Proposal for Public Consultation The government has proposed merging all 16 polytechnics in the country into a single National Institute and radically reforming industry training organisations. Education Minister Chris Hipkins said the Plan was challenging but necessary for shoring up a sector that had suffered falling enrolments and multimillion dollar deficits. Mr Hipkins said that the proposal included creating a…
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Staff Reporter Finance Minister Grant Roberson has announced that he will present his Budget 2019 in Parliament on Thursday, May 30, 2019. New Approach “This year’s Budget will be the first to use the Coalition Government’s new ‘Wellbeing Approach,’ an evidence-based framework used to identify the Budget priorities and then assess which Budget bids should be accepted,” he said. Mr…
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But KiwiBuild is moving ahead with renewed vigour Michael Wood The housing crisis is one of the biggest problems the coalition government inherited. On coming into office in 2017, we found ourselves facing some of the highest house prices in the world, record homelessness, and young people locked out of the market. That is the direct legacy of years of…
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Peter Wilson National’s new tax policy has signalled that the Party isn’t going to sit on its hands in Opposition during the critical mid-term year. It was an unusual move, with Parliament still in recess, to spring a surprise like this. It’s a simple promise to align the tax brackets with cost of living increases every three years, ending what’s called “bracket…
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The Government likely to enforce in 2021 Saurav Wadhwa The Tax Working Group headed by Sir Michal Cullen has recommended to the Government introduction of Capital Gains Tax. The Official Report is due to be released to the public on February 21, 2019 and the Government may consider introducing the Tax with effect from April 1, 2021. It is expected…
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Venkat Raman Housing, Urban Development and Transport Minister Phil Twyford is confident that ‘Kiwibuild’ will make the expected progress and promises to build 6500 houses over the next three years. “We will continue to roll out Kiwibuild and work with developers and builders around the country, including some of the most unaffordable Council cities to build more affordable homes for…
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“Direct airlink between New Zealand and India is also imperative” Venkat Raman National List MP Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi has called on the Indian government to allow nomination of People of Indian Origin (PIO) to the Upper House of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and Dual Citizenship for the Indian Diaspora. He made the appeals during his speech at the Youth Session of…
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Immigration New Zealand gets it wrong again, says lawyer Venkat Raman A young woman faces a bleak future after Immigration New Zealand (INZ) declined her application for a Work Visa in an industry which faces severe labour shortage. Harpreet Kaur has valid qualifications to work in the Horticulture and Viticulture industry in Bay of Plenty, which the Ministry of Social…
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Report cites acts of impropriety, poor systems Wellington, January 29, 2019 Life insurance companies charged customers for expired policies, sold policies that people could not legally use, and have had poor systems and attitudes for fixing complaints and mistakes, a Report shows. The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) and Reserve Bank (RBNZ) have issued a damning Report into how 16 insurance…
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Supplied Content It is now easier to get your Birth, Death or Marriage Certificate online. Previously, only historical birth and death records could be easily ordered online, meaning that Certificates for births that occurred over 100 years ago. Death certificates could only be obtained for deaths that occurred at least 50 years ago, or if the deceased’s date of birth…
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