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Super Fund and ACC to the rescue
Investment returns from the Cullen Fund and ACC have rescued the Crown's bottom line in the first three months of the fiscal year.
Investment returns from the Cullen Fund and ACC have rescued the Crown's bottom line in the first three months of the fiscal year.
"How many times in my lifetime am I going to get to Europe? So I thought, 'F*** it, I'm off. I'm off to Paris'," Maori MP Hone Harawira said.
The scariest part of the long-term fiscal projections the Treasury released last week is the discussion of health-care costs, writes Brian Fallow.
The Queens Wharf upgrade is a mismatch between expectation set up by the public and what can be reasonably achieved within the budget of $47 million, says one Auckland architect.
Recoveries in the investment performance of the ACC and New Zealand Superannuation Fund portfolios have helped offset a dramatic fall in the tax take over the past three months, says Treasury.
Auckland City Mayor John Banks is considering canning the Queens Wharf upgrade
Despite their 21-year age gap, Louise Crome and Rodney Hide are the very model of a modern couple.
The Queens Wharf design contest is a flop, says Auckland Regional Council chairman Mike Lee.
Tough decisions about prisons, education, pensions and tax need to be made if NZ is to avoid a looming Government debt crisis, says Treasury.
How can we expect an Australian standard of living when their productivity is about 40 per cent higher than ours, asks Brian Fallow.
The Maori Party will not rule out supporting moves to open accident compensation to competition.
The exact cost to the Govt of its bid for the World Cup rugby rights won't be known until the bid is accepted but is "considerably under $5m", John Key said today.
John Key says there will be further negotiations on supporting ACC legislation with the Act Party, and possibly the Maori Party, today.