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With billions in ‘profit’ exempt from tax, changes to NZ’s charity rules are long overdue

The profit made on every breakfast bowl of weet-bix is tax exempt, giving Sanitarium Health Food Company, owned by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, an advantage over other breakfast food companies. But this could be about to change.

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New Zealand unemployment rate climbs to 5.1 per cent

New Zealand's opposition has blamed Chris Luxon's government for job losses after the country's unemployment rate reached 5.1 per cent.

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New Zealand relaxes visa rules to lure digital nomads and influencers

Changes mean visitors and influencers working for foreign employers can stay longer in bid to boost tourism

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Luxon goes all out for growth in mining and tourism – we should be careful what he wishes for

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s state-of-the-nation address yesterday focused on growth above all else. We shouldn’t rush to judgement, but at least one prominent financial commentator has concluded the maths behind the goals “just doesn’t add up”.

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Own goal? Govt sets new $4b goalpost for ferries

Analysis: A new number soared up the political charts yesterday. Four. Billion. Dollars. The likely blow-out cost of the Project iRex mega-ferries and terminals, from which Nicola Willis has saved the taxpayer. That’s how she enunciated it on first reading it off her notes, as it aware of its import.…

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Police car crashes into New Zealand prime minister's limousine, but no one is hurt

Officials say a police car drove into the rear of a limousine transporting New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Finance Minister Nicola Willis and no one was hurt

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The NZ Super Fund has Israeli investments worth $35 million – could it divest?

The decision by Israel’s parliament to designate the United Nations’ Palestinian relief agency UNRWA a “terrorist organisation” has been condemned by many governments, with claims it will create a “catastrophe in what is already an unmitigated disaster”.

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Social investment is back – and so are the risks of using data to target disadvantage

With the recent establishment of a new Social Investment Agency – described as a “driving project” for the government by Finance Minister Nicola Willis – it seems New Zealand has come full circle on this approach to social welfare.

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Tougher than the GFC: why NZ’s small businesses may be in worse shape than in 2008

With rising costs and drops in consumer spending, small businesses have been struggling lately.

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New Zealand’s young leaving in record numbers as cost of living bites

New Zealanders are seeking opportunity overseas at unprecedented rates amid disillusionment over house prices and jobs.

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Sustainable fuel hopes take off with eyes on emissions

Flights could become more environmentally friendly as Australia and New Zealand explore ways to produce sustainable aviation fuel at home.

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New Zealand exits recession, but economic troubles linger

GDP grows 0.2 percent in first quarter, buoyed by record immigration.

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Pay transparency would help close NZ’s gender gap – why is progress so slow?

Announcing her government’s plan to disestablish the Equal Pay Taskforce in May, Minister for the Public Service Nicola Willis argued the “process for settling pay equity claims has now matured” enough that the taskforce was no longer required.

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NZ Budget 2024: ‘tax relief’ for the ‘squeezed middle’ – but who’s paying? 7 experts follow the money

Honestly, who would want to be Nicola Willis at this point?

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NZ cancer patients miss out in campaign pledge backdown

Conservation groups will stage a "March for Nature" next week to protest government cuts to climate and environment projects.

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Brighter inflation outlook in NZ, despite fiscal gloom

New Zealand's Treasury believes inflation could be tamed within months in a surprisingly positive outlook published on budget day.

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Tax cuts and tourist fees in NZ budget 'clean-up job'

Income tax relief for Kiwis and higher fees for tourists have been revealed in the first budget of New Zealand's coalition government.

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Cuts and tax relief take centre stage for NZ Budget

New Zealanders will learn the size of their tax relief when Finance Minister Nicola Willis delivers the right-leaning coalition's first budget.

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NZ Budget 2024: tax cuts and borrowing don’t always fuel inflation – but Nicola Willis has to get the balance right

On the eve of the first budget from the National-ACT-New Zealand First coalition government, there is ongoing debate over whether borrowing while offering tax cuts could trigger a rise in inflation.

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NZ Budget 2024: the coalition needs a circuit breaker – the National Party most of all

When finance minister Nicola Willis stands to deliver her first budget tomorrow, it will be a significant moment for her personally, but also for the coalition government, and her own National Party in particular.

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Australian inspiration for Kiwi tax cuts: NZ minister

Nicola Willis will deliver the right-leaning New Zealand coalition government's first budget this week, with tax cuts at the forefront.

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Defence budget boost as New Zealand looks to 'step up'

Foreign affairs and defence will get a funding boost in the first budget of New Zealand's new government despite campaign pledges to shrink the public service.

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No surplus in sight as New Zealand outlook worsens

New Zealand Finance Minister Nicola Willis has pledged to deliver income tax cuts in the May 30 budget even as the government books worsen.

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New Zealand slips into second recession in 18 months

Political parties trade blame for economic slump that follows aggressive interest rate hikes to tame inflation.

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Australia, NZ hold trans-Tasman treasurer talks

Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers has met with his New Zealand counterpart, Finance Minister Nicola Willis, in Sydney.

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