Neil Miller Taxpayers’Union Taxpayers’ Union Analyst Neil Miller has been dwelling on the disastrous outcome of the taxpayer-funded subsidy granted to Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series, which has now shifted production to Britain. In a hole in the Beehive, there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty,
Chris Baillie ACT Small Business spokesperson The ACT Party has today released a range of measures the Government should take to help take the pressure off businesses and the hospitality sector. The Resurgence payment should be available every week that a business is under Alert Level 4 or 3, and
Chris Baillie ACT Small Business spokesperson Businesses are doing it tough through no fault of their own and the Government needs to step up with further resurgence payments. The payment should be available every week that a business is under Alert Level 4 or 3, and extend to Alert Level
The Government has had months to plan for a situation where there could be an Alert Level border in the country, like Auckland and the rest of the country, but once again its failed to prepare, National’s Transport spokesperson David Bennett says. “Once again we’re seeing confusion and
righttolife.org.uk Marie Stopes Australia has closed four of its Queensland clinics. The clinics, located in Townsville, Rockhampton, Southport, and Newcastle employed over 40 staff and performed around 5,000 abortions annually. Managing director Jamal Hakim described the closures as “a really difficult decision“. He explained: “Costs, when it
Auckland butcher Richard Hogg says he’s offering click-and-collect services to customers because he is fed up with the “unfair rules and lack of change since last lockdown” and wants to serve his Remuera community. Under alert level 4, butchers can operate contactless delivery services, but not click-and-collect. […] Hogg knows
In a bizarre move, The Rarotongan Resort General Manager Tata Crocombe has deemed all unvaccinated persons to be unclean and banned them from his various premises! You might think that, for a small island nation that relies almost exclusively on tourism for their livelihood, banning a large chunk of your
Yesterday’s cyber-attack on New Zealand’s telecommunications network is a clear sign the Government has failed again to protect New Zealand’s cyber borders, National’s Digital Economy and Communications spokesperson Melissa Lee says. “Alongside the recent drop of New Zealand in the United Nations ITU Global Cybersecurity Index
The Government must apologise to business owners and make sure no one misses out on wages after the wage subsidy applications closed unexpectedly early last night, National’s Social Development and Employment spokesperson Louise Upston says. “Government websites were clear that the wage subsidy applications would close at 11.59
Small business owners need help urgently so that they can survive this Covid-19 lockdown and any future lockdowns so that they can continue to play a significant role in New Zealand’s economy as well as providing employment all over the country, National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly says. “I
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 One follower of our blog wrote in recently and said he would like to see a column on “the impact on New Zealand of the printing of billions
The Labour Government’s latest press release reannouncing a business support scheme for some South Island regions provides nothing new for struggling tourism operators, says National’s Tourism Spokesperson Todd McClay. “Tourism businesses cannot open their doors in any part of New Zealand today. This reannouncement suggests it’s business
The Labour Government must extend Covid support to new businesses established in the past six months, National’s Economic Development and Small Business spokesperson Todd McClay says. “There’s no doubt that our small businesses are doing it tough right now as the Level 4 restrictions in lockdown bite. “While
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern warns New Zealand businesses will be hit by Auckland remaining in alert level 4. […]”This is going to be an area where even though a business is operating at level 3 it may be complicated by some parts of the country that continue to have that
