Wednesday, 7 July 2021, 1:43 pm
For the past twelve months, the cryptocurrency space has
been stealing almost every headline to become the latest
buzz. Along with the popular crypto asset Bitcoin, several
other digital coins have been gaining ground in developers
rush to create digital cash that can gain a foothold in
mainstream finance and commerce.
While the frontline
cryptos, like Bitcoin, Dogecoin and Ethereum, have primarily
been in the news for their erratic price moves, there is
much more happening at the backdrop of these digital
currencies that is largely shaping up the future of the
financial world. We are referring to revolutionary
Wednesday, 7 July 2021, 1:06 pm
Today we accepted a petition from Lindsay Calvi-Freeman
signed by nearly 15,000 people. The petition calls for the
Government to reverse their decision to remove tax
deductibility of interest for landlords, National’s Shadow
Treasurer Andrew Bayly and Housing spokesperson Nicola
Willis say.
“Labour are misrepresenting interest
deductibility by calling it a ‘tax loophole’. They make
it seem underhanded and that is not fair to the thousands
and thousands of mum and dad landlords who are entitled to
deduct their costs from their revenue,” Mr Bayly
says.
“This is a fundamental tax principle. New
Zealanders should be able to trust that the Government will
Wednesday, 7 July 2021, 4:03 pm
A sudden increase in respiratory illness in children has
led to Northland DHB changing the visitor policy for Te
Kotuku (maternity), the Special Baby Care Unit and the
Children’s Ward (Ward 2) at Whangārei Hospital.
The
illness is caused by a respiratory virus that is common at
this time of year, and is highly contagious. It mostly
impacts babies under one year of age and can cause breathing
difficulties in small children.
Northland DHB said
that the policy change aims to keep children in their care
safe, as well as their siblings and young whanāu, by
Wednesday, 7 July 2021, 4:03 pm
Bell Gully is pleased to have advised Fidelity Life, New
Zealand s largest locally owned life insurer, on its
agreement to acquire Westpac Group s New Zealand life
insurance business and its associated equity funding
arrangements.
In connection with the acquisition,
Fidelity Life will enter into a 15-year strategic
alliance with Westpac NZ and will be the exclusive
distributor of life insurance to Westpac s retail customers.
The transaction involves equity funding arrangements with
Fidelity Life s largest shareholder the NZ Super Fund and
new investor Ngāi Tahu Holdings.
The agreement is
subject to regulator and Fidelity Life shareholder
approvals, and is expected to be completed by the end of
Wednesday, 7 July 2021, 4:39 pm
New Zealand’s history books are full of the chronicled
lives of mostly pākehā men. It doesn’t take much digging
to see how easily the achievements and experiences of women
and wāhine Māori can vanish from the official record.
These women have been long over-looked or portrayed as
bystanders to our history.
This
is exactly what has happened with Whānau Āwhina
Plunket’s story-telling over 114 years. Now is the time
for change and to set the record straight.
“The
truth is, if it wasn’t for two Māori midwives and healers