Sorry but I don't see what is so special about Arden. Perhaps someone could enlighten me as to why she stands out more than the other Labour Party MPs. I can't help but get the impression that she is only where she is due to being female & childless. Its ...
"Providing they treat them right". Problem is what that $16ph does is lower the wages of the economy. Great if you are an employer but it sucks if you are an employee. So if a company can import a whole lot of people from where ever to work for $16ph, what...
"You can't legally pay the same as welfare". Oh indeed yes you can and how they do that is that they pay per bucket or offer 20 hours at 16.00 ph at odd hours that give no incentive to leave the welfare trap. Yet NZ employers get away with this as they are...
It amuses me when I hear of employers whinging that they can't find anyone to do the job and they then turn to the lazy welfare argument. Yet when you look closer, you will always typically find these employers are offering pay that is the same as welfare,...
No Bolger was worse than both of them. Him with that creepy Birch and that awful Richardson. I am surprised that the ECA act is not mentioned under his name.
I don't mean to be rude here but housing is such a massive stuff up on the Nationals parties behalf that anyone in any opposition party should be capable of making mince meat out of the government for it. That the Labour Party still lags behind National in...
If shortage created by the Auckland council is the only cause then why are other cities around the world also experiencing the same issues of house prices rising above the average income earners reach?
Exactly right and I have pointed out this immigration, low wages fiasco in other comments. The other issue to be aware of is this 20 hour student visa rort. What is happening is many migrants have jobs under this condition but are being worked longer hours...
Which is why National are so arrogant and dismissive of the housing crisis and unskilled migrants pouring into this country and lowering our wages. Labour should be polling high with these two issue alone but don't due to the issues you have correctly ...
Quite correct. Check out Fran OSullivans article in the Herald about laundered money in our house market from yesterday and this mornings article by Bernard Hickory re Visas. I have said this before, greedy NZ employers love high migration from poor ...
When you don't have enough houses, you darn well stop all immergation.
Quite correct. Greedy NZ employers love high migration of migrants from counties with lower standards of living because they will work for little and put up with heaps of crap. It makes me laugh how National are trying to say the housing crisis is expats ...
We have a crisis created by a huge imbalance of supply and demand. Now the Labour Party fans don't like to acknowledge it but facts are facts and the fact that council refused to extend boundaries is a huge contributor to issues such as the lady in the ...
Key is only panicking because Auckland has got so out of hand that it may now just may cost him the election. A lot of people are not happy with the high levels of unskilled immigration that have been allowed to flow freely into Auckland that has resulted ...
I seen that too. This is of a very real concern. Why are we letting all these overseas companies come in and suck up the work? Do we not have any NZ construction companies capable of doing this? If not then should we not be working on why not instead of ...
This is sticking plaster stuff. Not addressing the real issue and rolling out some simplistic policy to make it look like you are doing something reeks of sheer utter incompetence. The real issue with housing is that this government is just too darn ...
Contractors that create a middle man in the chain that need to make something, another words, clip the ticket yet companies love it as it is far easier to end a contract rather than worry about troublesome issues like redundancies or wage increases. The ...
It's not just what is being paid in wages, it's also what is being charged for basic necessities such as housing, particularly in Auckland that is creating this type of misery. I would like someone to tell me why we pay the prices we do for items in the ...
It seems to be the sign of the times. Poor worker representation, poor opportunity and high levels of unemployment are paradise for employers. Let's not even go there in regards to all the cheap labour that they are importing to further lower our wages in ...
This is all down to too few jobs, poor opportunity and low low wages for people. Houses are now brought on how much you can get as leverage then rented out at excorberent prices. If you rely on only your wage then forget it. Wages are so pathetically low ...
The roads are congested due to too much immigration allowed by National. Many are rich immigrants that can afford to pay a million bucks for a house and others are being brought in to lower our wages even further. First, Kiwis have been tossed out of home ...
Sounds to me like he's just looking for an easy job before retirement. The last thing Auckland needs is someone with that sort of lazy attitude who is looking for a ratepayer trough before sailing off into the sunset to retire. But seriously, who else is ...
It's pretty obvious. National want low skilled people from overseas because they will work for less than kiwis and their rich business mates love cheap labour. Despite being advised by treasury that low skilled labour does not grow productivity, National ...
Nice to see someone actually coming up with some solutions to solve this very serious issue. The current crop in government don't seem to care less about it.
I hate to be the one that puts the cat amoungst the pigeons but how long have these tax loopholes been open for and how long have these foreign companies been taking advantage of our tax loopholes. My question is was it going on pre 2008?
You asked - Would I mind as much if they were European or American so yes, you have accused me of being a racist and if you don't understand that then you obviously have an unusual understanding of the English language. Strange it is not, what it is is ...
If material is expensive, why are houses so much cheaper in the regions? Surly they would be paying high costs also if not more than Auckland yet houses out of Auckland are a lot to cheaper. It is the land that is costing. What is another issue is council ...
But the issue is the bubble is never going to burst with such limited supply. How long have we been talking about a bust and it just never comes. Auckland is set to take another hike despite the new investor restrictions and IRD requirements. So Key can ...
Firstly I have a few questions about this. So does it take a lot of training to use a defibrillator? Can someone do someone more harm if they don't use it properly on someone? If so, would the employer go for a skate if someone did have a heart attack at ...
No I would not and no I am not Phil Twyford so the only prize you can claim is one for throwing out labels with no substance! Let's forget about race for one second and take any political correctness out of this. How do you feel about the average person in...
Winston will be doing well because of Auckland and his anti immigration policies. Auckland is over crowded and Key has done nothing about it, people's standard of living is plummeting, they can't afford a home and wages are low. It's quite a depressing ...
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