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![NZ takes prize for 'shameless two fingers' to world](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
NZ takes prize for 'shameless two fingers' to world
A prominent British science writer has slammed New Zealand's clean, green reputation, calling it a "green mirage".
![Householders face the biggest Kyoto burden](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Householders face the biggest Kyoto burden
Taxpayers will be stuck with 84 per cent of NZ's Kyoto Protocol bill, while farmers and industrial emitters get hefty subsidies, a study says.
![<i>Michael Littlewood</i>: $2b question with no easy answer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
<i>Michael Littlewood</i>: $2b question with no easy answer
Tax avoidance has been much in the news recently, because of the banks' cases.
![<i>Mary Holm:</i> Desperately seeking advisers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
<i>Mary Holm:</i> Desperately seeking advisers
Independent financial planners get a chance to promote their services for the benefit of readers.
![Super Fund and ACC to the rescue](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
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.
![<i>Brian Gaynor</i>: KiwiSaver big and important success](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
<i>Brian Gaynor</i>: KiwiSaver big and important success
KiwiSaver, which now has 1,189,597 contributing members, is a huge success.
![Tough decisions needed to avoid crisis -Treasury](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Tough decisions needed to avoid crisis -Treasury
Tough decisions about prisons, education, pensions and tax need to be made if NZ is to avoid a looming Government debt crisis, says Treasury.
![BNZ says customers staying loyal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
BNZ says customers staying loyal
BNZ claims it has suffered no adverse customer reaction following its tax problems with the IRD.
![<i>Brian Fallow</i>: Lucky country moving further out of reach](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
<i>Brian Fallow</i>: Lucky country moving further out of reach
How can we expect an Australian standard of living when their productivity is about 40 per cent higher than ours, asks Brian Fallow.
![Working group backs extending PIE tax rate to other investments](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Working group backs extending PIE tax rate to other investments
The Tax Working Group sees merit in extending the 30 per cent PIE regime to the taxation of other forms of investment income.
![Accountants have plan to simplify small business tax](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Accountants have plan to simplify small business tax
The Chartered Accountants Institute has put up a set of proposals to radically simplify the taxation of small businesses.