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5:30 pm, June 19th, 2026 - 7 comments
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Daily review is also your post.
This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day.
The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy).
Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
Simeon Brown is at it again with the gutting of the Nursing Council board.
https://www.nzno.org.nz/about_us/media_releases/artmid/4731/articleid/7017/preview/true/minister-guts-nursing-council-board-with-no-focus-on-patient-safety
Unfortunately, Simeon is not a lone wolf but there are more within the Coalition.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/601504/minister-wrote-to-psychotherapists-board-about-whistleblower-concerns-ahead-of-mass-resignation
None of their actions is evidence-based, mostly because of ‘concerns’ and their own ideological beliefs.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/360995204/not-politician-heres-how-you-could-spend-13000-five-nights-luxury
$2500 per night for the pomposs wind bag, this is why people don't vote and don't engage, sack the @#$%&!^
Starmer's optionality will be tested now. A poisoned chalice looming?
Depends how well these 2 know each other personally. Yet Starmer could play statesman and arrange a tête-à-tête, concede the possibility of moving on sometime soon, and suggest they agree on a suitable transition time-frame and whatever interim role he'd like to play. That establishes potential consensus via negotiating.
A hearty congratulations to Andy Burnham, but his supporters might want to inhale into the proverbial paper bag before presuming the revolution is on its way.
Burnham is a backbencher and might just want to figure out what being an MP without any portfolio is, before deciding he can run the entire country.
ffs!
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David Verry, a budget adviser with North Harbour Budgeting Services, said it was "virtually impossible" to live on NZ Super alone.
"My wife and I are retirees with a bit of extra income from rental properties, but not nearly enough to cover our spending. We are using our KiwiSaver and other superannuation funds to bridge the gap. Costs keep going up across the board – rates, groceries, power, petrol, etc. We got our annual review of our health insurance – major medical for our children, my wife and me, yesterday … a 30 percent increase in the premium. This will take our health insurance to $30,000 per year – we will move to self-insurance and rely on our savings for the future as this is ridiculous.
"There are a lot of retirees with no debts but requiring accommodation supplements and support for ongoing medical costs."
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/600429/call-for-higher-pension-rates-as-cost-of-living-increases-hit-retirees
Those poor landlords!
They complain that they have to spend the money in their Kiwisaver and other superannuation funds to provide them with a big enough income to finance their retirement.
What did they think the money in those funds was meant for?
The first objective of Kiwisaver is
"Retirement Readiness: It provides a pool of funds that members can access at the age of eligibility for New Zealand Superannuation (currently age 65) to support a more comfortable standard of living."
Spending it to have a better standard of living in your retirement is what you are meant to be doing.