Gyles Beckford Wellington, February 21, 2019 The Tax Working Group is recommending a broad extension of taxing Captain Gains, and consideration of environmental taxes, changes to personal income tax thresholds, retirement savings, and charities. A Captain Gains Tax is a tax on the profit from the sale of an asset. The Suggestions Among its main recommendations are: Tax the Capital…
Read MoreSupplied Content Auckland, February 21, 2019 The Rotuman Community in Auckland has announced commencement of Rotuman Language Classes, marking the ‘International Mother Language Day,’ observed throughout the world today as a United Nations approved programme. Organised by the Auckland Rotuman Fellowship Group Incorporated (ARFGI), the endangered Rotuman language is being taught by elders and qualified teachers. Chairperson Faga Fasala said,…
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PANZ online voting begins; final polling on Sunday, February 24 Auckland, February 21, 2019 Members of the Pakistan Association of New Zealand (PANZ) had an opportunity to understand the aims and objectives of a group seeking to be elected to various posts at the forthcoming election of office-bears of the Association in Auckland. Online Voting which began a few days…
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Michael Wood Wellington, February 21, 2019 ‘International Mother Language Day’ is being observed today, (Thursday, October 21) to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism worldwide. The term ‘Mother Tongue’ or ‘Mother Language’ is used for the language that a person learnt as a child at home (usually from their parents). Children growing up in bilingual homes can,…
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Have your say on the changes coming Supplied Content Wellington, February 20, 2019 The government-subsidised education and care of young children that takes place in the educator’s home or in the child’s home will become professionalised, to ensure better and more consistent quality, Education Minister Chris Hipkins has said. He said this morning that Home-based Early Childhood Education has been…
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Wellington, February 19, 2019 A second type of fruit fly, (Bactrocera Facialis, the ‘Facialis Fruit Fly’) has been found in a surveillance trap in the Auckland suburb of Otara. This fly is a different species to the Queensland fruit fly and the detection is not related to the current Devonport situation. Not an incursion The solitary male fly was formally…
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Blood Donation Camps held in Auckland on February 14 Vijay Kosna Auckland, February 19, 2019 Editor’s Standfirst: On Sunday, February 17, 2019, millions of Telanganites celebrated the 65th Birthday of their Leader and Telangana Chief Minister, Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao better known and abbreviated as KCR, all over the world. He is one of the most popular leaders of South India…
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“More than $2.7 billion go untaxed” every year Supplied Content Wellington, February 19, 2019 New Zealand is to consult on the design of changes to tax rules which currently allow multinational companies in the digital services field to do business here without paying income tax. Finance Minister Grant Robertson and Revenue Minister Stuart Nash said that Cabinet has agreed to…
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Wellington, February 18, 2019 New Zealand is lining up to introduce a new tax on multinational companies that make money out of online goods and services in this country. It will target social media companies like Facebook, content sharing sites like YouTube or Instagram, those that offer intermediary services like Uber, Airbnb and eBay and others that earn income from…
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Venkat Raman Auckland, February 17, 2019 The country’s largest commercial bank ushered in the Lunar New Year with a large gathering of diverse communities last week. More than 400 people attended ANZ Bank’s celebrations held at Pullman Hotel in Auckland on Friday, February 15, 2019 with Ethnic Communities Minister Jenny Salesa as the Chief Guest. Among the other dignitaries were…
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