Labour is not of course, proposing to do any such thing. Its version of a CGT is not a property tax. Belatedly, long after the property boom has collapsed, Labour is proposing to tax the profits made ...

With the London Symphony Orchestra gamely tagging along for the ride, Rosalia goes full blown Maria Callas coloratura on this wildly ambitious (and firmly tongue in cheek) glimpse into what her ...

Finally, Labour has released its capital gains tax policy. Labour’s CGT would levy a 28% tax on sales of commercial properties and investment housing, and the $850 million it is expected to raise will ...

It is striking to see just how selectively Chhour had constructed an alleged” good news” story for the government from such a bleak situation. As Children’s Commissioner Claire Achmad told RNZ, the ...

The statute provided Māori with customary rights of use, provided they could meet quite a high test that with respect to the area in question, they had “exclusively used and occupied it from 1840 to ...

Finally, Labour has released its capital gains tax policy. Labour’s CGT would levy a 28% tax on sales of commercial properties and investment housing, and […] ...

As the polls have been indicating for months, Christopher Luxon is not anyone’s idea of a political asset. He is a proven liability to New Zealand, to the National Party, to the coalition government ...

Heavens to Betsy. Let me get this right. In her own opinion column, a female journalist (the fearsome Andrea Vance) used a bad word to refer to female politicians who had just extinguished the ability ...

As the old saying goes, “With your eyes, you enter the world. But with your ears, the world enters you.” This may explain why hearing the familiar cadences of certain politicians on the radio can ...

Decades ago, Alexander Cockburn wrote a column pointing out that the true believers in the power and precision of the defence industry’s latest weaponry tend to be (a) their gullible government ...