Letters: Ihumātao, Laura Fergusson Trust, savings and police chases
21 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
9 minutes to read
NZ Herald
Righting a wrong National and Act have strongly denounced the Government s purchase of the contested land at Ihumātao. They say that it will open up a can of worms for more Treaty claims on, private, land in the future.
This piece of land was confiscated by the British settler government from the original owners in 1863, despite that iwi not being in rebellion against the Crown at the time.
Mr Seymour and Mr Mitchell, would do well to ponder that fact, while pontificating about the need to respect the sanctity of private property.
Letters: Empathetic leadership, Ports of Auckland, Donald Trump and Steve Braunias
18 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
6 minutes to read
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern during the Whakaari / White Island commemorations in Whakatane on December 9. Photo / Maori TV
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern during the Whakaari / White Island commemorations in Whakatane on December 9. Photo / Maori TV
NZ Herald
Letter of the week: Peter Jansen, Henderson
In shedding a tear at the White Island memorial Jacinda Ardern broke the shibboleth of a female leader being allowed to show emotion without penalty.
Past women leaders were required to don a suit of emotional armour in order to appear as strong as their male counterparts. Thus Margaret Thatcher appeared as tough as teak, Indira Gandhi was harshly firm, Theresa May remained permanently stoic dealing with the Grenfell Tower fire and neither Jenny Shipley nor Helen Clark could afford to publicly promote traits such as compassion and kindness lest it convey
Letters: Tax-deductible mortgages, Kumeu development, vaccine priorities and Trelise Cooper
15 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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To assist young first home buyers, should their mortgage interest be deductible against tax payable on wages? Photo / File
To assist young first home buyers, should their mortgage interest be deductible against tax payable on wages? Photo / File
NZ Herald
Flipping the housing paradox If my granddaughter purchased a home to live in she would have to pay all mortgage interest, insurance, rates, plus repairs and maintenance costs out of her tax-paid earnings with no tax write-offs. Yet as a investor, under current tax laws I can purchase a home, rent it to her at a market rent then claim the mortgage interest plus all the above-listed outgoings as tax-deductible expenses against this rent, thus showing no profit or tax payable. Thanks to a past multimillionaire Prime Minister cancelling gift duty, I can at some future date gift b
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Letters: Four-year term, churches, Donald Trump and school dentists
11 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
8 minutes to read
Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield. Could our science-based approach to the Covid 19 coronavirus work in other areas? Photo / Mark Mitchell, File
Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield. Could our science-based approach to the Covid 19 coronavirus work in other areas? Photo / Mark Mitchell, File
NZ Herald
Letter of the week: Kushlan Sugathapala, Epsom Following the science and advice of experts like the director general of Health enabled our outstanding results in tackling Covid, our response acknowledged as one of the best in the world. As the Prime Minister stated many times, decisions made were on health, not political considerations.