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How to Successfully Work from Home?

How to Successfully Work from Home?

Gareth streetfoodguy.com Gareth Johnson is the founder of Young Pioneer Tours, a published writer, and all round entrepreneur. He enjoys street food, and encourage others to get paid to travel the world. How to successfully work from home? Working from home used to be the domain of the extremely

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Another Cost on Kiwis at the Behest of the Unions

Another Cost on Kiwis at the Behest of the Unions

Labour is using Covid-19 as the justification for imposing new costs on employers in the form of an extra week of paid sick leave for each employee, but the real reason is because their union mates have been applying the pressure, National’s Workplace Relations spokesperson Scott Simpson says. “If

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The Seriousness of the Rural Revolt

The Seriousness of the Rural Revolt

Bryce Edwards Political Roundup It’s nearly a week since the “Howl of a Protest” took place throughout the country, and we’re still talking about the rural revolt. What are the farmers’ concerns? Are they legitimate? Has the rural-urban divide become too deep, and will any of this have

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Crazy Taxes

Crazy Taxes

When we were talking about Capital Gains Tax a few years ago, I was told by a tax specialist that there would never be enough tax revenue from the sale of only non-owner-occupied property, and that, at some point, after CGT had been introduced, it would be extended to include

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New Zealand’s Cyber-Resilience Failing under Labour

New Zealand’s Cyber-Resilience Failing under Labour

Since Labour has been in Government New Zealand’s cybersecurity ranking has taken a serious hit, National’s Digital Economy & Communications spokesperson Melissa Lee says. The recently released United Nations ITU Global Cybersecurity Index shows New Zealand’s ranking plunging from 19 in 2017 down to 48 in 2021.

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Govt Plants Union Official on Air NZ Board

Govt Plants Union Official on Air NZ Board

The appointment by Grant Robertson of a long-standing union official to the board of Air New Zealand is another example of poor judgement by the Minister, National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly says. “Mr Robertson does not appear to be acting in the best interests of Air New Zealand in

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Labour Union Hackery Reaches Full Absurdity

Labour Union Hackery Reaches Full Absurdity

David Seymour ACT Leader Even as a frequent critic of this Labour Government, I never thought Grant Robertson would try appointing a teacher union rep to run an airline. In April, Grant Robertson wrote to the Air New Zealand Board, rather menacingly, ‘I would like to be involved in the

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Paying for Land You No Longer Own

Paying for Land You No Longer Own

Diane Beattie Facebook In case anyone was confused as to why the farmers were protesting on Friday I thought I would just put something here so people have an idea of why. Firstly SNA’s (Significant Natural Areas), are areas of farmland or lifestyle blocks that the Government is getting

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Oops, Some of Jacinda’s Hamsters Have Jumped off the Wheel

Oops, Some of Jacinda’s Hamsters Have Jumped off the Wheel

David Seymour is “wrong, wrong, wrong”, to quote Tova O’Brien. His (unconscious?) fear of being politically incorrect condemns him to throw a bone to the PM before criticising her. The left-wing media, radical identity groups and the current socialist government have such an iron grip on NZ society that

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Death and Taxes in One Fell Swoop

Death and Taxes in One Fell Swoop

The government has allocated $5 million to the IRD to assess the incomes and wealth of high-wealth individuals. This is being taken as a sign that the government is looking to introduce some form of inheritance tax, although it is not expected to be introduced before the next election. Another

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Collins’ Comments

Collins’ Comments

Hon Judith Collins judithcollins.national.org.nz I was excited to launch the Demand the Debate publicity campaign last weekend. I think it will be a really effective way to communicate to the New Zealand voting public on important issues that are otherwise lost in the ‘news’. People are asking

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Groundswell NZ Protests

Groundswell NZ Protests

The BFD staff attended as many of the protests on Friday as possible. We ran and updated this post continually throughout the day in order to keep those that couldn’t be there informed in order to highlight the magnitude of unrest around the country, and also to provide a

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