The young orca calf has been cared for around-the-clock by Department of Conservation (DOC) staff and volunteers since becoming separated from his mother at Plimmerton, north of Wellington, on Sunday 11 July. It’s reported the cost to taxpayers of looking after Toa is estimated at about $10,000 so far, not accounting for DOC staffing costs. More
Parliament’s Finance and Expenditure Committee has opened an inquiry into the current and future nature, impact, and risks of cryptocurrencies. Dr Duncan Webb, chairperson of the committee said: “This inquiry will give us a good opportunity to further our understanding of this increasingly important topic.”.. More
Opinion – New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union The New Zealand Taxpayers Union is calling on the Prime Minister to definitively rule out a death tax under her leadership. Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, Prior to the 2017 election, Jacinda Ardern said of a death tax , That’s not …
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New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is calling on the Prime Minister to definitively rule out a death tax under her leadership.
Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, “Prior to the 2017 election, Jacinda Ardern said of a death tax, ‘That’s not what we’re looking at – that’s off.’”
“But four years and two elections later, Revenue Minister David Parker now has his bean counters at Inland Revenue investigating New Zealanders’ wealth, and specifically, our inherited wealth. And instead of firmly ruling out a death or wealth tax, he now just says it’s ‘not being considered’. That is far from a firm ruling out.”
Microplastics research in Aotearoa New
Zealand originated at the University of
Canterbury.
Less than 5mm (or half a centimetre) in
diameter, microplastics are classed in two categories;
primary microplastics are those designed to be small, like
microbeads or glitter, while secondary microplastics are
formed in the environment as larger plastic items break
down. This can include fibres released from textiles and
clothes during washing.
For Plastic
Free July, we sat down with the University of
Canterbury’s leading microplastics researchers, Professor
Sally Gaw and Dr
Laura Revell, to discuss the impact microplastics can
have and are having on our environment, and what could
Wednesday, 21 July 2021, 1:47 pm
The Council of Financial Regulators (CoFR) – Kaunihera
Kaiwhakarite Ahumoni – has created a new website. You can
view it here.
CoFR
contributes to maximising New Zealand’s sustainable,
economic wellbeing through effective and responsive
regulation of the financial system in New
Zealand.
CoFR is made up of five
agencies:
Te Pūtea Matua – Reserve Bank of New
Zealand,
Te Mana Tatai Hokohoko – Financial
Markets Authority,
Te Komihana Tauhokohoko –
Commerce Commission,
Hīkina Whakatutuki –
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment,
Te
Tai Ōhanga – The Treasury.
The function of
the Council is to facilitate co-operation and co-ordination
between members to support effective and responsive
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