Bal,It took a long time for the educated to realise that the antitour movement was an total B S movement as there is no real equality for all in S A .
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Yep Balance we missed out on gongs again
See Carter and Campbell got something
But business people shouldn’t get these things - becoming rich from being in business should be enough of a reward.
Probably a lot more worthy. We in NZ seem to idolise our successful sports people, but for some reason successful businessmen are not give the same respect. If anything that is what is holding us back. We need to make more positive examples of where people have succeeded in business and give the younger generation another type of idol to aspire to.
John Kunkel is the guy who really runs Australia - do we have an equivalent in NZ
"Housing affordability was once only an Auckland and Queenstown problem. The latest QV data shows it spreading rapidly nationwide as a renewed spurt of house price increases take it to most urban centres":eek2:
Oh dear, what is sweet Jacinda going to do now to convince voters (especially those now waking up to her star dust filling their brains with bull **** dust) that she has a plan to make housing affordable?
1. Capital gains tax? Nope - she has done a massive U-turn and it's off the agenda forever as far as the cynical one his concerned.
2. Kiwibuild? Please do not mention that obscene word in her presence - it never existed.
3. Ban overseas buyers? Done and have had no effect on the market.
4. Build more houses? The deniers and apologists already claim that is happening but why are prices are going up?
https://www.interest.co.nz/property/...latest-qv-data
"While existing homeowners are getting a positive wealth effect, these sharp moves higher nationwide will bring Auckland's famous housing affordability problems to become a broader stress elsewhere. Prospective first home buyers may feel their opportunities slipping away. Low interest rates are no solution - they have been low all year, so rising prices now only mean purchase deposits have become a larger mountain to climb."
The year of delivery has become the year preceding the bull **** dust smoldering the deniers and apologists for sweet Jacinda.
Annual housing consents reach near 44-year high
Why are house prices going higher? Did you notice a 0.75% drop in the OCR in the last year? Thats why. Stupid bloody inflation targeting by making credit cheaper.. And you'll note thats not the PMs doing, thats the RBNZ.
Of course, I have an axe to grind - that's what this thread (read Labour/NZ First Government?) is surely about!
I made 4 points as to why this government has lost one of the major platforms (housing) it stood on to win the last election, and you countered on point 4 that it's not the PM's fault as it's the RBNZ?
Or are you just making an observation in which case, I misread your response.
Sales of local assets to foreigners reach highest level in 2019, under a Government fighting an election on "stopping asset sales". Instead 2019 saw approval numbers increase from 82 (2018) to 131 (2019) and the value rising from $10.1B to $17.1B.
Another complete fail to walk the talk from this useless Government
Yes, I pointed out that the construction rate of house was still increasing at least till the middle of this year and the RBNZ controls interest rates (to a degree), not the PM, then you came back with some hogwash question about what were interest rates doing during JKs govt. (they were mostly going sideways (after a huge drop post GFC) for the first 4 years, then RBNZ increased them for a year or so, then they held steady for a bit, then they dropped until National was kicked out) and house prices were rocketing for most of that time. Again, why is that relevant?
Not going to defend Labour, htey are **** and have to go. I just don't want National either.. they are no better.