MBIE

'Reinforced concrete limited partnerships in NZ' for sale

20 Jun 18, 5:06pm

New Zealand limited partnerships, in combination with Nevis limited liability companies, being peddled as 'one of the best and unique products' in the murky world of offshore finance
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More gaming of New Zealand's Financial Service Providers' Register?

14 Jun 18, 4:39pm

Gareth Vaughan

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Gareth Vaughan goes in search of a snowball on Great South Road as he continues to probe companies registered on NZ's Financial Service Providers' Register
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MBIE releases housing affordability report that's already 15 months old

13 Jun 18, 4:27pm

Greg Ninness

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MBIE report on housing affordability shows renters faring a bit better than first home buyers, based on data to March 2017
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Credit card interest rates included in CCCFA review

12 Jun 18, 12:07pm

Gareth Vaughan

Government review of Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act includes a look at credit card interest rates
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Oil and gas exploration ban more of an aggravator than a game-changer

8 Jun 18, 10:17am

Jenée Tibshraeny

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Jenée Tibshraeny questions why the Government decided to draw a line in the sand on climate change by threatening an already threatened form of energy - gas
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Twyford launches new Ministry of Housing and Urban Development

8 Jun 18, 9:51am

Jason Walls

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Housing Minister Phil Twyford says Ministry of Housing and Urban Development will help drive KiwiBuild and will be operational by the end of the year
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MBIE: A ban of future oil and gas exploration would be 'detrimental'

5 Jun 18, 1:06pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

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Documents reveal MBIE advised Government to limit oil and gas exploration to Taranaki; Said an offshore ban would 'likely increase' global greenhouse gas emissions
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Twyford: 'We don’t intend to be reckless'

25 May 18, 9:27am

Jenée Tibshraeny

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Government to exercise 'caution' when deciding which private developments to underwrite as a part of KiwiBuild; Consultant says the real risk with the scheme is that not enough developers get on board
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Twyford ‘accepts’ he went too far, but stops short of an apology

22 May 18, 4:05pm

Jason Walls

54 comments

Minister of Housing Phil Twyford says MBIE correctly diagnosed the weakness in the Treasury’s KiwiBuild forecast & they're the ones implementing the policy
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Insurance probe gains traction

22 May 18, 11:39am

Jenée Tibshraeny

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Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Kris Faafoi seeks feedback on insurance law revamp that aims to regulate insurers' conduct and better protect consumers who risk having their claims declined due to non-disclosure
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Ardern pulls Twyford into line over Treasury comments

21 May 18, 5:19pm

Jason Walls

42 comments

On Friday, Phil Twyford slammed Treasury officials for their KiwiBuild forecasts, calling them 'kids… disconnected from reality' – the Prime Minister says he went too far
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BNZ cooperating with MBIE's Labour Inspectorate to resolve Holidays Act issues

21 May 18, 9:43am

Gareth Vaughan

BNZ working with MBIE to resolve Holidays Act breaches which include annual and public holiday payments to 'certain employees'
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Twyford slams Treasury's accounting around KiwiBuild

18 May 18, 3:58pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

29 comments

MBIE believes the value of residential property investment over the next 5 years will be 2-5 times higher than Treasury projects; Twyford says Treasury's math is 'simply wrong'
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Dispute resolution schemes in dispute

9 May 18, 4:03pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

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Questions raised over NZ's financial services consumer dispute resolution model with the four competing schemes incentivised to sell themselves to the industry
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Unraveling some of the mysteries of rent behaviour

4 May 18, 12:25pm

Rodney Dickens

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Rodney Dickens doubts landlords' costs drive rents, suggesting it's more likely income growth does. But he finds there is confusion in the data with the biggest threat from inflation
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Big decision looms for Commerce & Consumer Affairs Minister Kris Faafoi

22 Apr 18, 5:45pm

Gareth Vaughan

The debate & lobbying over whether retail payments ought to be regulated in NZ bubbled to the surface again this week, with the ball slowly but surely moving firmly into the government's court
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At best, soils report is a wake up call

21 Apr 18, 9:57am

Guy Trafford

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Out of date report on the state of our soils raises important issues says Guy Trafford, even if it is seriously deficient in a range of practical matters
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Round-up of 2018 law changes

19 Apr 18, 10:59am

admin

From payday reporting to a new minimum wage and rules around parental leave, here’s a summary of what’s new and what’s changed for small businesses and the self-employed
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R&D tax credit to be made available next year, Government says

19 Apr 18, 8:55am

Jason Walls

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From April 1 next year, a 12.5% tax credit on eligible expenditure will be available to business doing R&D in New Zealand; a business will be able to claim a tax credit for up to $120 million of R&D expenditure each year
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It's a stain on our name & we don't need it. So why do we still have it?

14 Apr 18, 9:32am

Gareth Vaughan

Gareth Vaughan looks at MBIE's latest plans to clean up NZ's problematic Financial Service Providers' Register & reiterates his earlier call for the Government to abolish it
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