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“He said the bigger outfits didn’t put an emphasis on residential property..”
Allow me to proffer the Simplicity Homes & Income fund #nzpol
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Our fixation with buying and selling investment properties will hopefully become a thing of the past, but property can still play a part of a long-term investment plan
Investing in property without needing to buy up houses
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$2.4 million charge to ratepayers for water infrastructure. If only there was some sort of centralised water board with compliance experts. #nzpol
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“a net 15 percent of respondents think economic conditions will get better in coming months”
It’s more delicious when it’s businesses shouting about how badly the “economic experts” National suck. #nzpol
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“Leung said inflation pressures were rising and looked headed to push the annual rate through the top of the Reserve Bank's 1-3 percent target band.”

Doesn’t sound like ideal conditions for a big OCR cut. #nzpol
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Well. Any level of cut unlikely to make much difference to our duopoly driven food price inflation so might as well make big cuts. #nzpol
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Business & investing: To cut by 25 or 50 points – that's the decision the Reserve Bank faces on Wednesday when it decides on the cash rate
'We need a truly stimulatory rate' – economists edge towards jumbo OCR cut
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Why let a good crisis go to waste, eh Winston? #nzpol
📢 Foreign Minister Winston Peters joins Ryan Bridge on Herald NOW to discuss the attack on his home and hopes for the Gaza peace process.
Video / Herald Now
Winston Peters' Auckland home vandalised, Foreign Minister blames "radical left"
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“Targeting two million extra homes will drive bulldozers through our suburbs”
I suppose getting the chair of a resident’s association to write your articles will result in this sort of comment. #nzpol
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Comment: Do we even want more people in Auckland? Being bigger is different from creating a better city, writes John Burns.
More zoned land won’t solve housing woes
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Alright so it has to be said that making a new residential gas connection during the death spiral of gas is a dumb move #nzpol
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📢 Vector apologised and lowered the bill, but the cost remains unaffordable for the family, as the Vector's new policy shifts the full installation expense to customers.
Auckland family shocked by $37k gas quote, despite DIY efforts to cut costs
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Seymour: Petrol cars rule, pedestrians drool. (My paraphrasing) #nzpol
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📢 The deputy PM and ACT leader said Blenheim should avoid the mistakes of Auckland and Queenstown in limiting vehicle access.
Seymour: Don't sacrifice Blenheim to 'war on cars'
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“Over 100,000 people are experiencing severe housing deprivation, with nearly 5000 living without shelter and over 3000 people living in their cars according to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development.” (From different post).

Yo let‘s get those house prices cranked up, that will help. #nzpol
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One day soon there will be a tipping point where fossil fuel vehicle costs will become massively unaffordable as the pool of people paying for the infrastructure shrinks, like we are seeing with natural gas in homes and businesses. #nzpol
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Or alternatively, we could always try to not stimulate housing prices. #nzpol
📢 The national average house price has grown again, rising 0.1% to $810,141 in September.
Economists reveal move needed to stimulate housing market
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Gosh doctor Oliver when giving your detailed description of the German tax system you forgot to mention the role of Germany’s comprehensive capital gains taxes and how much worse off their sovereign debt crisis would be without it. #nzpol
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Comment: NZ is walking eyes wide open into the superannuation trap and potentially a sovereign debt crisis; now we pay the price for ignoring demographic questions for decades, writes Dr Oliver Hartwich.
Treasury warning never grows old – unlike boomers
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A computer can never be held accountable
Therefore a computer must never make a management decision #nzpol
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“Treasury calculated that stabilising debt by tax alone would require the average income tax rate to rise from 21 to 32 percent by 2065, or GST to 32 percent.”
Hey economist expert you forgot to mention the wealth tax untapped gold mine. #nzpol
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Comment: NZ is walking eyes wide open into the superannuation trap and potentially a sovereign debt crisis; now we pay the price for ignoring demographic questions for decades, writes Dr Oliver Hartwich.
Treasury warning never grows old – unlike boomers
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His fossil fuel sponsors have obviously shown no interest in the fast track gaslighting scheme unless he can secure bipartisan support - so this is his performative response.
”Look sponsors I’m trying weally hard please still give money”. #nzpol
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Hipkins: “oil and gas is not the way of the future for New Zealand, renewable energy is the way of the future for New Zealand” #nzpol
📢 Prime Minister Luxon urges Labour leader Hipkins to back offshore gas exploration for 10 years, seeking a credible bipartisan approach.

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Chris Hipkins on his letter from Christopher Luxon
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