KiwiSaver investors only pay 12.5 per cent tax on their investment income when their taxable income in either of the previous two years was $14,000 or less and combined with the income from your KiwiSaver scheme is below $48,000.

The Govt will try to justify mining in conservation land by putting other areas into protection when it announces its plans at 3pm, says Forest & Bird.

John Key appeared to hint at a watering down of proposals to open national parks to mining yesterday.

John Key says the public will have to wait for a discussion paper to be released to find out what conservation land may be mined and how.