Budget 2013 Families will be paid to care for disabled adult relatives
Photo / Sarah Ivey Family members will be paid to look after their disabled adult relatives after the Government set aside $23 million for carer payments in this year's Budget. The funding comes after...
View ArticleBudget 2013 Govt to cut student allowance and loan spending
Photo / Thinkstock The Government will cut student allowance and loan spending by $29.6 million by introducing further clamp downs on eligibility. Last year the Government announced post-graduation...
View ArticleBudget 2013 Govt allocates $188.6m for welfare reforms
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett. Photo / Mark Mitchell The Government has allocated a further $188.6 million for its welfare reforms, including funding to contract out some of its...
View ArticleBudget 2013 $900m of asset sales money allocated to Chch rebuild
Photo / Simon Baker The Government has allocated $900 million of new money from the asset sales programme as part of the $2 billion increase in funding for the rebuild of quake-damaged Christchurch....
View ArticleSky channels fixed after fibre link damage
Source: Thinkstock Sky says all of its channels are able to be viewed again following an outage this morning. At 9.55am, 33 Sky channels went off air displaying a message saying atmospheric conditions...
View ArticleVirtual All Blacks ready to ruck
In development pretty much since the release of its predecessor, All Blacks Rugby Challenge 2 is a sequel in the mould of the IRB's seasonal tinkering: no revolution, but it carries various adjustments...
View ArticleManufacturing expands at fastest pace for three years
New Zealand manufacturing expanded at its fastest pace for three years in April, bolstered by new orders. The BNZ-BusinessNZ performance of manufacturing index rose 1.1 to 54.5 in April from March....
View ArticleBUDGET 2013 Key can now return to his personal priority - helping the underclass
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View ArticleTaurangas pitch to lure business – Special Report in NBR Print
More than a third of businesses considering a move to Tauranga are from Auckland. Bay of Plenty economic development agency Priority One – the organisation behind a recent billboard campaign in...
View ArticleStingy Morningstar too harsh on NZ Carmel Fisher
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View ArticleSupreme Court throws Dotcom disclosure lifeline
The Supreme Court says Kim Dotcom and his Megaupload associates can appeal again for the disclosure of US Government evidence in its internet piracy case against them. In a decision just released, the...
View ArticleWhat the analysts say healthy domestic capital markets key to economic growth
The continuation of the mixed ownership model (MoM) programme will stimulate New Zealand’s capital markets and contribute to economic growth, according to Deloitte Corporate Finance Partner Andrew...
View ArticleBUDGET 2013 RAW DATA - Finance Minister Bill Englishs budget at a glance
Responsibly managing the Government’s finances The Budget confirms the Government remains on track to meet its two key fiscal targets – returning to surplus by 2014/15 and bringing net government debt...
View ArticleBUDGET 2013 Meridian mega-float to fund rail hospitals schools irrigation
The country's most valuable electricity company, Meridian Energy, will be partially privatised in the second half of this year, assuming market conditions make it a good time to sell, Finance Minister...
View ArticleBUDGET 2013 Debt Management Office trims $3 billion from borrowing programme
The New Zealand Debt Management Office will cut its borrowing programme by $3 billion over the next two years as the government looks to clamp down on its growing interest bill and build a buffer for...
View ArticleBUDGET 2013 loss-making start-ups to get RD tax deduction boost
Loss-making start-up companies which invest heavily in research and development will be targeted for tax breaks under a scheme announcing a range of small concessions and new initiatives to more...
View ArticleBUDGET 2013 English signs off on Reserve Bank’s new toolkit
Finance Minister Bill English has given the tick of approval to the Reserve Bank's new set of tools to cool asset bubbles, the most pressing of which is the country's heated property market. The...
View ArticleBUDGET 2013 COMMENT Plain sailing but its no Americas Cup cat
Compared to the last four Budgets, this year's reflects an economy moving out of recession and into calmer waters. The global financial crisis is still a risk, but we're not in the maelstrom any more....
View ArticleBUDGET 2013 Residential rebuild in Canterbury ‘key driver’ of economic growth
Some $18 billion of new residential housing in Canterbury, accounting for almost half the region's rebuild, will be the key driver behind New Zealand's 2.5 percent annual rate of growth over the next...
View ArticleEDITORS INSIGHT Budget 2013 a tale of two nations
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