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https://x.com/nancyh_60/status/2030099003166032276?s=12
Is she just reading out memes for the blind?
pffft, aint no one “reading” his magazines, they were made for looking at. smartphones fixed that problem of trying to juggle a magazine and your fun stick, added bonus too is movies and not just boring photos 🙂
3874 roadcones, footpaths, cars and a fat karen on a stop/go sign?
and if war was to teach the dumb fat americans geography its failing big time cuz somehow they think iran is an immediate threat to usa… that 10000km is prety close ya know//
I appreciate that there’s a fair bit of geography separating Iran from Yankland but you may not have thought the issue through:
1) The concept of a pack of mad Mullahs sitting on a stockpile of nuclear weapons doesn’t sit easily with me. One Friday prayer session at the local mosque with a particularly insane Imam &……….ever read On The Beach by Neville Shute?
2) 92 million people are being given the chance to free themselves from the tyranny of a Magic Man in the Sky. They may yet have the freedom to think & act without the mind shackles of organised religion.
I don’t see the downside.
We agree on something completely. That book of Shutes was written a long time ago and is a scenario of what would happen.
On the Beach is an apocalyptic novel published in 1957, written by British author Nevil Shute after he immigrated to Australia.
I remember reading it and when you mentioned it i can recall how he rolls up onto a deserted city beach and the exploring and happenings from there.
But no one reads books these days, least of all the phone huggers.
When Google Earth first became available, I went for a trip around the world and looked at various countries. Ausse on the west and finished up looking at Iran. Wow what great looking bit of ground. I guess that would have been mid to late 90’s.
And they are Persians not Muslims, so they are much closer to russin=ans which is why Russia supports them.
Trump had nice stuff to say about Muslims yesterday.
He wants to remove everyone of them. They are not his best friends in America.
Texas is looking like the beach head state for the fight against Islam in the US. The govenor has been bought with funding and muslim only towns have been built across the Lone Star state.
In the US Congress 42 state congressmen have joined to reduce muslim migrants pushing for Sharia law in their states and renounce lobbying to change current policy.
well theyve been weeks or months away from a nuke for 20yrs.
plus trump assured the world he destroyed their nuclear program last year when they once again bombed iran.
no downsides? civilian deaths incl a hundred odd schoolgirls is a bit of a downside… plus the 10s or hundreds of thousands thatll be slaughtered in the near future.
the war aint about nukes or american security its about pos israel and the jews being arseholes and trump being their lil bitch.
if you think any different then your a blind low iq moron.
wont be long till israel demands america attack america cuz its deemed a threat to israel… probably around the time netenyahu is no longer president of the usa
Nut case Muslims don’t have girls schools. Ya sucked in.
so weve gone from the iranians bombed their own girls school to they dont have girls schools… you ever thought maybe they dont have nukes and arent an immediate threat to america aswell?
how about you leave the gas lighting dial alone old boy, youre getting yourself all muddled up. you probs still believe usa havent attacked iran like they claimed during last years bombing run.
do you believe they wiped out their nuke facilities too? cuz if so then wheres the justification for the war?
ya really don’t know fuck all do ya?
Look at what they did to girls’ schools in Afghanistan, and these bastards are worse.
The holiday ain’t doing you much good.
yea i bet america bombed any left just to be sure the taliban had em all closed down.
and just for extra measure a bit of rape and slaughter to go with it.
Look at what the leaderless MuSLIMES are doing now – probably IRGC – missiles to 6-7 Gulf neighbours who had the resources to help Iran- water/Food – do you thing they will be willing to help when the shooting stops. I reckon Saudi will offer help with conditions the remaining r soles in the IRGC say are unacceptable until the are provided with a first and final flying lesson from the window of a 40 level building courtesy of the average Persian. A great commercial opportunity post shooting and who do you think will be a major beneficiary
Russia as they are kinsfolk.
There are stronger ties between the Slavs & the former Persians. This thesis is based on similarity between languages & cultural concepts. Persia dates back to 1000 years BC & the people were traders.
In international politics, as in all things, there’s bugger all black & less white…….just varying shades of grey. Yes, Israel exerts too much influence over the USA but as a small nation of 10 million surrounded by half a billion insane Islamists baying for their blood they can be semi excused for seeking protection where they find it.
As an aside the Jews have traditionally supported the Democrats of which Trump is not one.
The USA are determined that another enemy shouldn’t become nuclear armed especially one run by the inmates of a theocratic asylum dedicated to Allah. Trump’s support base are traditionalist Xtian nutjobs who centre around the local Baptist church like bees round a honey jar. They exert influence in a way we in 2020s NZ wouldn’t recognise or know.
For once I’m comfortable with the way things are flowing. As I stated above & for whatever underlying reason a civilised & educated people are being given a chance to throw off the chains of religious oppression.
There isn’t one. Same should have been done to Pakistan, China and North Korea before they had nuclear weapon capability.
I think China and Russia have been shot in both feet by their Iranian plonkers missiling Gulf states and Blocking Hormuzas the oil flow ceases and prices increase – Trumps happy plenty of shale oil and then theres Venezuela – Chevron will be partying Exxon not so much after their CEO told Trump they would not help wonder how their shareholders feel about their CEO perhaps late CEO after next General meeting.
Also no rainbow crossing or speed humps.
And a cycle path.
Did you notice how the traffic is flowing with none of the health and safety in sight! The way thinks use to work in the old days!
well according to the left the gender pay gap is real so its great to see air nz trying its darndest to cut costs!
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/air-new-zealand-marks-international-womens-day-with-historic-all-female-flight/2POWIR42AFHWVGBL7AIFDGCOEE/
fucking woke clowns, theyre tackling the big issues i guess. on 19th november im sure stuffed will be running a piece on how great it is air nz are doing an all male flight…. yeah right, thats sexist and uninclusive.
pride month will be a hoot too, drag story time will be in place of the cringe safety video.
Wonder how many will not fly ANZ, because of the cringe safety video?
If your airhostess shouts whakarite mō te pānga and you don’t know that means brace for impact, I guess the safety instruction video didn’t work.
What?
You remembered it?
Wow, you must be a frequent flyer. LOL
please tell me that sorta shit isnt actual air nz safety crap? if so then seymours gunns be shit outve luck selling the shitshow, he’ll struggle to even give the fucking thing away
This might be of interest (Although I doubt the ‘protestors’ will bother reading it)
‘Samira Taghavi, an Auckland lawyer and Iranian freedom fighter, now living in exile in New Zealand – today published this message to the “social justice” activists who were silent while her people got massacred by their own government… but suddenly remember how to shout their tired old slogans, as soon as America and Israel take action against that evil regime.
We should listen to what she has to say.
She’s earned it. They haven’t.
She said: “We are Iranians who have lived most — or all — of our lives under the boot of the Islamic Republic and the IRGC. We have endured their torture, executions, forced hijab, child killings, street massacres, and daily terror. Our families and friends are still inside Iran right now — some hiding, some fighting, some mourning — and we speak to them constantly. We know what they want. We know what hope finally looks like after 47 years of hell.
Millions inside Iran are seeing a real chance for the regime to fall. For the first time, the IRGC’s machinery of murder is under serious pressure. We welcome that pressure. We do not fear it. We celebrate it.
We do not want or need the New Zealand left to “protest on our behalf” against foreign intervention.
We do not authorise you to speak for Iranians.
We will not allow you to exploit the blood of our massacred children, sisters, brothers, mothers, and fathers as your latest weekend hobby — just like you did with Palestine.
You do not live our pain. You have not buried our dead. You have not watched our teenagers hanged from cranes or our women beaten for showing their hair. If you cannot condemn the IRGC’s decades of atrocities — the rapes in Evin prison, the sniper shots to children’s heads, the poisonings of schoolgirls — then stay silent.
Do not hold your event on 11 March pretending to “save” Iran from intervention while ignoring the regime that has been at war with its own people since 1979.
Do not use our suffering to fuel your anti-Trump, anti-Israel, or anti-war politics.
Please cancel this ill-intentioned event, respect the pain and suffering of Iranians, and allow Iranians to be the voice of their own people.
We will be outside your protest on 11 March, in our peaceful but unbreakable way, as we have always been. We will make sure every New Zealander who passes by knows the truth:
The Iranian community does not support your event.
We do not want your “solidarity.”
We do not need your voice.
We are Iranians. We are not fearful. We are fierce.
We have survived the regime’s bullets, prisons, and lies. We will not be silenced here in New Zealand by ‘well-meaning’ outsiders who think they know better.
You do not speak for us. We speak for ourselves.”
H/T: NZ Against Hamas
One control freak downticker who knows better than the people of Iran.
She’s got my support.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^This^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
“We do not want or need the New Zealand left to “protest on our behalf”
Take note, assholes.
Fuckers are pushin their luck
JUST in.. Iran strikes Dubai International Airport in UAE.
Looks like they still flying…
https://dubaiairports.ae/flight-status?type=departures&from=2026-03-08
But who knows.
Not a white man nor a hunty in sight.
Hunty is driving the truck.
All this shit he posts about how rich he is to be able to “retire”is just that. He freelances driving trucks. How do we know he is actually in Nelson now?
Bit of a barbed swipe at ysb’s tall poppy Ed. Aren’t you a retired “rich prick” as well? 😜
What’s a retired dude to do all day when it’s raining at the beach? 🏖️
😂
if he was rich he wouldnt be slumming it in nz for 5yrs just to collect a few hundred bux per week, if hes as rich as he pretends to be his interest on accounts and investment returns will be returning multiple times the old ppls bene
the higher cost of living here for 5yrs will cost him more than the few years of bene bludging he’ll get. huntys bad at math.
The sun is out.
https://harbours.nelson.govt.nz/cams/
spot the hunty.
I’m guessing because the bottom left hand sector of the photo is pixilated out, that’s where Hunty is sunning his perineum.
LOL no that would show houses that you’re not allowed to window peep.
So we now know that saggy is a window peeper!.
A beautiful day, the sun’s shining, the birds are singing & you bring up Hunty’s perineum!
Pass the mind bleach.
The POPE is still interfering with David Lange.
What a bitch.
What does she belong to that she wants to eraze his being forever?
Much like Lee. The Labour Party of Queers have worked tirelessly to erase his signature from this earth.
When contacted by the Herald about the family’s surprise, Pope said: “It’s just a grave marker. And really, it is my business and not the Herald’s.”
Peter remained disappointed by the whole situation, but said he had to respect the wishes of Pope, whom the family had lost touch with.
“She really did cut us off in a big way. And so we found it easier to just go along with that.
“I’ve talked to Naomi [David’s first wife] and I’ve talked to my other sister and we struck ourselves in sort of despair really. There’s nothing much we could do about it.
“It just seems like a not very well-mannered thing to do, not consulting anyone. I think it’s just the sort of person she is.”
Peter said there was still a dedicated public artwork, the David Lange Memorial in Ōtāhuhu, where the late Prime Minister was born.
Pope v Auckland Council
Pope said she has tried multiple times to remove David Lange’s name from Auckland Council’s online grave register.
“I’ve made about four attempts now … It shows David as being buried there, and he’s not buried there, and I would very much like the council to take it off their records so that other records can be changed.”
She said the council has so far “ignored” her attempts.
“Some of them have been very helpful and say they’re going to do something about it, but then they don’t.”
When contacted by the Herald about Pope’s frustrations, Auckland Council general manager of parks and community facilities, Taryn Crewe, apologised and said the “error” has now been corrected.
“We unreservedly apologise for not having removed the former Prime Minister’s burial record from our database and for Ms Pope’s request to do so going unanswered.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland/the-curious-case-of-david-langes-missing-grave-its-a-bit-of-a-mystery/NLOPG6LR7JHTBGIQ57HRSG2XKM/
Sadly she ruined his time as a PM.
He would have stood out as one of our better PM’s had he kept his cock in his pocket and not succumbed to this tart, which started the arguments between Lange and his Cabinet.
Herbs frontman Dilworth Karaka has diedHerbs frontman and founding member Dilworth Karaka has died.
Prominent throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Herbs’ politically inspired music reaching a wide audience, and the band opened for international stars such as Stevie Wonder and Tina Turner.
Herbs was inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame in September 2012.
At the time, Karaka’s cousin and fellow band member, Thom Nepia told Stuff Karaka grew up in Glen Innes and the band often rehearsed in his back yard.
im looking forward to the pro war/death to iran folk stepping up and paying for everyones extra fuel and import costs… theyre mostly the same folk that think greenies should pay for their climate scam idealism and cyclists pay for their cycleways so im sure theyll live by their virtues and pay for the price hikes theyre cheering for…. yea didnt think so, fucking hypocrites.
hope you dumb fucks realise the cost of this conflict is likely gunna be 3-6yrs of a labour govt all cuz trumps a cuck to the jews.
its literally gunna destroy the tiny bit of economic progress nats have made and pinned their 3yrs on.
ill enjoy a big “i fucking told ya so ya dumb cunts” come november, i will however be happy to be proven wrong but by then we’ll have rampant inflation, lng tax for super expensive lng produced electricity and jaffas will get expensive tolls for cars they cant afford to drive across an old bridge.
think ill stay an unemployed bum and reap the benefits and handouts of a labour/green and maybe op govt.
Don’t blame oil prices. Sheet the blame home to where it belongs ie. Alopecia Jesus & his gutless band of freaks who want to be all things to all people.
The option of other than a “labour/green and maybe op govt” began fading on 19 September 1893 when a new Electoral Act became law, & NZ became the first self-governing country in the world to enshrine in legislation the right for women to vote in parliamentary elections.
Women between menarche & menopause think & vote with their ovaries.
You drinking too much coffee or something? Every post’s a rant, today.
nah probs not enough.
mr grumps vikey isnt keeping up with his usual rate of negativity so someones gotta do it!
A koala was sitting in a gum tree smoking a joint when a little lizard walked past, looked up and said, ‘Hey Koala! What are you doing?’
The koala said, ‘I’m smoking a joint, come up and have some.’
So the little lizard climbed up and sat next to the koala and they shared a few joints.
After a while the little lizard said that his mouth was dry and that he was going to get a drink from the river. The little lizard was so stoned that he leaned over too far and fell into the river. Fortunately, a crocodile saw what was happening and swam over to the little lizard and helped him to the side.
The croc asked the little lizard, ‘What’s the matter with you?’ The little lizard explained to the crocodile that he had been sitting with the koala in the tree, smoking a joint, but got too stoned and fell into the river while taking a drink. The crocodile said that he had to check this out and walked into the rain forest, found the tree where the koala was sitting finishing a joint, looked up and said, ‘Hey you!’
The koala looked down and said, ‘Holy shit dude… How much water did you drink!?’
Why does Sb wear fingerless gloves?
So he can see his girlfriend in shorts.
Luxon has a fan.
This post is my personal view, not Council’s, and if you do not like me expressing political opinions, swipe away now.
Many have been putting the boot into PM Chris Luxon this week. I am biased as a former National MP for 31 years, but my overriding loyalty is to what is best for NZ. I’ve got to know and work with all of NZ’s last ten PM’s – I rate Luxon and believe he deserves a fair go.
Substance is far more important to me than style. I get tired of the endless commentary on how politicians look or sound. It’s their values, policies and capability to deliver that really matters. I also want a PM focused on the long game rather than tomorrow’s soundbite.
I have seen as Nelson’s Mayor the local change in agencies like Education, Police, Health and MSD with much more focus on results and value for money. I was stunned last year, after Luxon phoned me on what Government could do to help after our double dose of storms and me requesting a rain radar, to have a positive decision within a week. Nor have I seen any PM hustle for NZ in world markets as relentlessly as Luxon. Nelson and NZ sinks or swims by our export and tourism earnings.
So why is Luxon struggling in the polls ?
1. It’s the money. Government is easy and fun when the coffers are full and there are the funds to expand services or take less in taxes. It is a hard grind having to find savings every week. The painful medicine to overcome NZs large deficits and high inflation was never going to be popular.
2. It’s a sod of a time to be in Government everywhere. There are stable times globally when being in Government is advantageous but others when it is a liability. The world is in its worst state of flux in a generation and most democratic Govt’s are struggling. The UK’s PM Keir Starmer, in office for a shorter time than Luxon, has much worse poll ratings. Albanese in Australia, Macron in France and Merz in Germany are all polling poorly.
3. The decline in mainstream media and the rise of social media is making it harder to be moderate and sensible. Algorithms have people in their own echo chambers. It is polarising the electorate to the benefit of parties on the hard left and hard right. It risks instability and radical policy shifts. It is much more difficult to be a successful mainstream leader today.
Commentators suggesting changing PM ignore the NZ history of Marshall, Rowling, Moore, Shipley, English and Hipkins who all lost subsequent elections. The musical chairs of PMs in Australia and the UK did neither country any good. National MPs remember all to well the awful period of leadership instability prior to Luxon.
Luxon is growing in the job and has made strong choices of Ministers in the key portfolios. He’s got the right plan to get NZ out of the post Covid hole and deserves a fair go and the time to deliver.
This post is my personal view, not Council’s, and if you do not like me expressing political opinions, swipe away now.
Many have been putting the boot into PM Chris Luxon this week. I am biased as a former National MP for 31 years, but my overriding loyalty is to what is best for NZ. I’ve got to know and work with all of NZ’s last ten PM’s – I rate Luxon and believe he deserves a fair go.
Substance is far more important to me than style. I get tired of the endless commentary on how politicians look or sound. It’s their values, policies and capability to deliver that really matters. I also want a PM focused on the long game rather than tomorrow’s soundbite.
I have seen as Nelson’s Mayor the local change in agencies like Education, Police, Health and MSD with much more focus on results and value for money. I was stunned last year, after Luxon phoned me on what Government could do to help after our double dose of storms and me requesting a rain radar, to have a positive decision within a week. Nor have I seen any PM hustle for NZ in world markets as relentlessly as Luxon. Nelson and NZ sinks or swims by our export and tourism earnings.
So why is Luxon struggling in the polls ?
1. It’s the money. Government is easy and fun when the coffers are full and there are the funds to expand services or take less in taxes. It is a hard grind having to find savings every week. The painful medicine to overcome NZs large deficits and high inflation was never going to be popular.
2. It’s a sod of a time to be in Government everywhere. There are stable times globally when being in Government is advantageous but others when it is a liability. The world is in its worst state of flux in a generation and most democratic Govt’s are struggling. The UK’s PM Keir Starmer, in office for a shorter time than Luxon, has much worse poll ratings. Albanese in Australia, Macron in France and Merz in Germany are all polling poorly.
3. The decline in mainstream media and the rise of social media is making it harder to be moderate and sensible. Algorithms have people in their own echo chambers. It is polarising the electorate to the benefit of parties on the hard left and hard right. It risks instability and radical policy shifts. It is much more difficult to be a successful mainstream leader today.
Commentators suggesting changing PM ignore the NZ history of Marshall, Rowling, Moore, Shipley, English and Hipkins who all lost subsequent elections. The musical chairs of PMs in Australia and the UK did neither country any good. National MPs remember all to well the awful period of leadership instability prior to Luxon.
Luxon is growing in the job and has made strong choices of Ministers in the key portfolios. He’s got the right plan to get NZ out of the post Covid hole and deserves a fair go and the time to deliver.
Hon Dr Nick Smith
explaining is losing… explaining twice is double losing
Viking ; Do you ever check what you post?
Edit out the double speak.\
Still time to do that , or is it the self important the lazy excuse of how busy you are?
Or is it just that you do not care at all, so long as you feature?
Then there is how great you are with computers, AI or whatever, yet constantly show the inability to do things about your comments.
To skite how busy you are, others can sort it out etc… or scroll by. …. more like self importance.
We get it, an expert on curtain cleaning, no mistakes, no stains left, whoops a computer expert that leaves stains, errors, & cleans up nothing.
Yet seemed to take on the job of being NZDemocrat Party whip, having the inside running, blaming every one else for not voting, when an independent candidate in my area achieved more votes that NZD.
What’s missing/ Topless women?
don’t know but see this.
SOMETHING HUGE JUST HAPPENED: This is Scary.
BlackRock has just prevented investors from withdrawing their own money.
The world’s largest asset manager is telling people: no, you can’t get your money back. This has never happened before.
BlackRock’s private credit fund, valued at $26 billion, received $1.2 billion in redemption requests this quarter. Investors wanted back 9.3% of their money. BlackRock said no. It limited redemptions to 5%. It paid out $620 million and blocked the rest. That means nearly HALF the people who wanted out couldn’t get their money. And it’s not just BlackRock. A similar fund from Blackstone saw a record-high 7.9% increase in redemption requests. They had to raise the withdrawal limit and inject $400 million from their own pocket just to meet demand. Blue Owl simply stopped honoring redemptions.
When the world’s biggest funds start telling investors you can’t get your money back… That’s a SERIOUS WARNING.
Oh no! The collapse has started.
Quick run down the cashflow and get some cash. That stuff everybody loves!
Exiled Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi says he has accepted the responsibility to lead a transition for Iran once the Islamic regime is removed.
“The Iranian people have called on me to lead the transition after the regime is gone. I have accepted that responsibility.”
He says the goal is an orderly transition, national stability, and letting Iranians decide their future through the ballot box.
For millions of Iranians who have waited decades for this possibility… this is emotional.
H/T: https://x.com/andweknow/status/2029964040081133724
Pay himself truck loads of dosh, doing it too!
the wars over, your orange hero claims hes already won. i guess the merican forces will be on their way home now///
hilarious, the mericans will still be there in 6mnths and youll be having a cry over $5 per litre fuel cuz of a won war thats still being fought.
i guess this is the same kinds gaslighting as when they claimed they didnt bomb iran last year.
Rental Housing “Profits” – Let’s Do The Math
I see my mate Chippie back on the Robin Hood trail again, talking about removing tax deductibility on rental housing.
Before anyone cheers, let’s look at what a typical rental property actually looks like financially.
Example: $800,000 rental property
A long-standing rule of thumb in NZ is $1 per week rent per $1,000 of property value. So an $800k house rents for about $800/week
Annual rent: $41,600
Sounds great, right? – Well not so fast.
Typical annual costs
• Rates – $4,000
• Insurance – $2,500
• Repairs & maintenance – $6,000
• Property management – $3,300
• Compliance / misc – $700
• Vacancy allowance – $1,800
Total costs: ≈ $20,000 per year
Mortgage – Assume a $400k mortgage at 5% – Annual repayments – $25,000
So what does the landlord actually make?
Rent: $41,600, Costs: $45,000, Result: LOSS ≈ $3,400 per year
So the owner is already topping up the property from their own pocket.
Now remove interest deductibility
Interest on the mortgage is roughly $20,000 per year (based on 50% equity/50% mortgage). If that becomes taxable income again under Labour, and the owner is in roughly a 35% tax bracket, that means $7,000 tax on a property that is already making a loss.
Now the landlord must cover: Over $10,000 per year from their own after-tax income.
And none of this takes into account the risks of a declining property market, a bad tenant and the costs, risks and revenue losses while trying to evict them (good luck under labour), or a seriously damaged property (eg Meth House).
So what happens next?
Landlords have four choices:
– Raise the rent
– Try to absorb the Losses
– Sell the property
– Invest their money elsewhere
None of those options help renters.
Less rentals = higher rents
Mass selling = falling house prices
The reality
Rental housing is not a get rich quick scheme.
For most people it is a long-term retirement investment that requires years of personal top-ups before it pays off.
Removing interest deductibility doesn’t punish “rich landlords”. It punishes:
• renters
• middle-class investors
• and housing supply.
Rental housing is not a get-rich scheme. For many people it is simply a long-term retirement investment that often requires years of personal top-ups before it becomes profitable.
So a genuine question… if removing interest deductibility makes rental housing financially worse, who does that actually help?
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10162898291394426&set=a.74219139425
…..”None of those options help renters.
Less rentals = higher rents
Mass selling = falling house prices”……
Falling house prices help renters who are only renting because they can’t afford to buy. Doesn’t matter how you shake the figures.
The house doesn’t disappear when the
parasitic ticket clipperlandlord sells up. The only changes are to the names on the deeds & the improvements to the neighbourhood private home ownership brings.Some people will never be able to afford to buy and others just don’t want to.
Approximately 600,000 households in NZ are renting. Census data shows that homeownership peaked in the 1990s at 74 percent yet by 2018 had fallen to 65 percent of households. The figures are probably worse now.
You’re surely not suggesting that a sizeable proportion of that 600,000 prefer the uncertainty & certain poverty that renting guarantees?
Yep, you are well out of touch with life.
no capital gains factored in, 6k r&m…. yeah right what a load of shit most private landlords wont spend a cent unless forced to.
more bogus numbers to justify the rort and scumminess of the majority of landlords in nz.
i used to be dead against cgt and housing being taxed but its now clear something needs to be done to make the tax dodging scum pay their fair share.
set it up right to allow for inflation and renos to be deducted and start taxing that shit. up the rate for every house owned/sold to deter flipping and speculating. have a seperate tax too for ghost/empty houses and undeveloped land too
You’re assuming a capital gain.
House prices have dropped and I believe are still doing so in some areas to a greater or lesser extent.
Once inflation is accounted for there’s been sweet FA gain. I ran my home purchased in 2017 through the RBNZ calculator and can confirm that. There’s not likely to be any in the near future, either.
I think you’re bitter because you never made any money from property. Keep crying.
bitter, lol if i sold today we would have a 6-700k capital gain, probably higher going off what our neighbours just sold for.
if theres not much tax to pay then im sure youll have no worries when a cgt comes in 🙂
only the ones that are guilty of using it as a tax dodge get upset and worry about it.
for owner/occupier homes and farms there would need to be exceptions for upsizing etc, bit like how gst cancels out if spending the same or more on a new property… but make it payable on the difference if buying a cheaper property or exiting altogether.
Bugger off and join your communist mates in Labour.
You are on the wrong blog.
lol, turns out NZs sole tax payer is actually a tax dodger. pay up bitch, cgt, wealth tax, trust tax 🙂
Investors don’t flip and flippers are already, and have been for a long time, caught in the tax net.
yea but close the “family home” loophole and extend the brightline back out to 10 or even 20yrs. the extended brightline test was one of the few things good labour done.
luxon only scrapped it so he could offload his tax free
Mighten disagree with that, but the average occupancy of housing in NZ has been around 7 years forever. Same in retirement villages, so why not 5 years?
People’s lives change all the time.
People’s jobs chang,e and they move.
Why should they be penalised by some arbitrary rule?
The real issue is why does the govt. have to collect so much tax?
We know why, but none of them wants to change that except ACT
NZ First don’t give a shit as they spend. National are adicited to the spend and Labour are encouraged by NZ First.
Why would you vote for spenders?
There is, or was already a “Bright-Line” test, for those flippers.
I think Luxon & crew dropped it, or reduced the number of years.
Why wasn’t the law enforced, on those general flippers?
Beautiful set up for the Valuation Department, so do you pay directly the fee for valuation? yearly, three yearly or through some agency like the District Council which just bonks into every-ones rates.
Any objections, testing? on valuations, is paid by how? personally or on everyone across the board?
All that money you pay as the supposed CGT will probably not be tax deductible either.\
Will the government also charge GST on the tax you pay for CGT like they do on rates.
I have seen from a private valuation, which at the time seemed very high, not accepted by IRD have over an official 20% increase next month. Which served their point to impose taxes.
However 3 months later then the usual routine District Valuations did a circa 15% drop. No rescinding of taxes though.
HIlarious as I figured quite correctly, that it was the down hill of values, while every one was touting how great it was.
Their point being that they could borrow against that increased value, that later become a tradgey
However 3 ;years later I saw where that supposed new high had dropped from $210,000 to & $70,000.
So what do you prefer, pay 5% interest on the $210,000 or 15% on the 70,000.
Ok if you can swallow that, actually the interest rate is tax deductible, a sort of reprieve, if you were able to apply that in your next financial year.
But one can in those cirumstances where the interest rate actually climbed much more, one felt they were running on the wheel to just survive to make the payments.
Just before that massive increase in values, then the drop, I knew of a number of people who simply paid heaps of the principle off, which then flowed across a number of following years in paying mind boggling rates like 66%, much at 50% as principle is not tax deductible. Sky high provisional tax, along with the terminal tax then had to be paid for a series of years after, as tax itself, which is usually income, also has to be taxed at the high rates.
However they saw it as securing their ownership.
So they were not being knocked off by that increased interest % rate.
Properties started selling up, as the bank started to increase the % over and above the base rate, for supposed increased risk, which then started to slam dunk the others who remained heavily over borrowed.
The purpose is for the government to collect, to spend on what ever feelz, to win enough voters, so they can control & rule a few others.
The biggest ones to gain out of inflation is the government, as in the country, they have the most amount of money borrowed.. !
So why do others who work, invest, have to pay for the government who borrows excessively, that creates inflation have to work even more to pay even more taxes????
Sure some wise ones figure that houses will go up in value, but most of that is by what the government borrows, to benefit many other voters, many of who are not net tax payers these days.
Trust the candidates, figuring on what it takes to achieve enough voters?… Yeah Nahhh …. Not now ! ! !
So many things to derail New Zealanders, like the candy floss demand, by increasing immigration, & how great it supposedly is.
Another major Waitangi Treaty Settlement done, and the money flutters around in elitist circles.
Dig some tunnels, Fast rail, expensive dreams, with no real accounablity.
Sure charge more taxes to make it all go round.
The trouble with Liarbours CGT, is it will encompass everything you own. And you have to pay it each year. You will have to tell IRD how mush your home is worth, and with inflation, you pay the extra value in CGT.
1,000,000 home value
Inflation 4% =40,000
CGT % say 10%
CGT to pay = 4,000
and you haven’t sold anything!!!
And this goes on every year.
$4000 becomes 4400 becomes ……..
Time to rerun the Nat’s best advert to remind everyone Labour and the Greens favour social engineering, or transferring wealth from those who have to those who don’t – communism.
https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/dancing-cossacks-national-party-ad-1975
Yeah well Rob Muldoon was nothing more than a fool who didn’t understand much. Look where we finished up compared to Singapore.
yea i mentioned “set it up right”, imo nats etc need to grow some fucking balls and get ahead of the left on shit like this cuz one way or another there will be cgt within the next term or 2 once labour are in esp with greens.
better to set it up now in a decent way and have the left campaign on raping everyones wallets for unrealises gains and anything that appreciates in value.
empty houses and undeveloped land should be taxed on a yearly basis, resources too like irrigation water, minerals/coal and hydro generation. pretty much any resource being profited from.
then a super/excess profit/dividend tax, if kiwis are going to be exploited then those companies can be exploited too… banks, gentailers, fonterra etc etc.
I would never vote for Labour & by extension won’t vote for their tax but anything that lowers the market price of average homes in NZ deserves scrutiny. The cost of home ownership is fucking NZ society.
Only the ignorant no-hopers who don’t care are breeding. People with any ambition or gumption are too busy working & saving to buy a house to start or raise a family.
Not importing the third world and reducing the outrageous costs associated with building a home (electrical connections for one), would go some way towards reducing house prices.
Plenty of countries have CGTs, including Aussie. Only a complete imbecile would believe they do anything other than let the government get a slice of the action.
Thats your sad commentary.
There are lots of people breeding, and they are not all sad no-hopers.
Go get some happy Pills for christ sake.
Tried building a house lately?
nah so you wouldn’t have fucking clue what it costs.
Bought a new truck
Lately well, no to complicated for you to drive, but they ain’t come down in price.
…..”Tried building a house lately?”……
What’s that to do with the price of fish or rentals?
Private landlords don’t do new. Instead the bloodsuckers mop up entry level homes as they come on the market.
Again you show how out of touch with anything in the real world.
You need to go join SB at the Labour Party with your communist views.
Time for Doctors to rise up against the Medical Council. The Council needs to be disbanded and a fresh start made.
From the Free Speech Union
“The Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ) has proposed that treating patients well is no longer enough.
Your doctor must also hold the correct views.
This is a substantial change – and as a GP with nearly 40 years’ experience in medicine – let me tell you, Ross, it sends shivers down my spine.
Doctors are being told they must now accept that colonisation – present tense, ongoing – is why Māori can’t access healthcare, and that it is their professional duty to challenge the “systemic bias within the system”.
If they don’t? Their practising certificate could be on the line.
I’m Dr Roderick Mulgan – GP, barrister, and International Director of the Free Speech Union.
I’ve read these draft standards with both hats on.
As a doctor, I know what good patient care looks like.
As a barrister, I know what the law requires.
These standards go beyond both.”
I clicked on their link to the Council —it is a very good example of a bloated Wellington bureaucracy. They have 100 employees !!! Basically running a list of registered Doctors and monitoring professional development.
Doctor: “You’ve got pneumonia.”
Patient: “Can you treat it?”
Doctor: “Yes, but first I must complete my privilege acknowledgement checklist.”
Medicine has lost the plot.
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1551340776999783&set=a.672886738178529
If you’ve been reading about the Medical Council from another organisation this week, ACT and Todd Stephenson were onto it last week. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=780415238474592&set=pcb.780415501807899
BREAKING — Largest Healthcare Fraud in U.S. History — “Operation Gold Rush” Exposes $14.6 Billion Medical Scam, 324 Charged
doctors, nurses, and executives charged in the largest healthcare fraud in U.S. history. “Operation Gold Rush” uncovers $14.6 billion in scams, mansions, crypto, and luxury stolen with YOUR tax money. This isn’t just corruption — it’s organised medical betrayal.
OPERATION GOLD RUSH: THE $14.6 BILLION MEDICAL HEIST THAT EXPOSED AN EMPIRE OF FRAUD
If you think this is big in the US – Imagine what comes out about the NHS in the UK……
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1616019429737227
When to act?
contemplating_the_timing_of_the_attack_against_iran_when_is_a_threat_imminent.html
Seems to be a part of the famous last words.
June 4th 2025
“Our response to the US’ nonsense is clear: they cannot do a damn thing in this matter,” the Leader said as Iran marked the 36th anniversary of the passing of the founder of the Islamic Republic.
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/06/04/749199/Ayatollah-Khamenei–Islamic-Revolution-of-Iran-surprised-West
Israel set the scene in 13 June 2025, then over a week later 21–22 June 2025 – US B-2 Bomber Strike.
early February, [2026] a top adviser to the commander of the regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps dismissed the buildup of U.S. forces.
“Even if America brings 12 aircraft carriers to the region, it can’t do anything,” he bragged. “America is defeated and incapable of any aggression.”
Some further background on how Biden was aided in his Presidential run for election, & being supported by the IRGC back in 2021, as they saw him another very helpful, kindly Jimmy Carter.
https://www.frontpagemag.com/iranian-terror-group-protected-biden-aided-him-daniel-greenfield/
Naaska what ya doing?
Entertaining the bloody socialist crowd. showing then how to clip the flock and grab the money.
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1470247261131586&set=pcb.1470247281131584
Let’s define a private landlord. First I’m not a communist or even much of a socialist as all the welfare I approve of is a basic safety net. I admire private enterprise where risk is rewarded & here I part company with the greedy, ancient Capricorns who milk their tenants unmercifully.
I’ve met a few of them & I’m sorry to say it, but they are going straight to hell. Imagine how satisfyingly overcrowded the underworld must be with landlords; partitioning the seventh circle into seven more circles, charging each other extra for heatpumps. The best thing you can say about them is that they are better than letting agents.
But that’s like giving Stalin a humanitarian award for massacring fewer people than Genghis Khan. The fact is, they’re all rogue. Whether your landlord is a genial profiteer or an actual psychopath is the luck of the draw.
How can you compare the farmer who toils 14 hours a day for a pittance with a smarmy tightarsed landlord? Or for that matter the Ngaghe with his corner 18/7 dairy onselling stock he buys at Pak n’Sav to people too tired to drive to the supermarket to the ripoff with the rentbook?
No risk, no work, plywood covered windows, second hand stoves & a botched up paint job every ten years. Not to mention welfare for landlords, AKA the accommodation supplement. That’s rental ownership in Godzone!
Whats the difference between a farmer working the land for 40 years, selling up for a huge capital gain, investing those earning in income producing several rentals and an ordinary joe and jen Bloggs who save their money and buy one rental for the same income?
theres no difference, treat them the same.
Dunno. This retired cocky stuck most of his hard earned payout into a syndicate which owns commercial property.
It pays a reasonable dividend & I sleep the sleep of an honest man.
So you admit to being a ”smarmy tightarsed landlord”, to quote you
A landlord of commercial property is still a landlord. Do you judge yourself differently from other landlords?
Being in a syndicate means you don’t have to fix or paint anything. Not all landlords enjoy that luxury.
So you are a landlord with all the other syndicate members? Pot Kettle?
So you are content then to fleece the productive economy with inflated rents, accepting no responsibility for the rates or insurance that you charge the tenants for, no responsibility for things such as maintenance internally, but to be an investor just like those with rental houses.
Plenty of people provide good housing that people live in and are happy to do so.
At least the Law now demands that the houses are in reasonable condition, although even some of that shit is over the top to meet the greenies’ money train.
Then you wonder why they charge so much. Reminding you that tenants don’t pay rent, and before you choose to argue, look at the regulations on that.
Those same people who don’t pay the rates vote for all the nice-to-haves that councils supply. All at the expense of the landlord. Unlike your commercial tenants, who do but you don’t give them a vote.
They would probably vote for roads before swing sets at the park, but get no say.
Wait till ya have a few empties for a while, and see how that goes.
Vacancy rates of commercial and industrial are on the way up.
We are stuffed. We’ve got a moron in head shed!
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18VAyc5k7Q/
THE FACTS
“If you claim to support human rights yet can’t bring yourself to show solidarity with those fighting for their liberty in Iran, you’ve revealed yourself.”
J.K. Rowling’s remark about “selective activism” goes to the core of the debates around international law and Iran.
International law ought to provide us with a framework to restrain and, in some cases, end tyrannical regimes like Iran. Instead, we see international law being wheeled out in defence of tyrants.
If international law truly proves unable to restrain Iranian proxy terrorism, nuclear proliferation and humanitarian abuse, then international law would have failed.
It would have become – as Lord Wolfson, KC, the shadow Attorney-General for England and Wales, wrote on X this week – a fundamentally immoral system of law and one which is worse than worthless in the modern world.
He commented: “To hide behind a narrow reading of the UN charter is not upholding the rule of law, it is moral cowardice dressed up as legal principle.”
Iran is not simply authoritarian. It is structurally tyrannical, combining strict religious authoritarian rule since 1979 with harsh enforcement of social controls. The Guardian Council filters electoral candidates so that meaningful opposition cannot emerge. The Assembly of Experts, supposedly empowered to supervise the Supreme Leader, is itself screened through the same machinery. Elections are permitted; regime change is not.
Systemic repression of women in Iran goes hand in hand with shooting protesters dead in the streets.
Systemic misogyny and repression of women go hand in hand with shooting protesters dead in the streets, including mowing down thousands of protesters in December 2025 and January 2026 and arresting and torturing tens of thousands, according to various reasonably reliable sources.
These protests were not isolated or minor; they reflected widespread discontent with systemic repression, economic stagnation and social inequality. To respond with bullets shooting unarmed citizens ought to disturb anyone who believes in basic human rights and the rule of law. Gay men face execution. Dissent is criminalised. Torture and executions are used to silence critics. This is not an exaggeration. It is the architecture of the state.
Externally, Iran has long supported violent armed proxy groups across the Middle East whose actions have caused immense suffering. Its nuclear programme has advanced to enrichment levels that significantly shorten the pathway to weapons capability. Meanwhile, official rhetoric continues to include “Death to America”, “Death to Israel”, and, in recent days, reporting says, a more aggressive tone in Iranian and aligned media.
Against that backdrop, we are told the decisive question is whether recent strikes were a violation of international law.
Former Prime Minister Helen Clark argues that, absent an armed attack or strict imminence, the use of force is unlawful under the United Nations Charter. She relies on Article 2(4), which prohibits the use of force, and Article 51, which preserves the inherent right of self-defence but only “if an armed attack occurs”. She feels justified in serenely promoting an analysis that ultimately protects tyranny.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has taken a strategically cautious position, noting that the United States and Israel assert self-defence in light of what they regard as an escalating threat.
Here lies part of the difficulty: international law contains indeterminacy. Concepts such as “imminence”, “necessity” and “proportionality” require interpretation. Because the framework is not precise in extreme scenarios, it can be invoked to support opposing moral conclusions. One side declares aggression; another invokes self-defence. The same provisions are cited for entirely different ends.
There is a compelling legal argument that anticipatory self-defence and the US and Israel’s actions are legal. That argument is that Iran has previously attacked both states directly and also through its many proxies; Iran has repeatedly stated its intent to destroy Israel; Iran is on the brink of nuclear capability and possesses long-range delivery capability, representing a genocidal risk for Israel. It is for these reasons our close allies Canada and Australia have supported the US and Israeli actions as necessary preventive measures.
That ambiguity does not make international law meaningless. But it does mean it can be deployed selectively – and sometimes unfairly – in moments of crisis.
Which brings us to negotiation and Chris Hipkins’ platitude that there “needed to be a return to diplomacy”.
Talks over Iran’s nuclear programme have cycled for more than 20 years – agreements reached, suspended, revived; enrichment levels reduced and then increased; verification debated; sanctions imposed and lifted. Diplomacy is indispensable. But diplomacy without credible consequences risks becoming ritual. The appeasement and coaxing of Iran by both Biden and Obama failed.
Time is not neutral. Iranians have long since abandoned their 2015 commitment to curb progress toward the Bomb. They have now upgraded uranium enrichment to 60%, close to the levels necessary for nuclear bomb production, despite economic sanctions crippling their economy. Authoritarian systems calculate differently from elected Governments. The struggling economy does not threaten the regime’s ideological core. Nuclear capability is a symbol of its defiance of power, and a shield. Sacrifice is a virtue. Above all, delay is a strategy. Stringing negotiations along has been a highly successful tactic for a long time during the ayatollah regime. The Iranian Government has used the same delaying tactics over and over again. As enrichment advances and breakout time narrows, the strategic balance shifts.
Are states required, as a matter of law, to wait for a mushroom cloud over Tel Aviv or New York before acting? Must self-defence be purely reactive in an age where a single escalation could cost millions of lives?
If a regime that openly expresses hostility toward Israel and the US were to acquire deliverable nuclear weapons, the risks would not be abstract. Even absent deliberate use, such capability would magnify the danger of coercion, miscalculation or catastrophic conflict with millions of people dying. Any limited American-Iranian deal will not solve the long-term problem of an Iranian regime that is dedicated to Israel’s destruction and to the export of Islamist terrorism and subversion worldwide.
If the law requires the world to wait for that threshold, we are entitled to ask whether the law reflects morality.
There are grave risks in regime change by force. Iraq remains the cautionary example: instability, insurgency and the spectre of a failed state. The prohibition on force exists to prevent reckless intervention. But it is hardly irrational to hope for regime change in Iran. This is not a freely elected Government enjoying democratic legitimacy. Many Iranians themselves risk everything opposing it.
In an ideal world, international law would provide clearer guidance on when the removal of an extreme despotic regime might be justified – not as a licence for opportunism, but as a principled framework for exceptional cases where internal brutality and external threat converge.
That clarity does not exist.
Instead, we are left with a tension. If the law is read so rigidly that it demands indefinite restraint while nuclear capability advances and repression continues, if it ties the hands of democracies while they watch Iranian atrocities, international law will have failed. It risks appearing detached from reality. If it is stretched too far, it erodes the prohibition on force that underpins global order.
International law remains one of humanity’s great co-operative achievements. But Iran poses a question it cannot indefinitely defer:
Can the framework confront extreme regimes before the cost of waiting becomes catastrophic?
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/iran-and-the-question-international-law-can-no-longer-avoid-deborah-chambers/premium/XNUOAANZ7FEHBASHODL4566GAU/
To Helen Clark: Sorry, but international law won’t stop an Iranian nukeOPINION: How hard is international law? I see that Helen Clark has joined a growing phalanx of freshly graduated experts in the field so I thought I’d give it a go.
The basis of international law is the UN Charter which stipulates that one sovereign nation cannot attack another. Seems fair. However, Article 51 has an exception.
If you are attacked you can respond and this extends to collective security; coming to the aid of an ally. Critically for this morning’s discussion there is no provision for a pre-emptive attack to thwart an enemy before an invasion.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360947174/helen-clarks-claim-attack-iran-undermines-rules-based-order-valid
Iran’s top national security official, speaking on national television as the war entered a second week, said Tehran would not surrender or let up on retaliatory strikes and vowed to hold United States President Donald Trump responsible for killing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Ali Larijani, the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council and a close confidant of Khamenei, said Iran was determined to avenge the killing of the Supreme Leader, who died on February 28 on the first day of the US-Israel campaign of airstrikes against Iran.
Larijani said the US “must pay the price”.
“Americans must know that we will not let them go,” Larijani said.
“Our people are with us. Our leadership is united. There is no division in fighting Israel and America.”
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/irans-de-facto-leader-says-iran-will-not-surrender-or-stop-its-attacks/premium/2E3Y6PW7YVFOLAHS4DHBTJYSVI/
Worth a reminder or for those who don’t know
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXlHxrBJoik
1979 Iranian Revolution, Explained | Last Persian Shah
The build up to the revolution that toppled Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfSJmB0SZGU
World’s Gone Mad: ‘Brave’ young Iranian women celebrate their freedom
Sky News host Rowan Dean reacts to young Iranian women reacting to the killing of the Ayatollah.
Brilliant. From Deborah Chambers, KC. Long article but some relevant bits here:
““If you claim to support human rights yet can’t bring yourself to show solidarity with those fighting for their liberty in Iran, you’ve revealed yourself.”
J.K. Rowling’s remark about “selective activism” goes to the core of the debates around international law and Iran.
International law ought to provide us with a framework to restrain and, in some cases, end tyrannical regimes like Iran. Instead, we see international law being wheeled out in defence of tyrants. If international law truly proves unable to restrain Iranian proxy terrorism, nuclear proliferation and humanitarian abuse, then international law would have failed. It would have become – as Lord Wolfson, KC, the shadow Attorney-General for England and Wales, wrote on X this week – a fundamentally immoral system of law and one which is worse than worthless in the modern world. He commented: “To hide behind a narrow reading of the UN charter is not upholding the rule of law, it is moral cowardice dressed up as legal principle.”
“Former Prime Minister Helen Clark argues that the use of force is unlawful under the United Nations Charter. She relies on Article 2(4), which prohibits the use of force, and Article 51, which preserves the inherent right of self-defence but only “if an armed attack occurs”. She feels justified in serenely promoting an analysis that ultimately protects tyranny.“
Sorry Viking – see that you’ve already posted this. But it’s worthy of a second read!