... so I wonder , will that position get a 70% pay increase over the next 10years as I understand it;rate payers will have to fork out 53% rates increase over the next 10 years
Government freezes MPs pay amid multiple pay negotiations with educators, police
They have just had their annual pay increase, next one due in a year , nice try PM , yr pay freeze will just about be over when you a due for another increase !
Shakeup planned for Christchurch's public transport network
I would rather bike to work; its cheaper, //2 hr to town from Hornby!
Otago farmer faces losing 'great worker' over immigration stoush
Yep cheap labour, and she is not a qualified nurse to work in New Zealand, thatâ's how I read it in the OTD , and if he has a degree , how come heâ's working as a cow hand ?
Owners reveal plans for new 127-bed hotel to replace derelict buildings
Nice more work for Canterbury.(hopefully)
Letter writing skills, how to be friendly on the phone and a new font... Christchurch council's new charm offensive
More wasted money , doesnt this mayor and her CEO know that there time is over. We the rate payers need a business person to run out city, encourage businesses to come to our city, more job growth , we have nearly a brand new city, use it to its best advantage but not with out building infrastructure as required not when its to late, just look at Auckland never kept up with infrastructure now what a mess .
Charges possible for 'divine' water if donations don't recoup costs
Im sick and tired of the council not just this one but the others beforehand , they just keep on spending on rubbish , there core was sewage, fresh water , parks , library, ( now with internet etc librarys are rather out dated) streets and rubbish collected and that was the way it was suppose to be , now its greed , how much can we guys spend , ratepayers will pay no matter what !
Judith 'Crusher' Collins wants to crush boy racers' cars after weekend rampage
The judges only crushed 3 cars, nats gave them the power , its not Collins fault that the judges didnt do their duties
Christchurch airport profit well ahead, $40m dividend
Now watch this mayor and her council waste the money, on say, a new touch screen or a new cycle way etc etc .......o and pay rise for the CEO of the airport, who has very little to do with how much the airport makes , planes must land some where and people dont like spending much time in any airport, over size bus stop and over priced lol
Christchurch City Council to spend $300,000 fighting midges this summer
Heres a idea , how about going back to the old way , when the ponds were abit dirtier, stops the little things breeding, then as the the water is discharged into the sea put thru a cleaning process??? I would rather have a bit of a smell than those little bâ”â”rs
Are non-Aucklanders paying the regional fuel tax?
And Petrol went to $2.39 in chch this morning!
Hope returns to Christchurch as stadium funding approved
Whats the point of voting or referendums , politics just do what the elites demand , we the taxpayer / ratepayer are just their cash cow and now Dunedin stadium will go back into the red , I couldnt give a toss about rugby , now even more !
"A bad taste: council may not have approved chlorination if told of well problems earlier",
So putting cems into water and then our bodies is OK not
Chewing gum a $100k problem in downtown Queenstown and Wanaka
Nothing better to do than count gum , ban it , same as Singapore, problem solved. Hundred grand heck of a lot of money, do the manufacturers get billed for the clean up ie if my truck leaves mud on the road and I get caught I pay
Heres why you need $2m saved for a comfortable retirement
This is dream land talking, most ppl (single) in NZ are on around 40 k a year, if that , save 2m
"Life story: Guy Newton remembered as ace WWII fighter pilot and successful businessman",
Per ardua ad astra ,In Sapientia et Virtute Robur RIP sir
Housing Minister Phil Twyford's reforms likely to raise rents, officials warn
My kids were far better off under Nat , labour gave $50 bucks to students , straight up , now they have more money to go to the pub with , heres me trying to teach the be self control, so what happens , government gives more money!!$!$&&!$()$&
Supermarkets disappointed their 'recyclable' meat trays aren't being recycled
Get rid of plastic shopping bags , what about the rest of the plastic the supermarkets use , what a joke , PM
Canterbury mayors get pay increases
Yep so 1 and a change of leadership
Judith 'Crusher' Collins wants to crush boy racers' cars after weekend rampage
Crusher Collins for PM ....
Christchurch woman lobbies to make it a human right to have a bank account
Banks are ripping us off blind , every week day 99% of salaries are directly put to banks , and in some cases you have to pay to take yr money out , wake up NZ
ACC 'doubles down' with $669m transformation project
Ive been on ACC for 3 years, only seen my case manager once ....
Denton Park is out, now Christchurch's Kyle Park is being investigated for Hornby's new pool
Here we go again more money down the drain, I got my rates demand yesterday, now I pay more in rates than mortgage, not funny anymore , really thinking about selling up , my mortgage is coming to a end , its going to be to expensive in chc on the pension
Canterbury mayors get pay increases
Got to remember all of us rate payers, our mayor gets nice pay rise but if our city goes belly up ( bankrupt)we as a rate payer are liable for that debt, the banks can and would demand there millions plus if we dont pay up they can and would bankruptcy each and every one of us who dont pay there ransom, while she walks away, so do all the council members, and yes it can happen .
Editorial: Plastic bottles will soon follow plastic bags
Healthy stuff eg milk , water ( by the millions) , and certain fruit juice mainly come all in plastic bottles; unhealthy things beer , wine , sugary juice and alcohol spirits come in glass , yep I remember milk coming in glass as a child
Christchurch City Council moves to extend living wage
They go about living wage and single pensioners gets $400 a week ( $10 an hr) and still has rates, power etc etc , clothing to buy etc ....
Plastic bags and Tetra Pak cartons banned from Christchurch's kerbside recycling bin
Throw them in the cutter , thats whats going to happen, garden City my foot , garbage city, I cycling around town, like this morning, rubbish every were , now we have ( this council ) gone politics. What ever happened to core responsibilities
Overmedication causing falls, injuring and killing elderly, study finds
Yep its been happening for years, but no government will acknowledge it or the medical profession, dont get me wrong some ppl are far better off passing, but a lot of elderly it is not there time , and Ive seen first hand , and its wrong
Sugarloaf: Inside the concrete eyrie high above Christchurch in the Port Hills
Good article, but forgot to mention that snow on the 28 August 92 shut it down due to fuel contamination, such a simple test on the fuel !
Claim lives 'destroyed' by gambling as casino seeks licence renewal
What next , talk about a nanny state , blame everything on alcohol, gambling etc how about personal responsibility , also what happens to all the employees who rely on a wage , o thats right they can go on the dole .
New Zealand to ban single-use plastic bags
What a waste of time this government, nothing better to do than go on about plastic shopping bags , I for one use them more than once, now Im going to have to by them , as they is no recycling bags to use efficiently ie kids wet clothes from the pool , dogging dos etc
Buses reign supreme while cars jam on 'Manchester Boulevard'
I cycle down Manchester st in the morning around 8 am traffic is backed up nearly all the back to bealey av, wait for another 2 years or so when theres new rebuild shops etc I remember before feb 11 the traffic was awful then , especially when the girls of the night began their work, well folks I bet you this new design of the cbd will be its down turn for locals but excellent for tourists and walking traffic !
Full list of MPs expenses shows spending topped $2.1 million
Man o man over a year nearly 9 million a lot of ops in our hospital but no MPs & PMs family travel, they travel, many voters suffer with health problems and pensioners live on the bread line , Yep sounds about right
"Calls for Christchurch to fast-track zero-emission buses",
Question whos going to pay for it ?? Us who have tightened budgets, council members , ecan, we the rate payers dont like yr agenda, spend , spend , spend on things that are just not variable at this time, give as a brake
'Don't leave plastic bag change up to customers'
Look ppl , plastic bags are not I repeat not banned in any supermarkets or the warehouse etc , if you won't one you have to pay for it , just not free any more , simple profitable selling them
"EQC will need large taxpayer top-up next year, exact amount unknown
Lab and nats have been robbing the EQC account since the early 80s or more correct 1984 . 72 years NZERS have been paying in to the EQC account, yes we have had pay outs, but ...... now its empty but our EQC payment level on our insurance has increased remarkably, still want more money form the tax payer , you the MPs and PM on both sides live with in yr means , ...ba......s
Political group puts stake in ground to keep asset sales on the table
Im totally against selling assets , we the ratepayer have brought and paid for these assets , yes we sometimes get low divided but we get a divided , if we sell them we get nothing but one off payment then we have empty coffers, then just keep banging the rate payers , thank god Ill be dead a gone
Uber reaches access deal with Christchurch Airport
Thanks council put taxi firms out of business.
Cost of Christchurch stadium options range from $384m to $561m
Todays OTD M10 rugby 1 person per 100 seats , yep what a waste of money, because âmayor IBG !â
Christchurch stadium the big winner from council's plans for Government funding
What waste of money, most other stadiums in New Zealand are empty on game nights, far better ways of spending the dosh, yep I uses to watch a lot of games but now just blinking over kill , and easy to hit the remote and stay warm
"Christchurch stadium investment not on district councils' agendas",
Im dead against a new stadium , nor anything else until we fix our infrastructure, Christ even ancient romans built there infrastructure before the coliseum
President Trump is unfit for office - Bob Woodward's 'Fear' confirms it
And Im no fan of yr comments to boot !
President Trump is unfit for office - Bob Woodward's 'Fear' confirms it
If stuff paid more attention to nz matters, ie petrol now $2.36c ltr (91) diesel $1.75c ltr chc price , this really going to effect all of us ,ie roll on cost to every item we buy, just to top it off ,roughly 4 cent tax rises on petroleum at the end of September, thanks NZF,GREENS and labour
Welcome to Scotland? No love lost for Trump in ancestral home
If trump turn coal into gold, he still would be hated and blasted by some of the fake media, no matter what the man does left leaning ppl hate him