With the Fonterra stuff going on at the moment and the way China is reacting do they honestly believe this is a great time to be putting out this sort of nonsense.
One gets the feeling they really don’t care too much about the NZ economy.
With the Fonterra GCSB stuff going on at the moment and the way China John Key is reacting do they honestly believe this is a great time to be putting out this sort of nonsense reminder of forward-looking, equitable, and international accepted policy.
One gets the feeling they David Shearer and Russell Norman really don’t care too much about the NZ economyyoung people who want a real place in Aotearoa rather than becoming tennants in their own land.
Let’s say hypothetically that Key publicly sends out feelers to Peters to try to get him onside as a coalition partner. There’s no guarantee that the Conservatives, or any of the thinly-veiled Bigot Brigade parties of that ilk, will get into Parliament while the chances of both of UF (or just Dunne on his lonesome) and ACT getting back in are remote, at best.
One thing that doesn’t really get brought up enough is whether or not Key and Peters would even be compatible or remotely functional as coalition partners. That’s not to mention the likelihood of Key’s definitive statements on ruling out the possibility of Peters being in a Key-led government prior to the 2008 and 2011 elections being thrown in his face.
I’m also fairly sure that Key outright stated Peters is synonymous with unstable government during the debates with Goff a couple of years ago too.
Peters also stated categorically on TV that buying back the power companies would be a non negotiable requirement for NZFirst to go into coalition with National. I can’t see Key doing that, he’s way to proud.
If they want to know what being a tenant in your own land is like, they should have a chat to Raymond Huo. I believe he has a strong interest in multiple tenants. He may be one of those people at those house auctions russel and David seem so concerned about
They do care about NZ but they are not going to bend over to the highest bidder, quality is what counts and living in China. They care about the people in NZ, not just the select few. I can assure you if you want NZ to end up like the hell hole this place is and garbage that they eat that is where NZ is heading and China already has the KEY to get in. Chinese show you respect when you stand up for want your about and will walk over you if you do not. NZ will always have plenty of markets to sell its milk products to and China has no choice but to take what they can.
Its interesting that Fonterra sat on the information for 5 months and then decided to do something about it? Were they thinking about the NZ economy or themselves and their mates?
Hahahahaha!! Excellent and exact literal interpretation of BuM’s brainfart. Or was it a parapraxis, an unconscious admission of the self-loathing sustained cognitive dissonance creates. Must have been a real fright to see 62% of New Zealanders think limiting non-productive financial speculation in housing is a good idea.
Must be good to get you so riled up, lived overseas for awhile now, try and buy property in most non-west nations, they won’t allow you or put stipulation on it. Look what’s happening to Fonterra when you prostitute yourself to the highest buyer and forget about your quality control -pure 100% What’s your BS on that AH?
I pick this will be dropped just like the great idea of GST on fruit and vegs (didnt they have a simpliar poster about that XX% want gst dropped etc ??).
It wont work, it wont make a difference, and labour dont really believe in it.
they wont win, and will try to drum up another populist policy for the following election.
The proof will be when Labour gets into power after the next election.
If they don’t believe it, they will assign it to the Overseas Investment Office, who’s sole role in life is to act as a rubber-stamp for the approval of foreigners’ purchases of NZ land.
If they do believe it, they will ditch the OIO and come up with a regime that really does act to prevent New Zealanders from becoming tenants in their own country.
I really hope this is part of a series. Tommorow; 62% of New Zealanders thought I had already been rolled by Grant Robertson (the other 38% had no idea who I was).
And I bet lots support the right of any NZ to get up on his or her roof, though taking due caution, and inspect or clean it, or patch it, or paint it, or clear out starling’s nests, or check for wasp’s nests or any or all of the aforesaid measures or any other that might be deemed to be necessary in the opinion of such resident, householder or other party with rights or interest in thereof, without the need to get an RMA or an OK or a RSF (Right said Fred) from any political leader.
The exception tho being Australian speculators who by dint of higher wages and a higher valued dollar already have 2 advantages over the average Kiwi home buyer,
So, what may well occur is that having barred everyone else from speculating in the New Zealand market the upper layers of monied speculation are removed leaving the Australian speculators, who may well have been constrained by the Brits and others having even higher earnings and better valued currencies, who might just pour more money into the New Zealand market filling the gap left by those who are barred,
A 1-4% lessening of demand tho is still a positive move no matter how slight, but, hardly a magic wand of comprehensive housing policy which i suggest will fail to move the polls just as the KiwiBuild announcement was an abject failure in terms of political poll movement for Labour,
The whole thrust of Labour’s present housing policy seems to me to be firmly fixated upon middle class home ownership and Labour have failed abysmally to bring forward any policy that would effect the lives of the tens of 1000’s of Mene Mene’s who provide their labour to the economy for scant reward,
Mene Mene a hard working stiff who’s hours of work and low wages confines Him, Wife, and 3 children to 1 room in a boarding house can expect what from Labour as the major partner of the next Government, to stay right where He and the whanau are right now???…
A CGT is a necessary but insufficient step in holding back house price increases. If you were being cynical, you might predict that neither Labour nor National will ever take sufficient steps to effectively stop residential housing from being a speculative investment asset.
If they were really serious about taking sufficient steps they would ban foreigners, trusts and companies from buying residential property and make a law which allows individuals to own a maximum of 2 or 3 (a home and holiday home and a rental maybe) residential properties. Or they could legislate maximum rents and base them on the minimum wage, etc.
Not saying I think these are a good thing to do, just commenting that if they were serious instead of just politicking they would come up with some serious (controversial) policies.
I think the main advantage of a CGT is not that it will stop speculation but at least ensure that speculators pay their share of tax on the income they earned from speculating.
Speculation tho is only one small part of the housing affordability issue, a far greater problem in terms of numbers is the second house that has become extremely fashionable as a long term investment for the middle class in this country,
It’s a simple supply and demand situation where successive Governments have paid scant attention to State housing numbers as the population grew from 3.3 million to 4.4 million in a short compressed time-frame when compared to previous population growth,
The simple arithmetic tells us that the same percentage of the population whatever that populations number at any given time will need the same percentage of State Housing, because of a lack of building of these State houses we can see in the numbers the root cause of today’s housing affordability issue,
For a population of 3.3 million there were 75,000 State Houses of various sizes, with the population at 4.4 million there are now only 67,000 State Houses and that number is continuously being whittled away, these numbers suggest that the number of State houses should be at least 100,000,
Therein lies the root cause of the housing affordability crisis, restricting the number of State Houses has created demand for rental property and the middle class with cheap money to borrow and tax breaks on interest payments have moved into aquiring second and third property’s to hold for the medium to long term renting these out to those who cannot buy property themselves for sums 50+% of their tenants incomes,
Once this body of monied middle class landlords created demand in the market along came the speculators after the quick buck pushing prices ever higher in a 3 way tussle between the new home buyers, the newbie landlords and themselves over the shrinking amounts of property for sale,
My point is that little will be achieved by driving out the speculators from the market as the demand from the would be Landlords will only increase if house price rises stop or a decrease occurs in the market price of property,
In having a policy which shoe-horns the children of the middle class into property ownership Labour is simply ensuring that the affordability of housing, on the negative side, is then resting soly on the shoulders of the low waged workers who will never own their own home,
The kids of today’s middle class will become the landlords of tomorrow, following in their parents footsteps, once gaining enough equity in their homes kindly provided by a Labour Government they will simply in 5 years use the growing equity they possess in these new homes to go on to buy a second and third property as medium to long term rental investments thus the Government will have simply added to the housing affordability issue in the medium term…
Good points and CV is right about CGT alone not being enough but it does mean the deliberate wealth creation is taxed rather than tax free which is alot of the fuel behind escalting house prices …..a low risk tax free kaching.
Another big factor in affordability is the cost of building, fletchers, CHH etc profiteering due to market dominance.
I was surprised to see how low our public housing rates are even before the NACT sell off of stock that’s being currently indulged in which makes a bad sitaution even worse.
Our PM traded bigtime off his state house childhood another ladder they are pulling up behind them.
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Really good to see figures on state housing. I didn’t know how many but that there wen’t enough, and the figures just knock you over. The pollies just abandoned this powerful stabilising supportive part of the welfare system, one that if properly financed and accounted, could have almost paid its way. And they would have encouraged more to shift into low-cost houses with a mortgage and a caveat that the house would be sold back into the government housing stock with a small return to the departing owners. There was no reason for the well built houses to be lost into the profit-making private industry.
He has been getting more consistently better recently. Looks like he finally accepted some advice about his wee communication problem.
It is almost boring the art of getting stubborn and quite unready politicians ready for the fray. Still I guess that is a whole lot better than having the glib unthinking hand-puppets who wind up dragging the country into the mire through inattention to their task (Key and Lange come to mind).
Sure, his reading from the notes was better and the message was great (the message and policy was very good indeed). But the reaction to questions for which one cannot prepare could be better
After repeatedly ripping into Labour for not rising much in the polls, claiming this was because nobody gave a damn about the spying debacle or supported Labour’s housing policy, Cameron Slater hasn’t posted anything about the 62% of Kiwi voters polled by Culmar Brunton who support Labour’s plan to limit foreigners purchasing New Zealand homes. Twenty odd posts later and the oily propagandist cannot bring himself to even acknowledge that Labour is onto a winner.
People were overwhelimingly against asset sales, but despite the No Asset Sales policy Labour got 28% at the election. Support for a single policy doesn’t necessarily translate into anything else.
It’s not just a single policy though CV…it’s most of Labour’s policy. You seem to be saying the difference is due to the cult of personality and a majority of people are supporting Labour policy but voting National because they’re blinded by all that Teflon glowing. Personally I don’t see the appeal and think this difference is just another indication that the polls are unreliable.
Yep, people seem to like alot of labour policy yet National still thrashes them in polls. Either the polls are way way out which they could be, or people just can’t see Shearer as PM.
I love the policy, but oh God, Jesus and Cthulhu, It makes my eyes bleed. Can someone please find a more convincing mascot? How about a hedgehog or a jar of marmalade?
Put his head in a glass jar and he would look more attractive and interesting…or put Black Adder’s black, bell- curve, Miiddle Ages hat on him …even have him prancing on a horse….all would add to his appeal
Why doesn’t shearer have a chat to chris hipkins about the difficulties young kiwis find getting onto the housing ladder. Chris has said himself that he was near penniless six years ago when he got back to nz and now look at him- still struggling with only three houses and a family trust.
We need to learn from examples like chris. Hopefully his story is informing his labour colleagues of challenges faced in building a portfolio in the face of rapacious overseas investors . If it weren’t for patriots like chris, we’d be running out of houses
Advice to DS: Do NOT lean on that 62 per cent letter box, thanks, you are the last one to lean complacently on anything! Do NOT LEAN on anything, please. It transmits the wrong image.
That is part of the image I see of DS, he is “leaning” and sitting back too much, that is not what NZ needs, we need ACTION, a resolute person, a leader of sorts that can connect, not by just patting heads of kiddies and smiling, we are in damned difficult times, we need one that can put the helmet on, to step into a fighter plane sort of (excuse my comparison).
It is beyond tolerance and appreciation to just continue asking about stuff ups re GCSB, we want and need real challenge and action ACROSS THE BOARD now!
Action, resolute words and messages are just the start of what NZ needs.
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The Green Party has joined the call for public submissions on the fast-track legislation to be extended after the Ombudsman forced the Government to release the list of organisations invited to apply just hours before submissions close. ...
New Zealand’s good work at reducing climate emissions for three years in a row will be undone by the National government’s lack of ambition and scrapping programmes that were making a difference, Labour Party climate spokesperson Megan Woods said today. ...
More essential jobs could be on the chopping block, this time Ministry of Education staff on the school lunches team are set to find out whether they're in line to lose their jobs. ...
The Government is trying to bring in a law that will allow Ministers to cut corners and kill off native species, Labour environment spokesperson Rachel Brooking said. ...
Cancelling urgently needed new Cook Strait ferries and hiking the cost of public transport for many Kiwis so that National can announce the prospect of another tunnel for Wellington is not making good choices, Labour Transport Spokesperson Tangi Utikere said. ...
A laundry list of additional costs for Tāmaki Makarau Auckland shows the Minister for the city is not delivering for the people who live there, says Labour Auckland Issues spokesperson Shanan Halbert. ...
The Green Party has today launched a step-by-step guide to help New Zealanders make their voice heard on the Government’s democracy dodging and anti-environment fast track legislation. ...
The National Government’s proposed changes to the Residential Tenancies Act will mean tenants can be turfed from their homes by landlords with little notice, Labour housing spokesperson Kieran McAnulty said. ...
Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson is calling on all parties to support a common-sense change that’s great for the planet and great for consumers after her member’s bill was drawn from the ballot today. ...
A significant milestone has been reached in the fight to strike an anti-Pasifika and unfair law from the country’s books after Teanau Tuiono’s members’ bill passed its first reading. ...
New Zealand has today missed the opportunity to uphold the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment, says James Shaw after his member’s bill was voted down in its first reading. ...
Today’s advice from the Climate Change Commission paints a sobering reality of the challenge we face in combating climate change, especially in light of recent Government policy announcements. ...
Minister for Disability Issues Penny Simmonds appears to have delayed a report back to Cabinet on the progress New Zealand is making against international obligations for disabled New Zealanders. ...
The Government’s newly announced review of methane emissions reduction targets hints at its desire to delay Aotearoa New Zealand’s urgent transition to a climate safe future, the Green Party said. ...
The Government must commit to the Maitai School building project for students with high and complex needs, to ensure disabled students from the top of the South Island have somewhere to learn. ...
Paul Goldsmith will take on responsibility for the Media and Communications portfolio, while Louise Upston will pick up the Disability Issues portfolio, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced today. “Our Government is relentlessly focused on getting New Zealand back on track. As issues change in prominence, I plan to adjust Ministerial ...
Recreational catch limits will be reduced in areas of Fiordland and the Chatham Islands to help keep those fisheries healthy and sustainable, Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones says. The lower recreational daily catch limits for a range of finfish and shellfish species caught in the Fiordland Marine Area and ...
Energy Minister Simeon Brown has welcomed an important milestone in New Zealand’s hydrogen future, with the opening of the country’s first network of hydrogen refuelling stations in Wiri. “I want to congratulate the team at Hiringa Energy and its partners K one W one (K1W1), Mitsui & Co New Zealand ...
The coalition Government is delivering on its commitment to improve resource management laws and give greater certainty to consent applicants, with a Bill to amend the Resource Management Act (RMA) expected to be introduced to Parliament next month. RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop has today outlined the first RMA Amendment ...
Overseas models for regulating the oil and gas sector, including their decommissioning regimes, are being carefully scrutinised as a potential template for New Zealand’s own sector, Resources Minister Shane Jones says. The Coalition Government is focused on rebuilding investor confidence in New Zealand’s energy sector as it looks to strengthen ...
Emergency Management and Recovery Minister Mark Mitchell has today released the Report of the Government Inquiry into the response to the North Island Severe Weather Events. “The report shows that New Zealand’s emergency management system is not fit-for-purpose and there are some significant gaps we need to address,” Mr Mitchell ...
Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith is today travelling to Europe where he’ll update the United Nations Human Rights Council on the Government’s work to restore law and order. “Attending the Universal Periodic Review in Geneva provides us with an opportunity to present New Zealand’s human rights progress, priorities, and challenges, while ...
Associate Agriculture Minister, Mark Patterson, formally reopened the world’s largest wool processing facility today in Awatoto, Napier, following a $50 million rebuild and refurbishment project. “The reopening of this facility will significantly lift the economic opportunities available to New Zealand’s wool sector, which already accounts for 20 per cent of ...
Hon Andrew Bayly, Minister for Small Business and Manufacturing At the Southland Otago Regional Engineering Collective (SOREC) Summit, 18 April, Dunedin Ngā mihi nui, Ko Andrew Bayly aho, Ko Whanganui aho Good Afternoon and thank you for inviting me to open your summit today. I am delighted ...
The Government is delivering on its commitment to bring back the Three Strikes legislation, Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee announced today. “Our Government is committed to restoring law and order and enforcing appropriate consequences on criminals. We are making it clear that repeat serious violent or sexual offending is not ...
Foreign Minister Winston Peters has today announced four new diplomatic appointments for New Zealand’s overseas missions. “Our diplomats have a vital role in maintaining and protecting New Zealand’s interests around the world,” Mr Peters says. “I am pleased to announce the appointment of these senior diplomats from the ...
New Zealand is contributing NZ$7 million to support communities affected by severe food insecurity and other urgent humanitarian needs in Ethiopia and Somalia, Foreign Minister Rt Hon Winston Peters announced today. “Over 21 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance across Ethiopia, with a further 6.9 million people ...
Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Paul Goldsmith is congratulating Mataaho Collective for winning the Golden Lion for best participant in the main exhibition at the Venice Biennale. "Congratulations to the Mataaho Collective for winning one of the world's most prestigious art prizes at the Venice Biennale. “It is good ...
The Government is reforming financial services to improve access to home loans and other lending, and strengthen customer protections, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Andrew Bayly and Housing Minister Chris Bishop announced today. “Our coalition Government is committed to rebuilding the economy and making life simpler by cutting red tape. We are ...
“China remains a strong commercial opportunity for Kiwi exporters as Chinese businesses and consumers continue to value our high-quality safe produce,” Trade and Agriculture Minister Todd McClay says. Mr McClay has returned to New Zealand following visits to Beijing, Harbin and Shanghai where he met ministers, governors and mayors and engaged in trade and agricultural events with the New ...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has completed a successful trip to Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines, deepening relationships and capitalising on opportunities. Mr Luxon was accompanied by a business delegation and says the choice of countries represents the priority the New Zealand Government places on South East Asia, and our relationships in ...
New Zealand is demonstrating its commitment to reducing global greenhouse emissions, and supporting clean energy transition in South East Asia, through a contribution of NZ$41 million (US$25 million) in climate finance to the Asian Development Bank (ADB)-led Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM). Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Climate Change Minister Simon Watts announced ...
The Government is today releasing a list of organisations who received letters about the Fast-track applications process, says RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop. “Recently Ministers and agencies have received a series of OIA requests for a list of organisations to whom I wrote with information on applying to have a ...
Attorney-General Judith Collins today announced the appointment of Wellington Barrister David Jonathan Boldt as a Judge of the High Court, and the Honourable Justice Matthew Palmer as a Judge of the Court of Appeal. Justice Boldt graduated with an LLB from Victoria University of Wellington in 1990, and also holds ...
Education Minister Erica Stanford will lead the New Zealand delegation at the 2024 International Summit on the Teaching Profession (ISTP) held in Singapore. The delegation includes representatives from the Post Primary Teachers’ Association (PPTA) Te Wehengarua and the New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) Te Riu Roa. The summit is co-hosted ...
A stopbank upgrade project in Tairawhiti partly funded by the Government has increased flood resilience for around 7000ha of residential and horticultural land so far, Regional Development Minister Shane Jones says. Mr Jones today attended a dawn service in Gisborne to mark the end of the first stage of the ...
Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters will represent the Government at Anzac Day commemorations on the Gallipoli Peninsula next week and engage with senior representatives of the Turkish government in Istanbul. “The Gallipoli campaign is a defining event in our history. It will be a privilege to share the occasion ...
Science, Innovation and Technology and Defence Minister Judith Collins will next week attend the OECD Science and Technology Ministerial conference in Paris and Anzac Day commemorations in Belgium. “Science, innovation and technology have a major role to play in rebuilding our economy and achieving better health, environmental and social outcomes ...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon held a bilateral meeting today with the President of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. The Prime Minister was accompanied by MP Paulo Garcia, the first Filipino to be elected to a legislature outside the Philippines. During today’s meeting, Prime Minister Luxon and President Marcos Jr discussed opportunities to ...
The Government has announced that $20 million in funding will be made available to Westport to fund much needed flood protection around the town. This measure will significantly improve the resilience of the community, says Local Government Minister Simeon Brown. “The Westport community has already been allocated almost $3 million ...
The Government is proud to support the first ever Repco Supercars Championship event in Taupō as up to 70,000 motorsport fans attend the Taupō International Motorsport Park this weekend, says Economic Development Minister Melissa Lee. “Anticipation for the ITM Taupō Super400 is huge, with tickets and accommodation selling out weeks ...
Local Government Minister Simeon Brown has announced an increase to the Rates Rebate Scheme, putting money back into the pockets of low-income homeowners. “The coalition Government is committed to bringing down the cost of living for New Zealanders. That includes targeted support for those Kiwis who are doing things tough, such ...
The Coalition Government is investing in a project to boost survival rates of New Zealand mussels and grow the industry, Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones has announced. “This project seeks to increase the resilience of our mussels and significantly boost the sector’s productivity,” Mr Jones says. “The project - ...
Benefit figures released today underscore the importance of the Government’s plan to rebuild the economy and have 50,000 fewer people on Jobseeker Support, Social Development and Employment Minister Louise Upston says. “Benefit numbers are still significantly higher than when National was last in government, when there was about 70,000 fewer ...
The Government’s commitment to doubling New Zealand’s renewable energy capacity is backed by new data showing that clean energy has helped the country reach its lowest annual gross emissions since 1999, Climate Change Minister Simon Watts says. New Zealand’s latest Greenhouse Gas Inventory (1990-2022) published today, shows gross emissions fell ...
The Government is bringing the earthquake-prone building review forward, with work to start immediately, and extending the deadline for remediations by four years, Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk says. “Our Government is focused on rebuilding the economy. A key part of our plan is to cut red tape that ...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and his Thai counterpart, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, have today agreed that New Zealand and the Kingdom of Thailand will upgrade the bilateral relationship to a Strategic Partnership by 2026. “New Zealand and Thailand have a lot to offer each other. We have a strong mutual desire to build ...
RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop and Transport Minister Simeon Brown have today announced the Coalition Government’s intention to extend port coastal permits for a further 20 years, providing port operators with certainty to continue their operations. “The introduction of the Resource Management Act in 1991 required ports to obtain coastal ...
Today’s announcement that inflation is down to 4 per cent is encouraging news for Kiwis, but there is more work to be done - underlining the importance of the Government’s plan to get the economy back on track, acting Finance Minister Chris Bishop says. “Inflation is now at 4 per ...
Refreshed health guidance released today will help parents and schools make informed decisions about whether their child needs to be in school, addressing one of the key issues affecting school attendance, says Associate Education Minister David Seymour. In recent years, consistently across all school terms, short-term illness or medical reasons ...
Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones is streamlining high-level oceans management while maintaining a focus on supporting the sector’s role in the export-led recovery of the economy. “I am working to realise the untapped potential of our fishing and aquaculture sector. To achieve that we need to be smarter with ...
Associate Agriculture Minister Mark Patterson is speaking at the International Wool Textile Organisation Congress in Adelaide, promoting New Zealand wool, and outlining the coalition Government’s support for the revitalisation the sector. "New Zealand’s wool exports reached $400 million in the year to 30 June 2023, and the coalition Government ...
The Government is making legislative changes to make it easier for new early learning services to be established, and for existing services to operate, Associate Education Minister David Seymour says. The changes involve repealing the network approval provisions that apply when someone wants to establish a new early learning service, ...
Changes to the Resource Management Act will align consenting for coal mining to other forms of mining to reduce barriers that are holding back economic development, Resources Minister Shane Jones says. “The inconsistent treatment of coal mining compared with other extractive activities is burdensome red tape that fails to acknowledge ...
Trade, Agriculture and Forestry Minister Todd McClay has concluded productive discussions with ministerial counterparts in Beijing today, in support of the New Zealand-China trade and economic relationship. “My meeting with Commerce Minister Wang Wentao reaffirmed the complementary nature of the bilateral trade relationship, with our Free Trade Agreement at its ...
I’m on the wrong side of 40, I never pursued creative work and now my job is killing my soul. Help! Want Hera’s help? Email your problem to helpme@thespinoff.co.nzDear Hera,May I start with the least original conversation opener you’re likely to hear around the motu at the moment, particularly in Wellington: ...
“Never again - No AUKUS” was the message of the wreath laid at this morning’s national ANZAC Day commemorative service at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park this morning by the Stop AUKUS group. ...
Until this month, Auckland swimmer Hazel Ouwehand had never met a qualifying time in an Olympic event for a New Zealand team, even as a junior. Now she’s very likely off to the Paris Olympics after swimming well under the qualifying standard in the 100m butterfly twice – both in ...
While Anzac Day has experienced a resurgence in recent years, our other day of remembrance has slowly faded from view.The Sunday Essay is made possible thanks to the support of Creative New Zealand. Original illustrations by Hope McConnell.First published in 2022.The high school’s head girl and ...
Australian and New Zealand volunteers fought together in the Waikato War, yet still its place in the Anzac tradition is unacknowledged by our defence forces or Returned Services Association.First published in 2018.When I was a boy cub I attended Anzac Day services in the South Auckland suburb of ...
A poem by Wellington writer Tayi Tibble.Hoki Mai She kisses him goodbye with her eyes still wet and alight from their last swim in the Awatere river. At the train station celebration, she leads the Kapa Haka but her voice keeps breaking under and over itself like waves. ...
A poem from Bill Manhire’s 2017 book of verse Some Things to Place in a Coffin.My World War I Poem Inside each trench, the sound of prayer. Inside each prayer, the sound of digging. Image courtesy of Auckland War Memorial Museum. ...
There are three books I have wolfed down in one sitting over the last two years. Colleen Maria Lenihan’s gorgeous and sad debut Kōhine, Noelle McCarthy’s memoir Grand about becoming her mother and then unbecoming her, and now Hine Toa, a staunch yet gentle self-portrait by living legend Ngāhuia te ...
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Asia Pacific Report Students and activist staff at Australia’s University of Sydney (USyd) have set up a Gaza solidarity encampment in support of Palestinians and similar student-led protests in the United States. The camp was pitched as mass graves, crippled hospitals, thousands of civilian deaths and the near-total destruction of ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James B. Dorey, Lecturer in Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong Australian teddy bear bees are cute and fluffy, but get a look at that massive (unbarbed) stinger! James Dorey Photography Most of us have been stung by a bee and we ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jen Roberts, Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Inquiry, University of Wollongong Aussie~mobs/FlickrVictor Farr, a private in the 1st Infantry Battalion, was among the first to land at Anzac Cove just before dawn on April 25 1915. Victor Farr ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Senior Research Associate, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne Gregory Moore I had the good fortune to care for the sugar gum at The University of Melbourne’s Burnley Gardens in Victoria where I worked for ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra BagzhanSadvakassov/Upsplash, CC BY-SA Australia’s inflation rate has fallen for the fifth successive quarter, and it’s now less than half of what it was back in late 2022. ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Ong ViforJ, ARC Future Fellow & Professor of Economics, Curtin University Just when we think the price of rentals could not get any worse, this week’s Rental Affordability Snapshot by Anglicare has revealed low-income Australians are facing a housing crisis like ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meighen McCrae, Associate Professor of Strategic & Defence Studies, Australian National University American and Australian stretcher bearers working together near the front line during the Battle of Hamel in 1918.Australian War Memorial While the AUKUS alliance is new, the Australian-American partnership ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tracey Holmes, Professorial Fellow in Sport, University of Canberra When the news broke last weekend that 23 Chinese swimmers had tested positive to a banned drug in early 2021 and were allowed to compete at the Tokyo Olympic Games six months later ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cally Jetta, Senior Lecturer and Academic Lead; College for First Nations, University of Southern Queensland Australian War MemorialAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and images of deceased people, as well as sensitive historical information ...
RNZ News Melissa Lee has been ousted from New Zealand’s coalition cabinet and stripped of the Media portfolio, and Penny Simmonds has lost the Disability Issues portfolio in a reshuffle. Climate Change and Revenue Minister Simon Watts will take Lee’s spot in cabinet. Simmonds was a minister outside of cabinet. ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Lindenmayer, Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University laurello/Shutterstock Some reports and popular books, such as Bill Gammage’s Biggest Estate on Earth, have argued that extensive areas of Australia’s forests were kept open through frequent burning by ...
Analysis - Christopher Luxon framing the demotion of two ministers as the portfolios getting "too complex" is a charitable way of saying they weren't up to the job. ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra With Jim Chalmers’s third budget on May 14, Australians will be looking for some more cost-of-living relief – beyond the tax cuts – although they have been warned extra measures will be modest. As ...
Analysis: Melissa Lee has lost the media portfolio and her spot in Cabinet after multiple failed attempts to find solutions for a media industry in crisis. On Wednesday, the Prime Minister announced Lee would be losing her spot in Cabinet along with her media and communications ministerial portfolio. The job ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Wilmot, Senior Lecturer, Film, Deakin University Among the many Australian who served during the second world war, there is a small group of people whose stories remain largely untold. These are the Muslim men and women who, while small in number, ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kelly Saunders, PhD Candidate, University of Canberra There has been much analysis and praise of Justice Michael Lee’s recent judgement in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case against Channel Ten. Many people were openly relieved to read Lee’s “forensic” and “nuanced” application of law ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathy Gibbs, Program Director for the Bachelor of Education, Griffith University zEdward_Indy/Shutterstock Around one in 20 people has attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It’s one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders in childhood and often continues into adulthood. ADHD is diagnosed ...
The Fairer Future coalition of anti-poverty groups say Whaikaha must be properly funded going forward, and that to argue that poor financial management of the new Ministry is a red herring by the Prime Minister. ...
The Taxpayers’ Union is today congratulating Hon. Paul Goldsmith on his appointment as Minister for Media and Communications and urges him to rule out state intervention in the private media sector. ...
Asia Pacific Report The West Papuan resistance OPM leader has condemned Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and US President Joe Biden, accusing their countries of “six decades of treachery” over Papuan independence. The open letter was released today by OPM chairman Jeffrey P Bomanak on the eve of ANZAC Day ...
Welcome to The Spinoff Books Confessional, in which we get to know the reading habits and quirks of New Zealanders at large. This week: writer and one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2024, Lauren Groff.The book I wish I’d writtenIf I wish I’d written a ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Fechner, Research Fellow, Social Marketing, Griffith University mavo/Shutterstock Imagine having dinner at a restaurant. The menu offers plant-based meat alternatives made mostly from vegetables, mushrooms, legumes and wheat that mimic meat in taste, texture and smell. Despite being given that ...
“Three Strikes is a dead-end policy proposed by a dead-end government. The Three Strikes law ignores the causes of crime, instead just brutalising people already crushed by the cost of living.” ...
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist An Australian-born judge in Kiribati could well face deportation later this week after a tribunal ruling that he should be removed from his post. The tribunal’s report has just been tabled in the Kiribati Parliament and is due to be debated by MPs ...
With its clear mandate for police use, political nuances, and nuanced public trust, Denmark's insights provide valuable considerations for Australia and New Zealand. ...
Books editor Claire Mabey reviews poet Louise Wallace’s debut novel. A famous poet once said to me that he’s always suspicious when a poet publishes a novel. I never really understood why but maybe it’s something to do with cheating on your first form. Louise Wallace is a poet. She’s ...
For a few months at the turn of the millennium, TrueBliss burned bright as the biggest pop stars in the country. Alex Casey chats to two superfans who still hold the flame. During a humble backyard wedding in Nelson, 1999, one of the cordially invited guests had to excuse themselves ...
How will the recent wave of job cuts impact ethnic diversity in the media? In November last year, I was working a very busy day in the newsroom of a large online news site, interviewing whānau about their concerns over the imminent closure of one of the few puna reo ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ruth Knight, Researcher, Queensland University of Technology Have you ever felt sick at work? Perhaps you had food poisoning or the flu. Your belly hurt, or you felt tired, making it hard to concentrate and be productive. How likely would you be ...
Despite heavy criticism and an ongoing select committee process, the Police Minister says the Government will forge ahead with a ban on gang patches. ...
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A new survey says ‘outlook not great’ for those charged with building infrastructure, while RMA changes delight farmers and depress environmentalists, writes Anna Rawhiti-Connell in this excerpt from The Bulletin, The Spinoff’s morning news round-up. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here. First RMA changes announced ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olli Hellmann, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Waikato Getty Images When New Zealanders commemorate Anzac Day on April 25, it’s not only to honour the soldiers who lost their lives in World War I and subsequent conflicts, but also ...
A leaked document shows the Canterbury/Waitaha arm of health agency Te Whatu Ora is scurrying to save $13.3 million by July. The “financial sustainability target”, which was “allocated” to Waitaha, is consistent with what’s happening in other districts, says Sarah Dalton, executive director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists. ...
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Taiwan’s semiconductor industry is seen some as its ‘silicon shield’ against invasion – but how will overseas expansion affect that protection? The post The state of Taiwan’s silicon shield appeared first on Newsroom. ...
There’s relief for building owners bending under the weight of earthquake strengthening rules – and costs – that came into force seven years ago. Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk has announced a scheduled 2027 review of the earthquake-prone building regulations will now start this year. Owners will also get ...
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The following interview with former Green Party MP Sue Kedgley came about because she features in the new memoir Hine Toa by activist Ngāhuia te Awekōtuku; the two knew each other at the University of Auckland in the early 70s, when they were both took on leadership roles in the ...
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Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dan Lowry, Ice Sheet & Climate Modeller, GNS Science Hugh Chittock/Antarctica New Zealand, CC BY-SA As the climate warms and Antarctica’s glaciers and ice sheets melt, the resulting rise in sea level has the potential to displace hundreds of millions of ...
This poster is complete shit.
Unbelievable.
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Did you note the 62? That’s how many seats, minimum, for the Greens-Labour coalition next year. Russell Norman for Finance Minister . . . get used it.
Only if NZFirst don’t get in.
Also I doubt RN as Finance.
Yes the poster named “BM” is complete shit, I agree.
You better ring TVNZ and inform them of your concerns, they did the poll, it was on One News last night.
With the Fonterra stuff going on at the moment and the way China is reacting do they honestly believe this is a great time to be putting out this sort of nonsense.
One gets the feeling they really don’t care too much about the NZ economy.
With the
FonterraGCSB stuff going on at the moment and the wayChinaJohn Key is reactingdo they honestly believethis is a great time to be putting out this sort ofnonsensereminder of forward-looking, equitable, and international accepted policy.One gets the feeling
theyDavid Shearer and Russell Norman reallydon’tcaretoo muchabout the NZeconomyyoung people who want a real place in Aotearoa rather than becoming tennants in their own land.FIFY. No charge.
+1
Though one wonders whether this might be a signal to Winston Peters
Let’s say hypothetically that Key publicly sends out feelers to Peters to try to get him onside as a coalition partner. There’s no guarantee that the Conservatives, or any of the thinly-veiled Bigot Brigade parties of that ilk, will get into Parliament while the chances of both of UF (or just Dunne on his lonesome) and ACT getting back in are remote, at best.
One thing that doesn’t really get brought up enough is whether or not Key and Peters would even be compatible or remotely functional as coalition partners. That’s not to mention the likelihood of Key’s definitive statements on ruling out the possibility of Peters being in a Key-led government prior to the 2008 and 2011 elections being thrown in his face.
I’m also fairly sure that Key outright stated Peters is synonymous with unstable government during the debates with Goff a couple of years ago too.
Peters also stated categorically on TV that buying back the power companies would be a non negotiable requirement for NZFirst to go into coalition with National. I can’t see Key doing that, he’s way to proud.
If they want to know what being a tenant in your own land is like, they should have a chat to Raymond Huo. I believe he has a strong interest in multiple tenants. He may be one of those people at those house auctions russel and David seem so concerned about
They do care about NZ but they are not going to bend over to the highest bidder, quality is what counts and living in China. They care about the people in NZ, not just the select few. I can assure you if you want NZ to end up like the hell hole this place is and garbage that they eat that is where NZ is heading and China already has the KEY to get in. Chinese show you respect when you stand up for want your about and will walk over you if you do not. NZ will always have plenty of markets to sell its milk products to and China has no choice but to take what they can.
Its interesting that Fonterra sat on the information for 5 months and then decided to do something about it? Were they thinking about the NZ economy or themselves and their mates?
I reckon they were thinking about their share offer, which was being priced by investors at the exact same time.
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Hahahahaha!! Excellent and exact literal interpretation of BuM’s brainfart. Or was it a parapraxis, an unconscious admission of the self-loathing sustained cognitive dissonance creates. Must have been a real fright to see 62% of New Zealanders think limiting non-productive financial speculation in housing is a good idea.
Good one, Fender.
Must be good to get you so riled up, lived overseas for awhile now, try and buy property in most non-west nations, they won’t allow you or put stipulation on it. Look what’s happening to Fonterra when you prostitute yourself to the highest buyer and forget about your quality control -pure 100% What’s your BS on that AH?
I pick this will be dropped just like the great idea of GST on fruit and vegs (didnt they have a simpliar poster about that XX% want gst dropped etc ??).
It wont work, it wont make a difference, and labour dont really believe in it.
they wont win, and will try to drum up another populist policy for the following election.
The proof will be when Labour gets into power after the next election.
If they don’t believe it, they will assign it to the Overseas Investment Office, who’s sole role in life is to act as a rubber-stamp for the approval of foreigners’ purchases of NZ land.
If they do believe it, they will ditch the OIO and come up with a regime that really does act to prevent New Zealanders from becoming tenants in their own country.
If it won’t work why are you commenting on it? What are scared of, what’s your real agender?
And to be pedantic – the text is wrong.
Nearly two thirds – 62% – of poll respondents said they thought measures should be put in place to RESTRICT foreign buyers. not PREVENT them.
It was prevent, not restrict.
He does look a little creepy in that photo (I’m sure hes not in real life)
I really hope this is part of a series. Tommorow; 62% of New Zealanders thought I had already been rolled by Grant Robertson (the other 38% had no idea who I was).
90% of Nzers have never heard of Grant Robertson.
You really should get out more
90% of New Zealanders who have heard of Grant Robertson wish they hadn’t.
Most people had never heard of John Key until he became PM.
Winston forgot to put his wig on before the photo shoot again
And I bet lots support the right of any NZ to get up on his or her roof, though taking due caution, and inspect or clean it, or patch it, or paint it, or clear out starling’s nests, or check for wasp’s nests or any or all of the aforesaid measures or any other that might be deemed to be necessary in the opinion of such resident, householder or other party with rights or interest in thereof, without the need to get an RMA or an OK or a RSF (Right said Fred) from any political leader.
The exception tho being Australian speculators who by dint of higher wages and a higher valued dollar already have 2 advantages over the average Kiwi home buyer,
So, what may well occur is that having barred everyone else from speculating in the New Zealand market the upper layers of monied speculation are removed leaving the Australian speculators, who may well have been constrained by the Brits and others having even higher earnings and better valued currencies, who might just pour more money into the New Zealand market filling the gap left by those who are barred,
A 1-4% lessening of demand tho is still a positive move no matter how slight, but, hardly a magic wand of comprehensive housing policy which i suggest will fail to move the polls just as the KiwiBuild announcement was an abject failure in terms of political poll movement for Labour,
The whole thrust of Labour’s present housing policy seems to me to be firmly fixated upon middle class home ownership and Labour have failed abysmally to bring forward any policy that would effect the lives of the tens of 1000’s of Mene Mene’s who provide their labour to the economy for scant reward,
Mene Mene a hard working stiff who’s hours of work and low wages confines Him, Wife, and 3 children to 1 room in a boarding house can expect what from Labour as the major partner of the next Government, to stay right where He and the whanau are right now???…
Best way to stop speculation is a CGT, just copy/paste oz’s save time. everyone treated the same.
Residential home exempt of course (as per Oz).
A CGT is a necessary but insufficient step in holding back house price increases. If you were being cynical, you might predict that neither Labour nor National will ever take sufficient steps to effectively stop residential housing from being a speculative investment asset.
If they were really serious about taking sufficient steps they would ban foreigners, trusts and companies from buying residential property and make a law which allows individuals to own a maximum of 2 or 3 (a home and holiday home and a rental maybe) residential properties. Or they could legislate maximum rents and base them on the minimum wage, etc.
Not saying I think these are a good thing to do, just commenting that if they were serious instead of just politicking they would come up with some serious (controversial) policies.
You wouldn’t want to risk alienating those all important “middle class” (read top 20%) voters.
I think the main advantage of a CGT is not that it will stop speculation but at least ensure that speculators pay their share of tax on the income they earned from speculating.
Speculation tho is only one small part of the housing affordability issue, a far greater problem in terms of numbers is the second house that has become extremely fashionable as a long term investment for the middle class in this country,
It’s a simple supply and demand situation where successive Governments have paid scant attention to State housing numbers as the population grew from 3.3 million to 4.4 million in a short compressed time-frame when compared to previous population growth,
The simple arithmetic tells us that the same percentage of the population whatever that populations number at any given time will need the same percentage of State Housing, because of a lack of building of these State houses we can see in the numbers the root cause of today’s housing affordability issue,
For a population of 3.3 million there were 75,000 State Houses of various sizes, with the population at 4.4 million there are now only 67,000 State Houses and that number is continuously being whittled away, these numbers suggest that the number of State houses should be at least 100,000,
Therein lies the root cause of the housing affordability crisis, restricting the number of State Houses has created demand for rental property and the middle class with cheap money to borrow and tax breaks on interest payments have moved into aquiring second and third property’s to hold for the medium to long term renting these out to those who cannot buy property themselves for sums 50+% of their tenants incomes,
Once this body of monied middle class landlords created demand in the market along came the speculators after the quick buck pushing prices ever higher in a 3 way tussle between the new home buyers, the newbie landlords and themselves over the shrinking amounts of property for sale,
My point is that little will be achieved by driving out the speculators from the market as the demand from the would be Landlords will only increase if house price rises stop or a decrease occurs in the market price of property,
In having a policy which shoe-horns the children of the middle class into property ownership Labour is simply ensuring that the affordability of housing, on the negative side, is then resting soly on the shoulders of the low waged workers who will never own their own home,
The kids of today’s middle class will become the landlords of tomorrow, following in their parents footsteps, once gaining enough equity in their homes kindly provided by a Labour Government they will simply in 5 years use the growing equity they possess in these new homes to go on to buy a second and third property as medium to long term rental investments thus the Government will have simply added to the housing affordability issue in the medium term…
Good points and CV is right about CGT alone not being enough but it does mean the deliberate wealth creation is taxed rather than tax free which is alot of the fuel behind escalting house prices …..a low risk tax free kaching.
Another big factor in affordability is the cost of building, fletchers, CHH etc profiteering due to market dominance.
I was surprised to see how low our public housing rates are even before the NACT sell off of stock that’s being currently indulged in which makes a bad sitaution even worse.
Our PM traded bigtime off his state house childhood another ladder they are pulling up behind them.
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Really good to see figures on state housing. I didn’t know how many but that there wen’t enough, and the figures just knock you over. The pollies just abandoned this powerful stabilising supportive part of the welfare system, one that if properly financed and accounted, could have almost paid its way. And they would have encouraged more to shift into low-cost houses with a mortgage and a caveat that the house would be sold back into the government housing stock with a small return to the departing owners. There was no reason for the well built houses to be lost into the profit-making private industry.
I was at a speaking engagement Shearer was speaking at this morning and he mentioned this policy. He spoke quite well too…
He has been getting more consistently better recently. Looks like he finally accepted some advice about his wee communication problem.
It is almost boring the art of getting stubborn and quite unready politicians ready for the fray. Still I guess that is a whole lot better than having the glib unthinking hand-puppets who wind up dragging the country into the mire through inattention to their task (Key and Lange come to mind).
Sure, his reading from the notes was better and the message was great (the message and policy was very good indeed). But the reaction to questions for which one cannot prepare could be better
After repeatedly ripping into Labour for not rising much in the polls, claiming this was because nobody gave a damn about the spying debacle or supported Labour’s housing policy, Cameron Slater hasn’t posted anything about the 62% of Kiwi voters polled by Culmar Brunton who support Labour’s plan to limit foreigners purchasing New Zealand homes. Twenty odd posts later and the oily propagandist cannot bring himself to even acknowledge that Labour is onto a winner.
People were overwhelimingly against asset sales, but despite the No Asset Sales policy Labour got 28% at the election. Support for a single policy doesn’t necessarily translate into anything else.
It’s not just a single policy though CV…it’s most of Labour’s policy. You seem to be saying the difference is due to the cult of personality and a majority of people are supporting Labour policy but voting National because they’re blinded by all that Teflon glowing. Personally I don’t see the appeal and think this difference is just another indication that the polls are unreliable.
Yep, people seem to like alot of labour policy yet National still thrashes them in polls. Either the polls are way way out which they could be, or people just can’t see Shearer as PM.
I love the policy, but oh God, Jesus and Cthulhu, It makes my eyes bleed. Can someone please find a more convincing mascot? How about a hedgehog or a jar of marmalade?
Rhino
What say a nice buzzy bee?
Put his head in a glass jar and he would look more attractive and interesting…or put Black Adder’s black, bell- curve, Miiddle Ages hat on him …even have him prancing on a horse….all would add to his appeal
Why doesn’t shearer have a chat to chris hipkins about the difficulties young kiwis find getting onto the housing ladder. Chris has said himself that he was near penniless six years ago when he got back to nz and now look at him- still struggling with only three houses and a family trust.
We need to learn from examples like chris. Hopefully his story is informing his labour colleagues of challenges faced in building a portfolio in the face of rapacious overseas investors . If it weren’t for patriots like chris, we’d be running out of houses
Minimum wage of $150,000 pa plus expenses plus generous super scheme might help
Given a bit more time he might also score a $2.1M diplomatic mansion too
Ah the joys of taxpayer funding. ..
Advice to DS: Do NOT lean on that 62 per cent letter box, thanks, you are the last one to lean complacently on anything! Do NOT LEAN on anything, please. It transmits the wrong image.
That is part of the image I see of DS, he is “leaning” and sitting back too much, that is not what NZ needs, we need ACTION, a resolute person, a leader of sorts that can connect, not by just patting heads of kiddies and smiling, we are in damned difficult times, we need one that can put the helmet on, to step into a fighter plane sort of (excuse my comparison).
It is beyond tolerance and appreciation to just continue asking about stuff ups re GCSB, we want and need real challenge and action ACROSS THE BOARD now!
Action, resolute words and messages are just the start of what NZ needs.
+1…..and get your hand out of your pocket David.
Good to see you back xtasy!