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Written By: Ad - Date published: 3:27 pm, September 1st, 2026
Rest assured Chloe is putting the message directly to the harder audiences. https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/361027584/chloe-swarbrick-what-separates-greens-opportunity-party But now everyone, not just the Greens, is running out of time .Written By: Ad - Date published: 2:41 pm, September 1st, 2026
+100 solidWritten By: Ad - Date published: 11:33 am, September 1st, 2026
Go right ahead, today, with that argument to all the social media you like. That's the job right?Written By: Ad - Date published: 11:32 am, September 1st, 2026
Party polling says 90% of voters aren't buying that. The skepticism is both that a government increasing taxes will make inflation worse, and that the extra income will be wisely spent to improve NZers lives. Best of luck expanding that 10% polling average ...Written By: Ad - Date published: 9:50 am, September 1st, 2026
That just shows a yawning gulf between left supporters who are in such a good position in their life that they are begging for more taxes, and the 50% of voters who actually are struggling with all the costs in their lives.Written By: Ad - Date published: 9:30 am, August 29th, 2026
Ah well they were too late then.Written By: Ad - Date published: 11:18 am, August 28th, 2026
Basic healthcare is far more beneficial for more unhealthy people. And no, one start at a CGT isn't going to solve all health problems.Written By: Ad - Date published: 11:15 am, August 28th, 2026
Look you either want universality or you don't. Obviously if it's going to everyone it's going to the people that need it.Written By: Ad - Date published: 10:46 am, August 28th, 2026
In an country with health and wealth inequalities as great as this, we need to start challenging the necessity of public service universality. That's why essentially hypothecating a Capital Gains Tax to healthcare is a real logic change: take from the rich ...Written By: Ad - Date published: 8:57 am, August 28th, 2026
FFS Tony go read Labour policy. The Capital Gains Tax Labour will put in is dedicated to healthcare entirely. Forget any other tax policy. If you want a different government to this one, Labour's tax policy is the one you are going to get. And it is ...Written By: Ad - Date published: 1:16 pm, August 27th, 2026
In what moment in history did we not need philanthropy?Written By: Ad - Date published: 12:56 pm, August 27th, 2026
Yes the Queenstown NZTA network is so narrow and with so few alternatives that it would be practical to implement.Written By: Ad - Date published: 10:57 am, August 27th, 2026
Even with the legislation passed, implementing the Auckland one is going to take several years. It also requires a very robust bus-based public transport network with a very fast and reliable frequency to be in place beforehand, in order to successfully ...Written By: Ad - Date published: 8:19 am, August 27th, 2026
More on the political damage of datacentres, in case we needed it: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/26/data-centers-midterms-politicians-voters-sour-01050143 ... for NZ it means stronger pressure to put them here in the South Island with cool climate, ...Written By: Ad - Date published: 8:09 am, August 27th, 2026
Calculator here: ARE YOU SUPER RICH? https://www.greens.org.nz/areyousuperrich And the answer for me from the calculator is no. Bomber doesn't need to do the National scaremongering task for them.Written By: Ad - Date published: 8:05 am, August 27th, 2026
An impressive result for the 28 US states that took Meta to court. Bet the 23 states that didn't bother to stand with California and others are ruing the day they didn't have the courage to stand. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/26/meta- ...Written By: Ad - Date published: 4:23 pm, August 26th, 2026
Those early investors prior to any consent took the risk with their eyes open. This Fast Track legislation is deliberately stacked in the investors favour. If they lost and can't abide by this stacked law, and they generate civil disorder eg threats, then ...Written By: Ad - Date published: 1:52 pm, August 26th, 2026
Either Santana Otago gold mine investors have that Hearings panel fully in their pocket so well that they can just treat them like shit and presume they will get their approval anyway, or they are in for the biggest defeat in their professional lives. They ...Written By: Ad - Date published: 10:15 am, August 26th, 2026
People are starting to see the impact on house price of Opportunities tax policies: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_election-2026/1120357/what-the-opportunity-party-s-land-tax-would-mean-for-house-prices As predicted, this is a traditional tax policy ...Written By: Ad - Date published: 4:55 pm, August 25th, 2026
+1000 Ed1Written By: Ad - Date published: 10:19 am, August 25th, 2026
McKenzie District Council consistently charges some of the very lowest rates in the entire country and has done for over a decade. Even the Taxpayer Union likes them as lowest or second-lowest rating in the country. Twizel is just a micro version of ...Written By: Ad - Date published: 9:31 am, August 25th, 2026
Just to get back to the bleating mayor of Twizel telling New Zealand that cleaning the toilets costs $150 on every ratepayer, he manages to avoid any political cost himself. In Twizel the average 2016 property was under $300,000, and the average value this ...Written By: Ad - Date published: 9:28 am, August 24th, 2026
That sure ain't the only disappointment in this one.Written By: Ad - Date published: 8:15 pm, August 23rd, 2026
I remember that so well. You and I know how regressive GST is on low income households. It was a proper National gut punch.Written By: Ad - Date published: 2:42 pm, August 23rd, 2026
You can call it your Next Of Kin if you like but it's going to drive Canadian inflation up faster than the US. There's character, then there's the groceries.Written By: Ad - Date published: 2:40 pm, August 23rd, 2026
And here we are with the election contest sharpened up: National = No New Taxes at all. https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/08/23/luxon-vows-no-new-taxes-dumping-bank-and-bed-tax-ideas/ Labour = Capital Gains Tax dedicated to health. This is, as was in 1996 and ...Written By: Ad - Date published: 1:37 pm, August 23rd, 2026
"...those that are opposed are ... happy to pay more tax for an improved health system" Wishing and hoping doesn't make it so. The NZ reality of paying more taxes and expecting more of any public service is as follows: We had a fuel tax dedicated just for ...Written By: Ad - Date published: 1:19 pm, August 23rd, 2026
Agree re AI governance specialists. I confess I am very skeptical about AI for privacy given the trust my clients put in what I publish and say.The breaches I've seen are honestly terrifying, and I'm not even in health.Written By: Ad - Date published: 10:52 am, August 23rd, 2026
Nor are datacentres. As I stated.Written By: Ad - Date published: 10:51 am, August 23rd, 2026
True. But there's also a big step from Google search to handing your brain to Copilot.
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