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Building consents at lowest level in 46 years, stats NZ figures show It’s generally been known that once the building industry picks up that the NZ economy starts to move since more employment filters through the various supply companies involved … Continue reading

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financial planning the Kiwi way

  From an email received from an unknown but obviously Kiwi writer who must have adapted it from an US written article Just imagine…If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in Air New Zealand one year ago, you would have … Continue reading

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Kiwisaver update

NZ Herald – 20/05/2011 Mary Holm: Silver rather than gold-plated, but still hard to beat Main points from this article and some responses below The gainers from the proposed KiwiSaver changes in the Budget are those who don’t belong to … Continue reading

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Market focus update

There is one list I subscribe to which gives very indepth information about the economy and all the factors influencing it. The website is http://www.sra.co.nz/ and the reports are written by Rodney Dickens.         I highly recommend … Continue reading

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Market focus update

The latest from the ANZ Economist Market Focus report The portion below relates to the property market taken from the attached report (this information should be read along with the disclaimers in the attached report) To read the whole report … Continue reading

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Govt faces biggest budget deficit in history – English

NBR 23/03/2011 The Government will face the biggest budget deficit in New Zealand’s history at the end of the current financial year, Finance Minister Bill English says. Mr English faced criticism in Parliament today from Labour MPs who questioned the … Continue reading

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Tackling Waste Crucial To Christchurch Recovery

Now that National has finally woken up to the sad state of affairs that our country’s economy is in, I recommend they read my discussion document ‘Budget 2010: Combating Government Waste’ which outlines practical solutions to get Government spending under … Continue reading

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NZ FinMin says optimistic on economy as rebalancing continues

(Reuters) – The New Zealand economy is rebalancing and there are reasons to be optimistic about the outlook despite the subdued performance in the second half of 2010, Finance Minister Bill English said on Thursday. Earlier official data showed gross … Continue reading

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Finance company trustees facing further class action

Another local law firm is gearing up to sue the trustees of failed finance companies in class action proceedings on behalf of thousands of investors left out of pocket. As NBR reported recently, Christchurch lawyer Grant Cameron is already working … Continue reading

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Paying for Christchurch

Article from NZ Herald The Japan tsunami has derailed the Government’s plan to put out the begging bowl to the world to pay for the rebuilding of Christchurch. Now, do we all face soaring taxes and insurance levies to cover … Continue reading

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