Anyone who apposes or challenges the left are dismissed... the fuel tax was always going to go ahead regardless of the impact on lower income households.
Just the start of more to come... most of these so called ministers are out of their depth... Davis and Whaitiri are next.... accidental ministers in an incidental government.
What concerns me, regardless of this and any other WTG recommendation, is why does this Government needs to come up with other ways to Tax... shouldnt they be focused on how better to use the tax they are already collecting?
so let me get this right.... I dont insure my house and in the event of an earthquake the Government will pay me out the rateable value at the time of the earthquake? so why do I pay for insurance...? and what about all of those in ChCh who do pay insurance do they get some kind of compensation for doing so....?
What...! Hes right because he doesnt know his portfolio, hes right because hes out of his depth, hes right because he cant conduct himself in a manner becoming a Minister...? Hes a Muppet...the slightest challenge and hes loosing his cool, it wont take long before everyone sees he, like others in labour, arent fit to be in office.
If the shoe was on the other foot youd be in the Jacinda groupie zone. Lets face it you dont like Cindy being held to the same standards... as for most of us being happy with Labour... youre a minority!
They did you muppet... Waterview (AKL), Kapiti Highway, Transmission Gully the list goes on... and wasnt proposing a regional fuel tax either. Only incompetence is your goldfish memory!
WRC you are muppets...you tried to fix something that wasnt broken and now you want your decision to be validated by an overseas expert. Had you done the due-diligence before taking this out to market you wouldnt have this problem...
I agree shes no threat but laws are laws and it appears if you are the left you can make special dispensation that suit the left agenda. We also have laws that prohibit convicted criminals making revenue from their crimes, Manning is also doing that on our shores another law Labour seem to want to bend.
Select committees can get heated, the only one who didnt answer the questions and lost their cool was Davis. Why would anyone else apologise...clearly Davis knows hes out of his depth which is why he couldnt answer the questions being asked of him as a Minister of his portfolio.
Desperate moves from a cash strapped Government, the only thing they have succeeded in their nine months in Government is apply taxes...! Its a money grab people.
Treason Vs Drink Driving.... that is like drawing the comparison between Dropping a Nuke and throwing a grenade. You are grasping straws to make a weak point to support your left political bias...pathetic
Men will and do support equality, they just dont support feminists pushing their unequal agenda and quotas based on gender alone and not merit. When feminists finally realise that the change they want comes through evolution not revolution then we all will get equality...
Guess it depends on your motivations for playing...is is money or is it pride? Id argue that because we have so much depth and talent in the rugby world there are going to be high profile players (Sopoaga and the like) that will become casualties of this. Sopoage has done the right thing by him and theres nothing wrong with that for his business but it may not be for others who have different motivations.
What so the Government can tax them for renting out their bach? And what about when the owner wants to use it, can we move these people out? And what about if its not fully insulated? had a heating source? doesnt meet the standards this government is/has putting in place...what then..?. you make an assumption that people who have baches are wealthy. Some are, some might be...but certainly not all are.
So the tenants who smoked meth have no liability in this? Perhaps they should be made to apologise as they have created this problem in the first instance what about the damage and harm they have caused.But that would suit your socialist agenda would it...?
for the Ministry not to know Asparona wasnt owned by Deloitte is an absolute lie. When a Govt department engages a third party (Contractor, Company etc) they do due diligence on that third party...standard procurement practice. If they didnt then theyre guilty of not following procurement rules. This is rubbish!
you live on another planet... labour are the party that have no ideas they form working groups and committees to do the job they should have done in opposition for 9 years. Be that Ostrich with your head in the sand turbosfan, you live in la la land.
Incredible that some on here are completely blinkered and can only bang the labour drum of blaming the previous Government for everything. The real blame here is HNZ tenants who smoke meth...
Exactly... and if they had not done enough the Govt would have been crucified for not doing enough. Words only has one agenda and thats to bang the labour drum..blame the former govt for everything....regardless of facts.
Big difference is the council inspected these properties and passed them, NOT the developer. Had TCC done their job these defects would have been identified and fixed.
What a load of tripe... I, along with my siblings, own a bach. We, pay for it out of our taxable income as our investment in our family. We contribute to the local authority by way of rates, we pay the local lawn mowing man to mow the lawns and local contractors to provide maintenance on the bach... WE CONTRIBUTE and therefore there are benefits. You forget the value and I mean non monetary value, that a bach provides, something more fulfilling than shares in some company that can be influenced and wiped by some rubbish like Trumps trade war.
Health, Education and Housing have been failed by consecutive Governments not just the last. That narrative is not only incorrect but tiresome, like listening to someone blaming others.
Gotta agree, Goff doesnt have the right to say what can or cant be done in council venues. He is an elected official, these are public (Auckland ratepayers) venues and he doesnt have the sole decision. Id bet, if it was a far left speaking tour, hed be supporting it...
you miss the point... had these properties been inspected properly and then consented these poor people would have a house worth more than what the council is offering...and to that end they cannot afford to buy another house of the same spec as properties has risen. TCC made the mistakes (if you can call incompetence a mistake) they should pay for it. Too often City Councils take the money and never the liability...its about time councils were made to account for their incompetence. you wouldnt except it from any trades you hired or any service you bought. You pay the council to inspect and consent they should pay for their negligence.
What makes you so sure that theyre still not being lied to now? Yes, PLANS.... plans dont always work and this is still all theory, practice is where the rubber hits the road... the real pretenders could be the ones giving 0 hope now and using this as a political platform.
I do feel for the Pike River Families but at what point do you need to get to before you accept the fact that they are not recoverable. What risks are they and this Government willing to take, more lives, millions and millions of dollars? What if theres an accident while this recovery is going on, this will be on their heads, they and the labour government...
daveymac - All new houses need to be inspected - end of story. At each stage the houses would have been inspected you cannot proceed to the next stage until you have one. At the end of the build you get a code of compliance. There is NO WAY only some of these houses were inspected properly it doesnt work that way. Its obvious that the council inspectors have signed off work that was substandard and didnt meet code, this allowed the developer/builder to go to the next stage when they shouldnt. The council inspectors could have signaled there was an issue with the whole development...they didnt, they even gave some houses a code of compliance! They are derelict in their duty, incompetent and should pay these poor people.
token gestures... while it may seem that theyre doing the right thing by tightening/freezing salaries for MPs and CEOs theyre merely plugging up a very, very small hole in a leaking bucket full of holes! perhaps plugging up a big hole or two will better serve the tax payer... but that wouldnt provide the right kind of spin they need.
The fact that you start your comment with an apology says it all... TCC are totally liable for this, they inspected the work and allowed the developer/builder(s) to move forward. This is the REAL CAUSE... you have obviously never built or renovated a house.
Finally, Kelvin has done something....oh, wait I though there were not taxes in the first term? Lets call it a levy then aye...well done Kelvin, see youre adding so much value, I mean taking value.
Councillors' eleventh-hour effort to save Wellington's free weekend parking fails
Youre gone Lester....
'Families are struggling': Auckland Council accused of delaying work looking at fuel tax impact on region's poorest
Anyone who apposes or challenges the left are dismissed... the fuel tax was always going to go ahead regardless of the impact on lower income households.
All Blacks' dominance not damaging test rugby – but their rivals' inertia is
Bang on the money. ABs have set the bar now let everyone else reach it.
Wounded Clare Curran had no choice but to quit
Just the start of more to come... most of these so called ministers are out of their depth... Davis and Whaitiri are next.... accidental ministers in an incidental government.
Primary teachers and principals strike for first time since 1994
For a user name like whats the point you certainly have missed the point of MickMunoroe comment. Just another lie Labour.
"Tax Working Group plan for baches a wealth tax that will rob Kiwis of their dream",
What concerns me, regardless of this and any other WTG recommendation, is why does this Government needs to come up with other ways to Tax... shouldnt they be focused on how better to use the tax they are already collecting?
Red-zoned 'Quake Outcasts' to be paid - but not all will go
so let me get this right.... I dont insure my house and in the event of an earthquake the Government will pay me out the rateable value at the time of the earthquake? so why do I pay for insurance...? and what about all of those in ChCh who do pay insurance do they get some kind of compensation for doing so....?
Kelvin Davis says he let himself down when he called National MP hysterical
What...! Hes right because he doesnt know his portfolio, hes right because hes out of his depth, hes right because he cant conduct himself in a manner becoming a Minister...? Hes a Muppet...the slightest challenge and hes loosing his cool, it wont take long before everyone sees he, like others in labour, arent fit to be in office.
Prime Minister's office admits mistake over Ardern's economic growth 'hint' claim
Its call opposition... get over it!
When the Minister of Education sets a low bar for rudeness
The comment from Simon was at least witty...Hipkins....well...his was reflective of his intellect, abilities and maturity.
Prime Minister's office admits mistake over Ardern's economic growth 'hint' claim
If the shoe was on the other foot youd be in the Jacinda groupie zone. Lets face it you dont like Cindy being held to the same standards... as for most of us being happy with Labour... youre a minority!
National blasts ministers over secretive dinner with Google at exclusive club
Yes but your memory only remember the last nine years.
Chelsea Manning granted special direction to apply for visa
Woah... Drink Driving Vs Treason.... let me think.... yeah, theyre both as bad as each other. What a desperate and pathetic comment....
Days out from tax increase, petrol prices hit fresh record high
They did you muppet... Waterview (AKL), Kapiti Highway, Transmission Gully the list goes on... and wasnt proposing a regional fuel tax either. Only incompetence is your goldfish memory!
Overseas expert flown in to fix capital's electronic bus timetables to cost ratepayers $36,000
WRC you are muppets...you tried to fix something that wasnt broken and now you want your decision to be validated by an overseas expert. Had you done the due-diligence before taking this out to market you wouldnt have this problem...
Air NZ boss to lead newly launched Prime Minister’s Business Advisory Council
A bit like the current Government aye.
Magnifying the elephant in the boardroom
I think she does understand it... thats why from 2020 it will be $2 in and $1.80 out... guess where the extra $1 is coming from....MORE TAX!
When the Minister of Education sets a low bar for rudeness
I think youll find if anyone side that cant take its labour... theyre happy to dish it out but cant take it.
Chelsea Manning granted special direction to apply for visa
I agree shes no threat but laws are laws and it appears if you are the left you can make special dispensation that suit the left agenda. We also have laws that prohibit convicted criminals making revenue from their crimes, Manning is also doing that on our shores another law Labour seem to want to bend.
"Married At First Sight’s Julia: 'I’m not a mean person'",
Nope not mean... Just dont have the skills or want to listen to David without being defensive.
Kelvin Davis says he let himself down when he called National MP hysterical
Select committees can get heated, the only one who didnt answer the questions and lost their cool was Davis. Why would anyone else apologise...clearly Davis knows hes out of his depth which is why he couldnt answer the questions being asked of him as a Minister of his portfolio.
The case for tolling Transmission Gully does not add up
Desperate moves from a cash strapped Government, the only thing they have succeeded in their nine months in Government is apply taxes...! Its a money grab people.
I shouldnt have to shut up just because Im male, pale and stale
another who miss the point of this... its not his perception its everyone else and you have just proven his point!
When the Minister of Education sets a low bar for rudeness
in you opinion.... and Hipkins was...?
Chelsea Manning granted special direction to apply for visa
Treason Vs Drink Driving.... that is like drawing the comparison between Dropping a Nuke and throwing a grenade. You are grasping straws to make a weak point to support your left political bias...pathetic
We can't leave it to women to fix inequality in the workplace
Men will and do support equality, they just dont support feminists pushing their unequal agenda and quotas based on gender alone and not merit. When feminists finally realise that the change they want comes through evolution not revolution then we all will get equality...
Manufacturer accused of spilling thousands of plastic 'nurdles' into Wellington Harbour
Not good enough IML Plastics, why are they not being prosecuted?
"Tax Working Group plan for baches a wealth tax that will rob Kiwis of their dream",
Only because you dont own a bach...
Money starting to outweigh All Blacks jersey, warns departed star Lima Sopoaga
Guess it depends on your motivations for playing...is is money or is it pride? Id argue that because we have so much depth and talent in the rugby world there are going to be high profile players (Sopoaga and the like) that will become casualties of this. Sopoage has done the right thing by him and theres nothing wrong with that for his business but it may not be for others who have different motivations.
Prime Minister's office admits mistake over Ardern's economic growth 'hint' claim
Its called opposition...something Labour were clearly inept at as with their ability to Govern.
"Tax Working Group plan for baches a wealth tax that will rob Kiwis of their dream",
What so the Government can tax them for renting out their bach? And what about when the owner wants to use it, can we move these people out? And what about if its not fully insulated? had a heating source? doesnt meet the standards this government is/has putting in place...what then..?. you make an assumption that people who have baches are wealthy. Some are, some might be...but certainly not all are.
"Tax Working Group plan for baches a wealth tax that will rob Kiwis of their dream",
How do you know...? the only naivety here is in thinking they wont which is what you support.
Housing NZ to compensate 800 tenants over bogus meth testing
So the tenants who smoked meth have no liability in this? Perhaps they should be made to apologise as they have created this problem in the first instance what about the damage and harm they have caused.But that would suit your socialist agenda would it...?
Damning report into beleaguered $90m health project released
for the Ministry not to know Asparona wasnt owned by Deloitte is an absolute lie. When a Govt department engages a third party (Contractor, Company etc) they do due diligence on that third party...standard procurement practice. If they didnt then theyre guilty of not following procurement rules. This is rubbish!
PM says her agenda works 'hand in hand' with business, but can she explain it?
you live on another planet... labour are the party that have no ideas they form working groups and committees to do the job they should have done in opposition for 9 years. Be that Ostrich with your head in the sand turbosfan, you live in la la land.
Housing NZ to compensate 800 tenants over bogus meth testing
Incredible that some on here are completely blinkered and can only bang the labour drum of blaming the previous Government for everything. The real blame here is HNZ tenants who smoke meth...
National demands independent probe into Simon Bridges travel expenses leak
Really...the red team...?
Housing NZ to compensate 800 tenants over bogus meth testing
Exactly... and if they had not done enough the Govt would have been crucified for not doing enough. Words only has one agenda and thats to bang the labour drum..blame the former govt for everything....regardless of facts.
Negotiations breakdown in Bella Vista debacle: all homeowners to sue Tauranga City Council
Big difference is the council inspected these properties and passed them, NOT the developer. Had TCC done their job these defects would have been identified and fixed.
Politicians rate Winston Peters' time as PM
and WP never answers the question...which is why its repeated...and repeated...and repeated...get the picture?
Wellington's darkest June since 1982 looms after just 27 hours of sun
We dont need to, youre doing a fantastic job for us!
"Tax Working Group plan for baches a wealth tax that will rob Kiwis of their dream",
What a load of tripe... I, along with my siblings, own a bach. We, pay for it out of our taxable income as our investment in our family. We contribute to the local authority by way of rates, we pay the local lawn mowing man to mow the lawns and local contractors to provide maintenance on the bach... WE CONTRIBUTE and therefore there are benefits. You forget the value and I mean non monetary value, that a bach provides, something more fulfilling than shares in some company that can be influenced and wiped by some rubbish like Trumps trade war.
"Tax-free internet shopping to end next October",
NO NEW TAXES IN THE FIRST TERM!!!! This they did promise!
Opinion: Tax ghost houses and pour the money back into affordable housing
Its there house they can do what they want with it...none of our business. Just get on with building the houses you promised Twyford...
Primary teachers and principals strike for first time since 1994
Health, Education and Housing have been failed by consecutive Governments not just the last. That narrative is not only incorrect but tiresome, like listening to someone blaming others.
Wellington's Transmission Gully motorway project hits halfway mark
This is awesome and well overdue for the region but I hope we dont have a road that is susceptible to slips and closures?
Why National insists on calling Jacinda Ardern 'weak'
Why... when all the back stabbing is happening on the other side of the house...
Free speech group raises $50k to challenge Auckland Council over far-Right speaker ban
Gotta agree, Goff doesnt have the right to say what can or cant be done in council venues. He is an elected official, these are public (Auckland ratepayers) venues and he doesnt have the sole decision. Id bet, if it was a far left speaking tour, hed be supporting it...
Chelsea Manning granted special direction to apply for visa
Ok Curlyhair - lets split hairs (no pun intended) Convicted of Espionage
Negotiations breakdown in Bella Vista debacle: all homeowners to sue Tauranga City Council
you miss the point... had these properties been inspected properly and then consented these poor people would have a house worth more than what the council is offering...and to that end they cannot afford to buy another house of the same spec as properties has risen. TCC made the mistakes (if you can call incompetence a mistake) they should pay for it. Too often City Councils take the money and never the liability...its about time councils were made to account for their incompetence. you wouldnt except it from any trades you hired or any service you bought. You pay the council to inspect and consent they should pay for their negligence.
"'We won't stop until they listen': Auckland truckies drive in convoy to protest fuel tax
And yet in Akl labour have introduced 2 in one year... not a look...especially for your argument
Why National insists on calling Jacinda Ardern 'weak'
All of them Bert...these are your thoughts and not the facts...but dont let facts get in the way of spin.
"Tax Working Group plan for baches a wealth tax that will rob Kiwis of their dream",
Because prior to that everything was perfect... keep drinking the coolade
The Block NZ: Ben and Tom play down their chances of winning
lucky its not a show about personality then...youd really crucify them...
West Coast rūnanga aims to make freedom camping user-pays
Great idea... only hope that the ones using the Govt $8.5M grant to help do this and are profiting from it pay back the money they used.
Air NZ boss to lead newly launched Prime Minister’s Business Advisory Council
Maybe...just maybe a lot more than you.
Negotiations breakdown in Bella Vista debacle: all homeowners to sue Tauranga City Council
Absolutely right... TCC FAILED
When the Minister of Education sets a low bar for rudeness
Great... the clueless proving support for the clueless...
Temuka speed camera catches 1792 speeding motorists in less than a month
All in the name of safer roads...rubbish!
High-paid families feeling the squeeze
you wait for interest rates to rise... wont be any housing shortage then....
Chelsea Manning granted special direction to apply for visa
And yet one person can say yay or nay to Manning to come into NZ... hypocrite
We can't leave it to women to fix inequality in the workplace
Its part of the wider argument....FACT!
John Campbell to present final show for RNZ
Havent missed him....wont watch him...
Second tunnel a possibility for re-entry of Pike River mine
What makes you so sure that theyre still not being lied to now? Yes, PLANS.... plans dont always work and this is still all theory, practice is where the rubber hits the road... the real pretenders could be the ones giving 0 hope now and using this as a political platform.
Nelson group spreads the love and warmth by paying Winter Energy Payment forward
Its ok... Labour have got this
Second tunnel a possibility for re-entry of Pike River mine
I do feel for the Pike River Families but at what point do you need to get to before you accept the fact that they are not recoverable. What risks are they and this Government willing to take, more lives, millions and millions of dollars? What if theres an accident while this recovery is going on, this will be on their heads, they and the labour government...
Air NZ boss to lead newly launched Prime Minister’s Business Advisory Council
So you must be an expert then?
Air NZ's Impossible Burger criticised by former primary industries minister
Unlike the current bunch huh... Shane Jones who cant keep his nose out of Air NZ and Fonterra.
Spark ups price of copper broadband by $5 a month
Just a money grab... Do the right thing Spark - Where UFB is available charge more for copper, where it isnt DONT.
Negotiations breakdown in Bella Vista debacle: all homeowners to sue Tauranga City Council
daveymac - All new houses need to be inspected - end of story. At each stage the houses would have been inspected you cannot proceed to the next stage until you have one. At the end of the build you get a code of compliance. There is NO WAY only some of these houses were inspected properly it doesnt work that way. Its obvious that the council inspectors have signed off work that was substandard and didnt meet code, this allowed the developer/builder to go to the next stage when they shouldnt. The council inspectors could have signaled there was an issue with the whole development...they didnt, they even gave some houses a code of compliance! They are derelict in their duty, incompetent and should pay these poor people.
Government stamps out performance bonuses for public sector bosses
token gestures... while it may seem that theyre doing the right thing by tightening/freezing salaries for MPs and CEOs theyre merely plugging up a very, very small hole in a leaking bucket full of holes! perhaps plugging up a big hole or two will better serve the tax payer... but that wouldnt provide the right kind of spin they need.
Negotiations breakdown in Bella Vista debacle: all homeowners to sue Tauranga City Council
The fact that you start your comment with an apology says it all... TCC are totally liable for this, they inspected the work and allowed the developer/builder(s) to move forward. This is the REAL CAUSE... you have obviously never built or renovated a house.
Tourists could be taxed to enter New Zealand under new proposal
Finally, Kelvin has done something....oh, wait I though there were not taxes in the first term? Lets call it a levy then aye...well done Kelvin, see youre adding so much value, I mean taking value.
Air NZ's Impossible Burger criticised by former primary industries minister
National carrier bailed out by New Zealand tax payers should be promoting the bounty of the country not some US based company.
Politicians rate Winston Peters' time as PM
Nice call... and hes our foreign affairs minister, another fail to come.
"Just as a hip pocket issues were emerging, National opts for self-immolation
your opinion... albeit based in conjecture and hearsay... JLR is more likely to be unwell...
"Just as a hip pocket issues were emerging, National opts for self-immolation
Implode...dont think so...inconvenient...yes...but dramatised headlines sell aye...