There have been 500,000 permanent resident visas issued since 2015. Who knows how many more before then. I am unable to find that data, just as I am unable to find data that specifies how many of those PRV holders actually reside in New Zealand. NZ is the ...
I do not think it's at all coincidence that the "pathway to residency" that National put in place for students coming to NZ to study low value degrees from 1999 subsequently saw a massive increase in house prices from 2002. That policy setting then allowed...
Would probably need to do an OIA to MBIE to find out the information about PRVs. In any event, if they've been out of NZ for longer than 6 months, even 12, it's clear they haven't got a life here. They're a citizen of another country so we'd be perfectly ...
I see the drum beat on comments sections, Facebook and Twitter seems to be increasing about shutting the border entirely. I posted this on OM late last night but thought it could be a good discussion point. While there are certainly problems in restricting...
Certainly problems in restricting citizens rights to return back to their country of citizenship. NZ could stop entry to NZ by permanent resident visa holders - particularly those that were not in NZ for say the 6 months prior to February 2020. PRVs have ...
Muldoon refused to do something with the currency on the request of the incoming Lange government. I think it was a request to devalue it?
Multinationals often see NZ and Australia as one market. That is, 30 million people. That's a lot of people to spread the cost of shipping and distribution amongst. Instead, NZ is heavily penalised on the "last mile" shipping between AU and NZ. Our 5 ...
Why? Let's use the theory that "only rental houses are habitable houses" Owner Occupiers should not live at a lesser standard than renters. They should all be equal. How then, is it morally right to allow landlords to claim maintenance costs on bringing a ...
The easiest thing to do to address house pricing and the availability is to remove the ability for Landlords to claim interest and maintenance deductions on rental properties and shift that over to Owner Occupiers only. Many landlords deliberately gear up ...
Grant Robertson was part of the first generation of student loan payers, coupled with interest on his loan while he was studying. Hardly "free"
A higher minimum wage also reduces the amount of redistribution needed through winz. So less is paid out from the state and more is paid by the employer in recognition of the output from the workers.
Ryman had no other option but to repay it after Summerset came out of the blocks first and said they'd repay it.
No. They aren't. The Green Party made the referendum their coalition requirement right from the outset in 2017.
https://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-26092016/#comment-1236759 Only taken 4 years for that idea of letting owner Occupiers claim interest costs to enter the mainstream discourse. I can't make the link go straight to my comment on that page as I'm on mobile...
Jan Logie uses the train nearly every day she has to go to Parliament. I see her on it quite often.
Whomst labelling RSE workers in racial epithets? The payments of RSE workers is a drain on NZs balance of payments. Better for NZs economy for that money to be circulated back within NZs internal economy. If the growers have to take less dividends from the...
The stand downs have been scrapped until July 2021. Ideally they will remain scrapped.
All good in Wellington. Kowhai were brilliantly flowering the past few weeks. Have seen multiple monarchs fluttering about.
Yes to everything in your last paragraph
Nope, it's already law and takes effect shortly following the final election results.
Labour need to be cultivating future leaders like Kiri Allan and Kieran McAnulty to lead Labour from 2024 into the 2026 election. Grant Robertson should not be elevated to the leadership because, renewal, and the public will have seen enough of him by 2024...
If by "systems thinking" you mean joined up thinking, then yes, I agree. I still view Nationals abhorrent failure to house SH1 road and rail workers in Kaikoura motels and hotels after the 2016 quakes but instead renting all those portacabins from the ...
I hope the grapes aren't going to take a hammering from that bastard pest, harlequin ladybug. They managed to infest Wellington summer last, and have heard from people in Marlborough that the harlequin has managed to establish itself over there. Another ...
There is a Colmar Brunton tomorrow.
65,000 overseas votes. It's on the election website.
There's actually no extra light. The amount of sunshine hours remains the same so the curtain principle is a misnomer. The only thing that changes is the false equivalence that there is "more" daylight at the end of the working day thanks to the completely...
This morning I woke up at 6.15am with it being nice and light outside. It was glorious. Then sadness kicked in when I realised the artifical construct that is Daylight Saving, invented by the Germans, starts on Sunday leading NZ back into the dark ages. No...
Scott Watson? Judith likely to pull an upset win? I think you mean Scott Morrison, and Judith is unlikely to pull an upset win? The challenge for Labour if they win (nothing is ever certain) is to be bold, although given Grant's poo-poohing of MMT, I'm not...
NZ first has a high churn of members and MPs. The only consistent MP in NZ1st that's been there since it began has been WP. That's part of NZ1st problem. Winston seems to not let any NZ1st MP hang around longer than 2 terms at the most, so there's never ...
NZ1st have focused on the wrong person. They should be focusing on Tracey Martin, winning Ohariu, and making Tracey the next NZ1st leader. The focus on Jones is misplaced as he's a lazybones. He's not well liked in the Far North, and my whanau links up ...
Oh it'll be a fascinating night all around regardless. The only question remaining is just how much Labour will win by :)
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