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Labour MP for the Hutt South Ginny Andersen and National deputy leader Nicola Willis join Nick Mills for Politics Monday. Together the discuss Winston Peters wanting to make a political comeback, attrition rates within the military, the Government's emissions pricing plan, the latest Curia Market Research poll and food prices. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Labour MP for the Hutt South Ginny Andersen and National MP Chris Bishop joins Nick Mills for Politics Monday. This week they discuss local body elections, child poverty, Peter Ellis' convictions being overturned, US President Joe Biden pardoning thousands of Americans convicted for cannabis possession and the cost of living payments. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Each week Labour MP for the Hutt South Ginny Andersen and National's deputy leader Nicola Willis join Nick Mills for Politics Monday. During the segment they debate the KiwiSaver U-turn, Christopher Luxon ruling Brian Tamaki out, the cost of living payment and Gloriavale. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tweaks are being made to the cost of living payments. It comes after the Auditor-General wrote a scathing letter to Inland Revenue. The letter has essentially told IRD to get their act together, saying the process has been rushed, which resulted in compromised certainty and accuracy. With the next payments due on Thursday, questions have been asked as to whether enough has been done to solve the issues. National's spokesperson for finance Nicola Willis joined Kate Hawkesby. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Remember a few weeks back when the Government thought it would be a great idea to throw some cash the way of Kiwis finding it tough? A small payment to address a cost of living crisis... that ended up being paid to many ineligible people all over the world (or no longer of this world!). Maybe they should just throw it out to everyone? Or should they?! Time for Rachel an d Duncan to go head to head! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The government's second Cost of Living Payment is due to land in bank accounts tomorrow. The payment caused a fiery debate in the House yesterday amid concerns the first instalment went to many wrong people. Here's political reporter Giles Dexter.
FIRST WITH YESTERDAY'S NEWS (highlights from Tuesday on Newstalk ZB) Supermarket Randomness On the Rise/The Payment Seems Surreal/Gone Bush Again/Never Going Back to the MoviesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand is shutting out the public from its monthly board meetings. Chair Rob Campbell has defended the decision, saying the former DHBs were required by legislation to have open meetings but also had private ones. Jan Tinetti has hinted at changes to how kids are taught how to read. Appearing on TVNZ's Q+A, she made clear her support of reverting back to phonics (sounding out the letters to make the word) like New South Wales has. Trevor Mallard has said that he would accept a knighthood if offered one. Despite his republican leanings, Mallard made the comments in an interview when discussing his Dublin appointment. The Government has made changes to the cost of living payments ahead of the second one coming this week. Revenue Minister David Parker made changes to the scheme after Auditor-General John Ryan slammed the first round in a letter to Inland Revenue Commissioner Peter Mersi. Hayden Munro and David Farrar joined Heather du Plessis-Allan on The HuddleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Revenue Minister David Parker told Rachel Smalley they received advice from both parties to not go ahead with the cost of living paymentSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Auditor General has told Inland Revenue to better focus its future cost of living payments to ensure they go only where they're supposed to. It was a key budget announcement but the first round of payments to those earning less than $70,000 fell into the hands of offshore New Zealanders, former migrants and in some cases, people who'd died. Now the government is adding extra checks to the next round of payments, due to go out on Tuesday. Our political reporter Giles Dexter joins us now.
The Revenue Minister is accepting criticism of the cost of living payment. The Auditor-General says it should have been rolled out more carefully. New screening measures are being launched ahead of the second $116 payment on Thursday. Minister David Parker says 31,000 people won't get the second payment until they confirm they're in New Zealand. He told Mike Hosking the Auditor-General's criticism of some screening measures not being in place for the first payment is fair. “In defence of Inland Revenue they would say they were busy setting up the system writing the software to get the payment out to 1.4 million people and, they didn't think the extra tests were necessary at that point.” LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
New screening measures have been launched ahead of the second cost of living payment. The next $116 payment is due out on Thursday. The Auditor-General says the payment should have been rolled out more carefully to stop ineligible people living overseas getting it again. 31,000 people won't get the second payment until they confirm they're in New Zealand. Finance Minister Grant Robertson told Heather du Plessis-Allan since the first payments there have been conversations with Inland Revenue around what can be done to make sure criteria is properly implemented. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
New screening measures have been launched ahead of the second cost of living payment. The next $116 payment is due out on Thursday. The Auditor-General says the payment should have been rolled out more carefully to stop ineligible people living overseas getting it again. 31,000 people won't get the second payment until they confirm they're in New Zealand. Finance Minister Grant Robertson told Heather du Plessis-Allan since the first payments there have been conversations with Inland Revenue around what can be done to make sure criteria is properly implemented. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Inland Revenue is racing to ensure New Zealanders living overseas don't get the next cost of living payment due on Thursday. Thousands of people got the first installment when they shouldn't have but the government doesn't know exactly how many. The Auditor General says that's unacceptable - a criticism described by the National Party as a "slap-down" of the government. National Party finance spokesperson Nicola Willis spoke to Corin Dann.
The Revenue Minister is accepting criticism of the cost of living payment. The Auditor-General says it should have been rolled out more carefully. New screening measures are being launched ahead of the second $116 payment on Thursday. Minister David Parker says 31,000 people won't get the second payment until they confirm they're in New Zealand. He told Mike Hosking the Auditor-General's criticism of some screening measures not being in place for the first payment is fair. “In defence of Inland Revenue they would say they were busy setting up the system writing the software to get the payment out to 1.4 million people and, they didn't think the extra tests were necessary at that point.” LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The cost of living cash controversy; calls for action over malicious misinformation - and the government review already underway.
The cost of living cash controversy; calls for action over malicious misinformation - and the government review already underway.
The government came under fire over some misdirected cost of living payments this week, but the more enduring story might be who didn't get paid, rather than who did.
The cost of living cash controversy; calls for action over malicious misinformation - and the government review already underway.
The government came under fire over some misdirected cost of living payments this week, but the more enduring story might be who didn't get paid, rather than who did.
It's time for Pae Korero - our panel here on Tova! On Thursdays we enjoy the company of Auckland History professor Caroline Daley, and The Spinoff's Editor-at-large Toby Manhire. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Newstalk ZB deputy political editor Jason Walls joins Nick Mills to discuss the cost of living payment debacle, the Government's plan to boost health worker numbers and National having to can a key policy. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Professor Michael Baker joins us to talk about the numbers of reported COVID cases per day versus the reality, the vaccine roll out, the current high rate of deaths from COVID and where to from here Professor Robert Patman chats about the relationship NZ has with China and Taiwan, why a loss for Russian in Ukraine would be a black eye for China and why Nancy Pelosi has gone to Taiwan We have a look at Christopher Luxon's comments around the Cost of Living payment and his apparent backing off of a promise made if he was Prime Minister to have Health spending keep up with inflation
The Government's cost of living payment was supposed to go to 2.1million people but it's landed in about 800,000 fewer bank accounts That said, as we revealed here on Today FM, it's also been given to a whole lot people who shouldn't have received it including migrants living overseas who haven't been here for years The Revenue Minister is guesstimating how many people received the payment who shouldn't have, and justifying a $7.4 million dollar accounting write off We ask a few high charities in need of such funds how they feel about the situation. Let's hear from Adele Gautier from The Breast Cancer Foundation, Mike King from I Am Hope, and Lou James of Pinc and Steel.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Newstalk ZB Political Editor joined Heather du Plessis-Allan. On the agenda was the cost of living payment, today's unemployment figure and Nanaia Mahuta copping criticism over claims councils will continue to own infrastructure in the Three Waters reform. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Ggovernment's cost of living sop, cock up, circus, or whatever you want to call it, now has the potential to turn into a real political crisis. Issue one; they knew those offshore would get the money. So, money was going to people that weren't in the country, which was one of the Government's key criteria. Issue two; their excuse was it was too hard to do it any other way. Issue three; it added to inflation. The very problem they were trying to address by handing out the money. Issue four; it was money they never had in the first place. Issue five; they had no idea how many people would get it, that really didn't want it, need it, or deserve it. Issue six; the Salvation Army weigh in saying the people they work with, the people who need it the most, aren't getting it because many of them are on welfare. Welfare meant you weren't eligible, unlike the Kiwi in Switzerland who hadn't been here for two decades. Now we have issue seven; 2.1 million were supposed to get it, but 800,000 of those haven't. The first round of payments has gone to 1.3 million people, so why haven't the others got it? We don't seem to know. This is the Labour Government to a T. Spend money you don't have, make it scattergun because it's too hard or they're too lazy to do it properly, ignore the advice about the wastage and inflationary issues, when it comes to delivery, balls it up from the get go, get a long queue of disaffected, and then spend the rest of the week defending yourself. Here is the next thing, this was only payment one of three. They have potentially bought themselves a nightmare for the next three months. What they would have been hoping for was adulation, thanks, gratitude, and some sort of poll bounce. Instead, they have frustration, anger, and disbelief. For a government that entered into this with a shocking reputation around delivery, and I mean delivery of multi-faceted projects like light rail, roads, and public housing, it now appears they can't even spend money properly.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
MPs Megan Woods and Mark Mitchell joined Mike Hosking to wrap the week's political news. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Ggovernment's cost of living sop, cock up, circus, or whatever you want to call it, now has the potential to turn into a real political crisis.Issue one; they knew those offshore would get the money. So, money was going to people that weren't in the country, which was one of the Government's key criteria.Issue two; their excuse was it was too hard to do it any other way.Issue three; it added to inflation. The very problem they were trying to address by handing out the money.Issue four; it was money they never had in the first place.Issue five; they had no idea how many people would get it, that really didn't want it, need it, or deserve it.Issue six; the Salvation Army weigh in saying the people they work with, the people who need it the most, aren't getting it because many of them are on welfare. Welfare meant you weren't eligible, unlike the Kiwi in Switzerland who hadn't been here for two decades.Now we have issue seven; 2.1 million were supposed to get it, but 800,000 of those haven't. The first round of payments has gone to 1.3 million people, so why haven't the others got it? We don't seem to know.This is the Labour Government to a T.Spend money you don't have, make it scattergun because it's too hard or they're too lazy to do it properly, ignore the advice about the wastage and inflationary issues, when it comes to delivery, balls it up from the get go, get a long queue of disaffected, and then spend the rest of the week defending yourself.Here is the next thing, this was only payment one of three. They have potentially bought themselves a nightmare for the next three months.What they would have been hoping for was adulation, thanks, gratitude, and some sort of poll bounce. Instead, they have frustration, anger, and disbelief.For a government that entered into this with a shocking reputation around delivery, and I mean delivery of multi-faceted projects like light rail, roads, and public housing, it now appears they can't even spend money properly.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Over the next three months, more than two million New Zealanders are set to receive a $350 payment from the Government. That money is intended to help alleviate the cost of living crisis, and comes with no strings attached. Most people don't have to do anything to get it. It could have been a surefire political win, but now Labour has had to explain why New Zealanders and migrants who have left the country are somehow receiving this payment as well. So how did this happen, and was a free handout even the right way to tackle the cost of living crisis in the first place? Today, NZ Herald Wellington Business Editor Jenee Tibshraeny joins Damien to explain how giving away cash backfired on the Government. Follow The Front Page on iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts. You can read more about this and other stories in the New Zealand Herald, online at nzherald.co.nz, or tune in to news bulletins across the NZME network. Host: Damien VenutoEditor / Producer: Shaun D Wilson and Paddy FoxExecutive Producer: Ethan SillsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
It's time for Pae Korero, and today we talk to our spicy statespeople! Former National Minister and Attorney General Chris Finlayson, and former Green MP Sue Bradford.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Money changes everything, and that's why National's calling for the Auditor General to investigate the hastily prepared and seemingly magnificently botched Cost of Living Payment. It was estimated 2.1million Kiwis would get the free cash - so far it's gone to 800,000 fewer people than planned but it is - as we revealed here on Today FM - going to migrants offshore who shouldn't be getting it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
New Zealand Herald Wellington business editor Jenée Tibshraeny discusses the issues plaguing the cost of living payment, Infratil's share price reaching a record high and housing debt moving slower than last year. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Defence for the cost of living payment after some overseas residents and former migrants receive the first deposit.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says some living overseas will get the boost, but it's not worth trying to recover the payment.People can opt out, and Inland Revenue confirms nearly 1000 have so far.Acting Finance Minister David Parker told Heather du Plessis-Allan says there's no exact figure on how many people overseas will receive the payment, but it's a small percentage.“And we've known that from the start - our only alternative being an application-based process that would have required 2.1 million people to apply, which would've cost more than saved until they had the payment.”LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Just at the moment when New Zealand should be getting back to business, the wheels keep falling off for this Government. On Sunday, we finally opened up completely to the rest of the world. After two and a half years the so-called hermit kingdom was over. There's even a cruise ship scheduled to arrive in a few weeks We should be emerging triumphant, but we're not. Today we're bickering over a government handout that's supposed to help with the cost of living crisis but is proving to be a thorn in the side of the Labour Government. And it is probably just going to make inflation worse. Nicola Willis and the National Party are claiming that overseas residents are going to be getting the three instalments of $116.67, even though they don't live here. Ms Willis claims a man living in Dubai who has not been a NZ resident for 22 years is going to be getting the payments and he's feeling embarrassed. This is an outrage, if it's true. But you should never totally believe a politician. So 2.1 million people are in the process of getting a payment or an email from the IRD, who have been charged with running the scheme. The letter says all sorts of things. Only people who have filed their IR3 returns or taxed at source will get the money. So you need to have earned taxable income from NZ to be eligible and to have paid it. You have to be a tax resident. You also have to have a current functioning New Zealand bank account. And all the way through it says YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE. Which is not to say you will get the money. There are many reasons why many people will get the money around the world. It is because they are taxpayers and therefore their taxes are being used to be given back to them. But I'm picking that Mr Dubai will not get a cent. However, Handout Shame was the headline in the paper. So this is a badly designed bureaucratic mess that rewarded tax residents, not just physical residents. Add to that the people who most need it are denied it. The poorest beneficiaries and the OAPs who are paid the winter energy payment But that is not its worst crime. Before we even come to who gets it or not, this pork barrel exercise will barely help ease the cost of living while at the same time add fuel to the inflation fire. Because, despite what the Prime Minister said on Q and A yesterday, it will be inflationary. Just for the record. All excessive spending is inflationary. Government spending, corporate spending, excessive profits and even private spending It all spills cash into an economy, increasing demand at a time when supply is limited. So the lesson from today is carry on with business but remember all politicians never tell the whole truth.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Cost of Living payment arrives with payments over the next few months helping 2 million New Zealanders. National is criticising some recipients as they are not NZ based and Labour is saying due to the simplicity of what they've set up some have received cash that weren't eligible Health sector reforms announced today that make it easier and more rewarding for health professionals to move to NZ The Green Party leadership is still in flux as no one has yet raised their hand to challenge James Shaw, who may end up returning to the role unchallenged.
Pattrick discusses the sale of KiwiWealth to Craigs Investment Partners, the deepening problems with three waters policy and why he thinks the $350 dollar cost of living payment is political poison of the worst sort.
An Australian citizen says she and her partner have been given New Zealand's cost of living payment, despite having returned home after less than a year here. PM Jacinda Ardern has confirmed some people overseas will get the boost, but the cost of trying to recover payments would outstrip the benefits. Kelly McGuire told Heather du Plessis-Allan her payment was a surprise. She says her partner earned more than $70,000 during their time in New Zealand. “We didn't even know about the cost of living payment policy until we received the emails on the weekend to say that we were going to get the money.” LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Just over $116 landed in the bank accounts of 2 million New Zealanders yesterday, the first of three cost-of-living payments from the government for those earning under $70,000. But what are they spending it on? Does it do enough to close the gap with the rising cost of living? Salvation Army senior policy analyst Paul Barber spoke to Corin Dann.
Economic inequality writer Max Rashbrooke joins the Weekend Collective to discuss the cost of living payment, whether it targets the right groups and more. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Crikey, even when the Government does something right, they seem to get it wrong. Times are tough and a $350.00 cost of living payment will be a Godsend right now for people with little to come and go on. The payment was a surprise addition to the main budget. Eligible Kiwis will have just over $116.00 land in their bank accounts shortly, then another $116.00 in September with a final payment in October, all up amounting to $350.00. To be eligible, you must earn no more than $70,000, not receive the winter energy payment, be 18 years or older, a New Zealand tax resident and not be in prison. Seems reasonable. However, a number of Kiwis who are resident overseas, including one who hasn't lived here for more than 20 years, have reported receiving emails from IRD informing them to gird their loins and brace themselves, because the windfall's about to land into their bank accounts. That doesn't seem right. Apparently, it's because the process is automated. David Parker, the Revenue Minister, was on the Mike Hosking Breakfast this morning. He said it would be far too costly an exercise to have people apply for the cost of living payment, and then have other people process the application and decide who was eligible for it, and who was not. So it's going to be automated. The IRD at the time said we don't want a bar of this; this is going to be very messy. The Government said don't you worry your pretty heads, you just send out that money. So, an extra $116.00 a month will certainly help when it comes to filling up the car, paying the power bill, buying a block of cheese , maybe two blocks of cheese for $116.00. If some people get it that don't need it, is that really that big of an issue? David Parker is quite right. If you hired people to process applications, you know the cost of that would just be astronomical. If you get it and you don't need it through some accounting error or computer error, perhaps you could donate it to charity, do some good that way. If you're given the payment and you need it, I'm glad. But my real concern is the old chummy who wanted everything locked down forever is just going to say when times get tough all you have to do is just print the money and give it out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Defence for the cost of living payment after some overseas residents and former migrants receive the first deposit. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says some living overseas will get the boost, but it's not worth trying to recover the payment. People can opt out, and Inland Revenue confirms nearly 1000 have so far. Acting Finance Minister David Parker told Heather du Plessis-Allan says there's no exact figure on how many people overseas will receive the payment, but it's a small percentage. “And we've known that from the start - our only alternative being an application-based process that would have required 2.1 million people to apply, which would've cost more than saved until they had the payment.” LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Labour MP for the Hutt South Ginny Andersen and National deputy leader Nicola Willis join Nick Mills for Politics Monday. This week on the panel they debate the cost of living payment, calls for an inquiry into the Government's Covid-19 economic response, reviewing the Official Information Act process and the Samoan cross-party delegation. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Around 2.1 million people will have received the first of the three cost of living payments today. However, some of the money has gone to overseas expats, some of which will have shocked some who have returned to their home countries. The owner of a Christchurch brewery is calling for prices to be removed from advertising. Three Boys Brewery's Ralph Bungard reckons that doing so will help curb our drinking problem. Electric Kiwi and Consumer NZ are having a war of words. It comes as the independent power company refused to pay commission fees to feature on Powerswitch, which saw the company removed from the website. Cas Carter and Nick Mills joined Heather du Plessis-Allan on The HuddleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Turns out the Government's giving the $350 cost of living payment to expat Kiwis who live overseas and foreigners who might've only briefly lived in New Zealand as temporary migrants and who might've been here years ago. We don't know how many. The Government doesn't know how many or it does and it won't say how many. I'm not angry about this because you can only really get angry if you expected better. I didn't. But I'm going to explain how this happened. There are three key things that created this snafu. The first thing is that Labour really didn't want to do the one thing that would've avoided this and that was to give us all a tax cut instead. I think the motivation here was good because Kiwis are struggling with the cost of living. But the obvious thing was always to let us keep more of our money rather than take it off us and then give it back to only some of us. But Labour didn't want to do that because that would mean giving $350 to everyone and they think people earning over $70,000 are too wealthy to get help And such was Labour's determination not to give money to so-called wealthy Kiwis that they instead ended up giving money – probably knowingly – to foreigners who don't even live here. That's how obsessed they are with the politics of envy. Number 2: they rushed it out. This government is always doing things in a rush because too much of their time is taken up by huge reform pet projects like Three Waters so they don't prepare for the important stuff until it's too late And they have to get it out in a rush and they have to allow mistakes like this to happen because they don't have the time to fix them. And number 3: they have a different relationship with money to you and I. We are careful with our cash because times are hard. Grant and Jacinda are not: they throw it at anything they consider a problem and they don't seem to mind wasting it. So you put all three together – not wanting to help so-called wealthy Kiwis, rushing things and being careless with money – and that is how this has happened. I've seen this too many times from this government in the last five years to be upset. But I can see other people are very upset because perhaps for the first time it's really dawning on a lot of voters how wasteful Labour are with money. Well, welcome to the club. Get too used to seeing this, this happens a lot. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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After spending a year in NZ and since closing his kiwi bank account, a French citizen received an email from Inland Revenue offering him the Cost of Living Payment.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Cost of Living Payments being deposited into bank accounts from today are not only going to New Zealand tax payers, but also to people living overseas. The $116 payment is meant to help people in New Zealand with the rising costs of inflation. National Party deputy leader Nicola Willis says the payments are poorly designed, leading to a significant amount of wasted money. Willis spoke to Corin Dann.
A sugar hit to sweeten up New Zealand's squeezed middle. The first instalment of the Government's Cost of Living payment, which was announced in May's Budget, is being dished out today. Anyone earning $70,000 or less will get $116, with two more equivalent payments in the coming months. Revenue Minister David Parker is urging people to make sure their bank details are up to date with Inland Revenue so the cash arrives when it should. He says they can backdate payments, but he's recommending updating details straight away. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Prime Minister admits the government knew some ineligible people would receive the $350 cost of living payment. The first instalment of $116 will be paid today to tax residents who earned less than 70-thousand dollars last year. The National Party says some New Zealanders living overseas have also been told they qualify. Ardern told Morning Report that is the case but says the 'vast majority' of recipients meet the criteria. She said the Government moved quickly to implement the payments that were announced in the May budget.
A New Zealander living in London who's receiving the cost of living payment says she wants to opt out, but it's not a simple matter. From today - anyone who earns under $70,000 a year, and is not eligible for the winter energy payment, will see $116 appear in their bank account - the first installment of the $350 payment over the next three months. So far 56 people have contacted IRD to opt out of the payment. Susie speaks with London based IT worker, Laura, who left New Zealand in 2014.
On Sunday night Today FM revealed yet another botch-up with the Government's Cost of Living Payment designed to help struggling Kiwis. It's not just going to Kiwis here and even ex-pats overseas, but migrants who have left the country - they're not even in NZ - they're also being told they're eligible. We're talking about people who came here on a working holiday and have left - gone back to France, India, Australia wherever - the IRD has told them they're getting NZD$350 worth of free money from the Government. Frenchman Benoit Berton, who lived in New Zealand on a working holiday visa and left the country 13 months ago, was told he was eligible to receive the Cost of Living Payment from our Government. It's mystifying and potentially very expensive. Neither the IRD nor the Beehive could answer any of our questions last night - they didn't seem to have a clue what was going on. Revenue Minister David Parker joined Tova on Monday morning to try to provide some clarity around the situation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
"Taxpayers worked hard for it and now we are learning that it is being sprayed around the world in an unintentional lottery, it's not right."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A sugar hit to sweeten up New Zealand's squeezed middle.The first instalment of the Government's Cost of Living payment, which was announced in May's Budget, is being dished out today.Anyone earning $70,000 or less will get $116, with two more equivalent payments in the coming months.Revenue Minister David Parker is urging people to make sure their bank details are up to date with Inland Revenue so the cash arrives when it should.He says they can backdate payments, but he's recommending updating details straight away.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Overseas-based Kiwis are "confused" and "embarrassed" at being told they would receive the Government's cost-of-living payment tomorrow and critics say including those living out of New Zealand in the scheme is "disrespectful" to hard-working taxpayers. Kiwis as far afield as the Netherlands, Sydney, London and Dubai have expressed their concern to National's Nicola Willis, who said many of them felt guilty and that they did not deserve the money. One man working in Dubai had not been a New Zealand resident for nearly 22 years, yet received the same email as more than 2.1 million Kiwis: that his first payment would be in his account within the next two days. His mother contacted the Herald irate at what she said was "incredible wastage of our taxpayers' money". Numerous members of a Facebook group for French travellers in New Zealand also received the payment email despite no longer being in the country. One person had been away for 13 months while others' visas had been cancelled so they couldn't see how they were eligible. An Inland Revenue spokesperson acknowledged it was possible people no longer living in New Zealand could get the payment. "If someone has left the country and hasn't told Inland Revenue they're not living here currently we will have treated them as resident and they may receive the cost of living payment." They also said people who weren't in paid work in New Zealand during the 2021/22 tax year could receive the payment if they have income from bank interest. The spokesperson said that IRD is "using a variety of information" to determine eligibility, including addresses, bank accounts and tax residency status. "People must have had a 2022 tax assessment with eligible income such as salary and wages or bank interest," the spokesperson said. The cost of living payment was a surprise addition to the May Budget. Eligible New Zealanders will get roughly $27 a week for three months, adding up to $350. To be eligible for the payment, you had to earn no more than $70,000, not be receiving the Winter Energy Payment, be 18 years or older, a New Zealand tax resident and be present here and not be in prison. The first payment will be $116.67, followed by another payment of the same amount on September 1. The final payment of $116.67 will be on October 3, the first business day of that month. The projected cost of the rollout is $816 million. Willis, who is National's deputy leader and finance spokeswoman, said people outside New Zealand receiving the funds showed "how cavalier" the Government had become with taxpayer cash. "The Government should be treating every taxpayer dollar as carefully as the taxpayers spending it right now, we are in very tough times, wages are not keeping up with prices, Kiwis are doing it tough and they have a right to expect that the Government will be careful with their money." Willis maintained that this was "disrespectful to taxpayers who work hard, who are suffering with the cost of living and are now learning that the Government is spraying their money around offshore". She had received many messages over the last few days from people saying they were "embarrassed" to receive the underserved money. Some were "very confused", saying that they were not only paying tax to another country, but also paying off student loans, so surely this would have alerted something within the IRD's system. "The Government was explicitly warned that ... by doing this policy on the fly, there would be all sorts of unintended consequences," Willis said. "They were warned that it would be difficult to target people effectively, warned that people who shouldn't be eligible for it would get it regardless and that is exactly what's happening." The payments are designed to help Kiwis battle the rising cost of living, with annual inflation hitting 7.3 per cent in the June quarter. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern yesterday didn't accept that the payments would themselves help stoke inflation and said they were expected to have minimal impact on any rise. "The advice that we got from Treasury is that because it was time limited and targeted would lessen the potential impact on inflation," she told TVNZ's Q+A. "The responsibility we have is to help New Zealanders get through it and that's where you'll see that we've been so squarely focused on where we can take that pressure off. "You'll see that we've tried to be agile to the circumstances we see and we'll continue to see what impacts these are having on New Zealanders and do what we can, we have a way to go with getting the food costs down which is another big project for us." Ardern said she'd be prepared to take an "honest" look into the drivers of inflation in New Zealand but reiterated that the country is in company with the rest of the world.She said the main cause of inflation was global drivers rather than government spendingSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Newstalk ZB Political Editor Barry Soper joined Heather du Plessis-Allan to discuss the Prime Minister telling everyone to make sure IRD has their bank account in order to receive the first cost of living payment, Dr. Ashley Bloomfield's last day of media rounds before retirement and Winston Peters comments made about Nania Mahuta. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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CTU economist Craig Renney joined the Weekend Collective to discuss the recently announced cost of living payment that will be received by all Kiwis earning less than $70,000 anually.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
CTU economist Craig Renney joined the Weekend Collective to discuss the recently announced cost of living payment that will be received by all Kiwis earning less than $70,000 anually.LISTEN ABOVE
A cost of living surprise - the government's compiled an almost $1 billion package in Budget 2022 to help New Zealanders struggling with the rising cost of living. Finance Minister Grant Robertson went into the latest Budget having to balance short-term pressures against longer-term investment. Robertson says the $350 cost of living relief payment for those earning under $70,000 - excluding beneficiaries - is something they've been working towards since the start of the year.
Nakatanggap ng $250 na ayuda ang mga pensioners, carers, veterans, job seekers, eligible self-funded retirees at concession card holders. Pero saan nga ba mas mainam gamitin ang perang ito? Alamin ang payo ng finance journalist na si Michelle Baltazar sa #MayPERAan.
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