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Recent weather events - Cyclone Gabrielle update from IRD
On 15 February 2023, Minister of Agriculture, Damien O’Connor, and Minister for Rural Communities, Kieran McAnulty, declared a large-scale adverse event for the Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay regions and Tararua district because of Cyclone Gabrielle. On 20 February 2023 Cyclone Gabrielle was declared to be an emergency event for the purposes of Use of Money ...
Minimum wage rising to $22.70 per hour from 1 April 2023
The Prime Minister has announced that the adult minimum wage will be rising to $22.70 per hour from 1 April 2023. This is an increase of $1.50 per hour from the current hourly rate of $21.20 and aligns with the 7.2% rate of Consumer Price Index inflation in the year ended December 2022. The training and starting-out minimum wages will also both ...
Market Rent Statistics: 1 July 2022 - 31 December 2022
The latest market rent statistics are now available. The default market rent area displayed is based on your IP address. To change the area displayed, type the area you're wanting into the ‘Find the market rent in your area’ field, and then click on ‘Find rent’. The market rent tool is updated monthly and contains bond information from the previous six months ...
Tax Talk Newsletter Summer 2022/23
How will you make 2023 a successful year? Many commentators are predicting 2023 could be a tough year for businesses. The Reserve Bank is hitting the economy hard with interest rate rises which will definitely have an impact on household spending which will flow throughout the economy. The NZ economy is also highly influenced by world events and there are plenty ...
Healthy homes - Raise the standard
The healthy homes standards introduce specific and minimum standards for heating, insulation, ventilation, moisture and drainage, and draught stopping in rental properties. Changes to the healthy homes standards took effect in May and November 2022. ...