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WEB2 days ago · A guest post by Michael Littlewood: So, John Horner of the Financial Markets Authority thinks that KiwiSaver’s reaching $100 bn “…is something to celebrate; for a relatively small country like New Zealand, it represents a coming of age of KiwiSaver.” (FMA 24 September 2024 here).Others in the financial services industry praise KiwiSaver while some call for higher minimum contributions ...
Guest Post: Working From Home and Interview with PM
WEB1 day ago · David Garrett. A guest post by a reader: On Tuesday 24 September I had the misfortune to watch Jenny-may Coffin interview the PM on the Government’s tighter guidelines for working from home in the public sector. Let us count the ways in which this interview demonstrates the deeply facile and unbalanced nature of what passes for news.
Some hard to explain MPs expenses | Kiwiblog
WEB18 hours ago · October 5, 2024 3:00pm by David Farrar. Some hard to explain MPs expenses. With Parliamentary Services unable to provide breakdowns of MP’s expenses, the system seems open to abuse. In addition to Debbie Ngawera-Packer claiming $39k on airfares in the period March to June there are other questionable expenses. Last year Parliament was ...
Did Labour break trust in Government? | Kiwiblog
WEB1 day ago · A movement of an entire point on a ten point scale is huge. Parliament and Media have never ranked as highly. Trust in Parliament though rose from 2014 to 2021 but in the last two years dropped 0.8 points. Media trust was fairly constant from 2014 to 2018, but then the Government set up the Public Interest Journalism Fund and …
We do not have unlimited money | Kiwiblog
WEB2 hours ago · We do not have unlimited money. The usual suspects are up in arms because the Government diverted $30 million for teaching teachers te reo, to an initiative to teach students maths. This is the reality of government – you have to set priorities. The Herald also notes: Education Minister Erica Stanford said the Te Ahu o te Reo Māori ...
A bipartisan approach to The Parliament Bill | Kiwiblog
WEB3 days ago · Parliament has established a special select committee to consider submissions on the constitutionally important Parliament Bill. It has eight MPs, being: National 2. Labour 2. Greens 1. ACT 1. NZ First 1. TPM 1. So the committee is split 4/4 between the Government and Opposition and also 4/4 between the …
Guest Post: KiwiSaver – is it ‘working’? | Kiwiblog
WEB2 days ago · A guest post by Michael Littlewood: So, John Horner of the Financial Markets Authority thinks that KiwiSaver’s reaching $100 bn “…is something to celebrate; for a relatively small country like New Zealand, it represents a coming of age of KiwiSaver.” (FMA 24 September 2024 here).Others in the financial services industry praise KiwiSaver while some call for higher minimum contributions ...
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WEBMar 8, 2023 · Retail crime doubled in four years February 10, 2023. Minimum Wage Increase – Employee Impact February 10, 2023. Remember how he was a reformed man! February 9, 2023. A rare article focusing on boys’ education February 9, 2023. Shortage of Workers January 25, 2023. Productivity incentives November 24, 2022.
How is Kiwibuild going? | Kiwiblog
WEBApr 5, 2022 · Labour’s promise of 100,000 affordable Kiwibuild houses was their most iconic 2017 policy. How are they doing, nearly halfway through their second term. They promised that by now they would have built 24,000 houses. They have in fact delivered 1,304 which is 5.4% of what they promised – so they have underdelivered by 94.6%.
Kiwiblog’s 2022 Predictions
WEBHere’s my 20 predictions for this year, which I’ll score at the end of the year. Peeni Henare will not be Minister of Defence by the end of 2022. There will be a by-election in 2022. NZ First will record at least 4% in at least once public poll. By the end of 2022 (after five years) the Government will not have achieved even 5% of its ten ...