The Greens Wealth Tax works like this: If you have: - $1m in assets, nothing to pay. - $2m in assets, nothing to pay. - $3m in assets, $25,000 to pay. - $4m in assets, $50,000 to pay.

The National Party has announced it would delay the pricing of agricultural emissions to 2030 (from current deadline of 2025). That would mean the can has successfully been kicked 26(!) years down the road from when an ag emissions price was originally expected (mid-2004).

Here's a really powerful and important story from Indira Stewart. The NZ high school studnets working massive hours to help families pay the rent. 1news.co.nz/2023/06/18/hig…

This is imo one of the most important stories we've put on this year. The scale of paid work these teenagers are doing to keep their families afloat is unbelievable

“The most I worked was 40 to 50 hours in a school week. I work to support my family with bills and groceries.” - These are the stories NZ's record low-attendance rates don't tell. Multiple brave & resilient students shared their stories with us Q+A 1news.co.nz/2023/06/18/hig…

AT will introduce easier payment options across all of Auckland’s buses, trains and ferries in the next 12 months. This means customers will be able to tag on and off with contactless payments (debit/credit cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay) alongside the current AT HOP card. (1/3)

You need to keep your ears tuned for people who flip the script on racism. For example in health, keeping the status quo where certain ethnic groups die 7 years earlier, is actually institutional racism.

My Newsroom Pro editorial this morning on why ethnicity is a measure of need and how medical professionals are best placed to determine that. Also the weird and ridiculous attempt to shut down no “approved” spokespeople despite them being the experts.

Every time protecting renters is discussed this gets waved around like some kind of threat. If the kind of landlords who only want to make easy money without having to take responsibility for the health and stability of tenants want leave the market, that’s good for the country

This is a fucking terrible idea. There is already debate over whether we should even use KiwiSaver for first homes. But at least that’s an asset, that helps your future. For a rental bond?? This will absolutely make people financially worse off. nzherald.co.nz/nz/election-20…

No spoilers but there is a 95 Pride and Prejudice reference in the new Barbie movie and all of my friends literally turned to look at me in the theater in a simultaneous call out. I may never recover

A lot of people saying we can't solve congestion by adding more and more car lanes when we've only been trying that for 70 years. Please give it a chance

Great, besides everything else Millennials are going to end up the only generation with totally shit teeth

Christopher Luxon and Moana Maniapoto discuss the treaty. A snippet from our only interview with the National Leader from April 2022.

I just love in NZ’s democracy that you can cast your vote while also doing your shopping in the Warehouse ✅

Voting closes tomorrow. After speaking with party leaders during the election campaign, Moana M shares her whakaaro. #nzpol #Elections2023

It's called the silly season, not the stupid season. Merry Christmas

Ratepayers' Alliance here you go