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Moz

Thu, 21 Apr 2016 10:32:29 +1200

a 100% tax on capital gains above a certain price/GV ratio

The old Australian system was actually good IMO. They taxed the after-inflation gain on all assets at your personal tax rate (with spreading over I think 3 years). So if you owned a house for 20 years then sold…

Rae Sott

Wed, 20 Apr 2016 23:42:16 +1200

http://www.newshub.co.nz/nznews/govt-considering-stamp-duty-on-foreign-buyers-2015072718#axzz46MeIye1J
compare with this
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/economist-says-nz-needs-do-more-deal-chinese-property-buyers take particular from about 2.00 of the video
The BS does not stop with Nick Smith

Mark Graham

Wed, 20 Apr 2016 13:27:01 +1200

In case there's a need for the Crown to put down an insurrection led by Parliament. The G-G can stay in Auckland whilst the air force bombs the crap out of Wellington.

Rich of Observationz

Wed, 20 Apr 2016 13:20:37 +1200

Building more houses is not the (whole) solution.

If people expect house prices to inflate at a higher rate than they can borrow at, then owning a house turns into signing up for free money.

If there's free money on offer, then everyone will pile in. It's got nothing to…

Nick D'Angelo

Wed, 20 Apr 2016 10:38:57 +1200

Two simple things the government can do to make housing more affordable:
1) Legislate to limit all foreign buyers to only purchasing new builds. That will bolster the market for new houses, which is what everyone agrees is the problem – we're not building them fast enough. If developers know…

Paul Campbell

Wed, 20 Apr 2016 09:21:48 +1200

You know there's a simple solution to the Auckland housing crisis ... house buyers just need to get some solidarity, go on strike, refuse to buy any houses .... the bubble will burst, house prices will drop, all will be right with the world

Scott G

Wed, 20 Apr 2016 08:19:07 +1200

Part of the domain?
Do you mean part of Mt Eden/Maungawhau?

Kumara Republic

Tue, 19 Apr 2016 22:47:37 +1200

Lachlan Forsyth of the network formerly known as 3News lets rip.

Sacha

Tue, 19 Apr 2016 20:59:03 +1200

first home buyer apartments starting from $1M

affordabull

papango

Tue, 19 Apr 2016 20:12:00 +1200

No, no. It's not a back-up. It's where the G-G lives in Auckland. And also where we officially stow the Queen if she ever shows up.

It was gifted to the country in the 1960s and it's actually pretty modest as far as these things go. It doesn't have the…

Moz

Tue, 19 Apr 2016 19:44:44 +1200

Why does Auckland need a Government House?

It's less why the country needs it, and more what its value is. The current incumbent would no doubt be happy to knock it down and replace it with a modern collection of "first home buyer apartments starting from $1M" or somesuch, but…

Ian Dalziel

Tue, 19 Apr 2016 19:02:08 +1200

Why does Auckland need a Government House?
You probably missed the memo about the coup!
:- )
or maybe it's a back-up one for after the Wellington earthquakes...
:- (
(hope not, touch wood)

bob daktari

Tue, 19 Apr 2016 16:08:49 +1200

I'm interested in what the 54 million was spent on?

If you want a gotcha surely this is the area on which to focus – especially given how the 26 million spent on the flag referendum caused such outrage from certain quarters, pointing out Smith's failings is a road to…

Julie Fairey

Tue, 19 Apr 2016 16:01:57 +1200

One of the sites on the secret minibus tour was Three Kings Quarry and surrounding park land, land that most certainly isn’t owned by the Crown. No surprises then when Smith decided to join the resources of the Ministry of Housing and HNZ Corp to the side of the owners…

Rich of Observationz

Tue, 19 Apr 2016 13:14:09 +1200

Why does Auckland need a Government House? – it doesn't have a Premier House – I assume that non-Auckland PMs stayed in hotels.

Public Address

Tue, 19 Apr 2016 13:14:09 +1200

Discussion from blog post.