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by terangi48
Thu Mar 28, 2024 2:36 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51875
Views: 3454432

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Eugenius » Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:13 am https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zeal ... JrzPWFylwM Rental prices have gone up for the third consecutive month in a row, with some properties reaching record highs, new figures have revealed. Trade Me's latest Rental Price Index, released on Wednesday, shows t...
by terangi48
Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:04 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51875
Views: 3454432

Re: NZ Politics Thread

I'd like to see someone interviewing Luxon say to him "Can you just say the thing you're saying please? I can see you and hear you saying things to me, you don't have to to tell me that you would say something to me every time you're going to say something to me. Just f**king say it" This?...... ht...
by terangi48
Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:52 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51875
Views: 3454432

Re: NZ Politics Thread

https://i.postimg.cc/d1VZzxhK/tc1.png https://i.postimg.cc/HkBCxZSx/TC-4.webp The Treasury is expecting growth to be $42.8 billion lower in the coming years than was estimated in the Half-Year Update (HYEFU) in December, with core tax revenue tracking about $4b lower by the 2027/28 year compared to...
by terangi48
Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:20 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51875
Views: 3454432

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Surely then the sector needs renaming for what it would become......NZ Child Minding Centres.....no connection to Education....
by terangi48
Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:43 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51875
Views: 3454432

Re: NZ Politics Thread

ECE Education; Early Childhood Centres have always been rated as first and second class......First Class ....Kindergartens (MOE Centres)...and Second class the Rest (Community, Religious, Privately Run). The main difference between daycare and kindergarten is that you can enrol your child into dayca...
by terangi48
Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:36 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51875
Views: 3454432

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Geeez….who’d be a politician! The $200b problem: How broken is New Zealand? https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/350222410/200b-problem-how-broken-new-zealand …….not the right timing for tax cuts! Delay them for 50 years, attack the problem and set up a bipartisan agreement to a plan for the future. We ...
by terangi48
Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:01 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Sail GP in Lyttelton Harbour, Christchurch, NZ
Replies: 118
Views: 2082

Re: Sail GP in Lyttelton Harbour, Christchurch, NZ

Yeah…..would have been good to see more races.
by terangi48
Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:04 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Sail GP in Lyttelton Harbour, Christchurch, NZ
Replies: 118
Views: 2082

Re: Sail GP in Lyttelton Harbour, Christchurch, NZ

It wasn’t so bad…….

World record crowd at the sailing event……

NZ won the final………

With that win they are now ahead in the whole comp……

The Aussies knocked themselves out…….

And

We still have Hectors Dolphins……win win win win and win.
by terangi48
Fri Mar 22, 2024 12:31 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51875
Views: 3454432

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Not only doctors……..but our police…….our army……our teachers……under paid and doing something about it……leaving!

No-one has ever offered to allow me to declare interest on my mortgage against earnings……and I am in business……the business of living and raising the next generation of New Zealanders…..
by terangi48
Thu Mar 21, 2024 9:21 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51875
Views: 3454432

Re: NZ Politics Thread

In a report last year by Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand, New Zealanders learnt, for the first time, the extent of these staffing issues. The estimated shortfall was 1,700 doctors, a gap that is projected to increase to 3,400 by 2032. Many New Zealand doctors are choosing to move overseas to pract...
by terangi48
Thu Mar 21, 2024 1:02 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51875
Views: 3454432

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Here's the International Monetary Funds advice for the upcoming budget........... The IMF put emphasis on the need for the coming Budget to be tight to help get inflation lower and for any tax cuts to be paid for, and chart a path back to surplus in four years. "To avoid any upside pressure to infla...
by terangi48
Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:05 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Proposed Rugby Law Changes
Replies: 176
Views: 2589

Re: Proposed Rugby Law Changes

If the object of the law changes are to speed the game up…….then…….for the crooked throw to the line out, give a short arm penalty to the opposition, which must restart with a tap kick immediately on the 15m line, with opposition unable to defend inside the 10 m D line. ……..a quick restart….no faffi...
by terangi48
Wed Mar 20, 2024 2:55 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51875
Views: 3454432

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Eugenius: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-17/ ... J5ZCmWc1XQ Article........ Interesting article......seems the gap is widening all over the world.....not just a NZ thing. The image that went with the article was appropriate......suggested "Economic Aparteid"....in favour of the haves. https://i...
by terangi48
Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:15 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51875
Views: 3454432

Re: NZ Politics Thread

….as well as this…….donations to political parties for elections……

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by terangi48
Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:39 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51875
Views: 3454432

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Found this Listener cartoon thought provoking………

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by terangi48
Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:50 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51875
Views: 3454432

Re: NZ Politics Thread

They all speak to the same God…….they just use different phones……
by terangi48
Fri Mar 15, 2024 5:08 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51875
Views: 3454432

Re: NZ Politics Thread

. It seems we're moving away from what's best for NZ and more into American style politics where it's us and them.
I think we’re already there……..
by terangi48
Fri Mar 15, 2024 1:25 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51875
Views: 3454432

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Booji - So you're saying we're in the shit? Thanks, I'll make sure I spend my $25 a week tax cut wisely. Your words not mine......pointing out the if NactNZ promote themselves as bettter economic managers, it would be expected that their policies be better costed. What I am also saying is ....wrong...
by terangi48
Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:47 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51875
Views: 3454432

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Ooops! Is that why Nactnz is cancelling kids lunches? Miscalculated by half a billion…..that makes a bit of a dent in “back pocket” tax returns. Hey Ho…… Inland Revenue (IRD) predicts the Government's plans to raise money from online casinos will bring in much less money than National had costed for...
by terangi48
Thu Mar 14, 2024 11:21 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The wordle thread.
Replies: 4491
Views: 250374

Re: The wordle thread.

First word: RAISE
Second word: YOUTH
by terangi48
Thu Mar 14, 2024 11:13 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The wordle thread.
Replies: 4491
Views: 250374

Re: The wordle thread.

First word: RAISE
Second word: YOUTH
by terangi48
Thu Mar 14, 2024 4:12 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51875
Views: 3454432

Re: NZ Politics Thread

A problem that NZ has is the “over the ditch” problem. Australia has a real advantage in that when compared to NZ, wages and salaries are better. Public services are much better paid in the health, education, and policing systems to mention three. Currently being in Term 1 of the school year, there ...
by terangi48
Thu Mar 14, 2024 3:54 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51875
Views: 3454432

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Health, education, housing, crime and infrastructure are all deteriorating and nobody seems to have an answer that will stop their decline, never mind having a clear vision of what it will take to improve them. Agree with your observation there…….one thing that would help though would be an end to ...
by terangi48
Thu Mar 14, 2024 12:50 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51875
Views: 3454432

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Immigration.......crikey.....rapid change in NZ.......

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by terangi48
Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:32 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51875
Views: 3454432

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Quote of the week.........

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by terangi48
Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:13 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51875
Views: 3454432

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Gerard Otto is a stirrer but this made me giggle


:lol:
by terangi48
Tue Mar 12, 2024 3:58 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51875
Views: 3454432

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Broadened the taxbase.....mystery to me...
by terangi48
Sun Mar 10, 2024 7:34 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51875
Views: 3454432

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Mr Mike...... With regard to the asset from which the income stream is derived , property (brightside aside) is treated the same as a business or shares would be. If originally purchased for resale then later resale is taxable, otherwise it's a Capital gain. If so......then why do other countries ha...
by terangi48
Sun Mar 10, 2024 5:25 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51875
Views: 3454432

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Genuine question re taxation……….. Person A has a lump sum of 250,000 and decides to by a second house. That person goes into the property rental business. The rent received pays part of the of the mortgage….lessens income by claiming mortgage interest deductions from income, along with repairs, rate...
by terangi48
Sat Mar 09, 2024 10:51 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51875
Views: 3454432

Re: NZ Politics Thread

The three waters thing was all about who was going to pay for the upgrades……the NActs shifted the responsibility for financing the work from central government tax collection….to local body rate collection. Without such a move the consistent theme of the money managers is less government, less taxat...
by terangi48
Sat Mar 09, 2024 9:18 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51875
Views: 3454432

Re: NZ Politics Thread

I think you missed my comment’s meaning there Booji……..media volume on one piddling little issue v media silence on another of real significance…….when translating between one language and another……you hear what you want to hear……
by terangi48
Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:17 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51875
Views: 3454432

Re: NZ Politics Thread

The haka seems to me a big whooooosh! If it wasn't for the media........99% of kiwis wouldn't have understood what was being chanted during the haka. It's funny how many are offended by the translation and believe in the veracity of the words used.......then ignore the translation of maori in the tr...
by terangi48
Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:14 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51875
Views: 3454432

Re: NZ Politics Thread

School lunches....... The most effective method of providing for the kids with little or no food, are the programmes provided within the school where kids get a bit of a choice...one model doesn't fit all....and they serve the kids who need it. All schools have duty teachings during breaks, and part...
by terangi48
Tue Mar 05, 2024 7:45 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51875
Views: 3454432

Re: NZ Politics Thread

What radio station does Darcy Waldegrave broadcast from?
by terangi48
Mon Mar 04, 2024 1:04 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51875
Views: 3454432

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Feck the tax cuts!......infrastucture is crying out for government investment..... National Heatland.....Selwyn.....A second campus for Rolleston College will be delayed, stripped back and redesigned amid a Ministerial Inquiry into new plans for school buildings. The campus is losing classrooms, off...
by terangi48
Sun Mar 03, 2024 11:14 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51875
Views: 3454432

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Tubby: NZ be prioritizing costal shipping of goods to Lyttleton, Timaru, Dunedin and Invercargill from Auckland, Tauranga, Napier and Wellington rather than trucks on ferries? All our cities are mainly on the coast with large ports . Have to agree with Tubby…….coastal shipping and rail would remove...
by terangi48
Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:42 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51875
Views: 3454432

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Has Reti outlined his "replacement" Maori Health Authority yet......as the "replacement" three waters has been outlined......and as we await the "replacement" Cook Strait link.....as we await the "replacement" NZ new homes programme.....as we await the "replacement" Road infrastructure programme.......
by terangi48
Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:31 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51875
Views: 3454432

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Eug noted: It does however seem that many billions on roads are exponentially more important If that is the case, I sincerely hope that at least one of these billions will be spent on the main highways between Christchuch-Greymouth, and Christchurch - Nelson/Marlborough. All my life I have been trav...
by terangi48
Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:08 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51875
Views: 3454432

Re: NZ Politics Thread

I think the puppet master had a big say in the 180 reversal........
by terangi48
Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:43 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 51875
Views: 3454432

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Onya Luxon....180......political perception is every thing.....match your personal life with your expectations for others....your original decision to keep the 52K was naive as a leader!