My guess is that Scott is the husband of Susan St John (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_St_John).
NZ Super is indexed to CPI. It also has a corridor (max & min) related to the average wage. Which means that usually the minimum bites and so NZ super in practice rises at the same rate as wages. But not always - the big rise in CPI a recently was more ...
Ah, Canon Bob Lowe. That was a long time ago - a friend of mine worked at the supermarket in question (Fendalton Supervalue) and said that Bob was persistently lightfingered and had been warned several times before said charging. After that the staff ...
The downside to identifying as a cat: https://twitter.com/MattCartoonist/status/1671205803246727185?lang=en
We don't have capital gains on shares. Tax only on dividends for NZ (and that's offset by imputation credits). Overseas shares are taxed on a "fair dividend rate" which essentially assumes that you earn 5% regardless of the actual return (it's a bit more ...
I should perhaps have been a bit clearer. My point was: They've used 3 different definitions, most likely in order to reach a predetermined result. My follow up point was that they were so clumsy - in that the result shown could not have been right.
It's more than tricky - it's just plain wrong. From the 2017 fsgnz the Borrowings are indeed 111.8B (111,806m) but from the same table the 2009 figure is 62.0B (61,953m) so that's not a good start. From the prefu 2023, the Borrowings for 30 June 2023 are ...
For quite some time NZ Super has been increased by CPI (see s15 of https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2001/0084/latest/whole.html#DLM114216) However, there is an override (s16 of above) which states the married rate must be between 66% and 72.5% of...
Actually NZ Super is adjusted by CPI and the current Government did nothing to change the rules (they are an Act of parliament). There is a minimum (and maximum) level versus NAW which is what was triggered this year. The Act is here: https://www....
But sometimes a politician is missed. From David Lange's valedictory: "I think Winston Peters is a person who brings his own particular style to this House. He would have been with us today, would he not, Tau, if he had not been detained by a full-length ...
Cost of living increase for NZ Super is business as usual. All the Government does is confirm the increase by Order in Council. See https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2001/0084/latest/whole.html#DLM113924 Section 15 says increase auto by CPI ...
I had the same problem. I tried a different browser which still didn't work but gave me a message saying that the website (The Standard) wasn't compatible with (my version of) Android.
"So the US invaded Ukraine?" So where did Adrian say that? You've made it up and then launched into a stream of abuse. I'm disgusted by this and some of the responses below whereby you and some other commenters (and moderators) decided what is "right" and ...
I also thought about the best order. Given the baton changeover is within a range (10m? I think) you would want the slowest runners to take the baton at the very latest point and then pass it on at the earliest point at the next changeover. Given there's ...
The trend at present is for more centralisation. The current government has centralised polytechs, healthcare (DHBs), and 3 waters. Perhaps National or Act might consider decentralising to regions. Although if they suggested that, would you be voting for ...
As Poland is in NATO, you might also google "size of NATO countries armies"
No, it's just a way to give tax cuts to the lower paid whilst minimising the tax cuts to higher paid. Noting that other tax cuts will propagate through to the highest earners. Which for many people seems to outweigh the benefits of tax cuts to the lower ...
Probably not. I reckon Hendy wasn't too far wrong about 80k if we did nothing. Looking at the two US states of similar population, they had 16k deaths with 20% of population infected just before the vaccines came out. So herd immunity at that rate would ...
Based on my suggestion @14.0 above, that would allow for a tax free allowance of $45,862. As the rest to $180k of $134,138 at 39% would result in $52,314 tax. So that would include well over a full time minimum wage rate worker.
Clearly cutting any tax rate will mean that ALL taxpayers earning more than that tax bracket will get a tax cut. Those above the top of that bracket will all get the same (maximum) amount of tax cut. Looking at the various solutions offered, I wonder if we...
They could always just stick with the current caretaker PM, Larry. He's the only one at #10 who has consistently met his job expectations.
And even the Tory elected in Wellington is from the left....
Amateurs. They should learn from the 1927 Liberian election (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1927_Liberian_general_election). Recognised by Guinness as the most crooked election ever. "Despite there being fewer than 15,000 registered voters, according to...
Maybe if he'd pretended to be a real doctor, he might have got away with it. Unless he was auditioning for Shortland Street.
It's not unique to National. The current speaker pleaded guilty to assaulting a national MP. An Act MP left after getting a passport in a dead persons name. I'm sure with a bit more thinking I could add (quite) a few more. It's the same overseas too. Is it...
The perceived problem with tax cuts is that "rich pricks" get it too. You could eliminate this by having the tax free allowance followed by a higher (than now) tax rate. So, using your 25k, a tax rate of 33% from then would mean someone on 70k would now ...
The original Standard piece noted that the press release did not say precisely what was suggested (break up duopoly). And today, there's a piece from Micky Savage criticising Luxon, the first of which is for something he did not actually say (going ...
My understanding was that it related to future years. Treasury projects tax income allowing for salary inflation. But they assume no change to expenses for 3 years unless explicitly allowed for (which it never is). That's why deficits always move to ...
Blocked by the sheeple???
Thinking about it, much of the cost will fall on larger organisations. Many small businesses (those in hospitality) may see additional money coming in on the holiday although that will be offset by the fact they need to give those workers a day off in lieu...
I'm not sure that the quote you've provided is consistent with your conclusion. He's said that the response wasn't gold standard. So that would mean he would have upped getting PPE & vaccine as well as a gold standard contact tracing. That would suggest ...
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