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Thinking about upbringing – the importance of early life where the person is formed and gels by about 12, it was said. After that parents do not have the same ability to influence the child. But that was the old days before the internet and the devices came between parental training, role modelling etc.
This is about General Eisenhower’s early days and he seems to have been the sort of USA citizen we used to look up to. He had a good home life, and was what might be called a ‘well-rounded education and youth experience.’ Perhaps we should look back to him for general concepts. Note time spent by parents with children in moral thought – is this done by more than say 5% of NZ parents, ‘checking in’ with each other, saying grace?
Eisenhower’s parents set aside specific times at breakfast and at dinner for daily family Bible reading. Chores were regularly assigned and rotated among all the children, and misbehavior was met with unequivocal discipline, usually from David.[farher] His mother, previously a member (with David) of the River Brethren (Brethren in Christ Church) sect of the Mennonites, joined the International Bible Students Association, later known as Jehovah’s Witnesses. The Eisenhower home served as the local meeting hall from 1896 to 1915, though Dwight never joined…
Eisenhower developed a keen and enduring interest in exploring the outdoors. He learned about hunting and fishing, cooking, and card playing from a man named Bob Davis who camped on the Smoky Hill River. While his mother was against war, it was her collection of history books that first sparked Eisenhower’s interest in military history; he became a voracious reader on the subject. Other favorite subjects early in his education were arithmetic and spelling….
…His later decision to attend West Point saddened his mother, who felt that warfare was “rather wicked”, but she did not overrule his decision.[20] Speaking of himself in 1948, Eisenhower said he was “one of the most deeply religious men I know” though unattached to any “sect or organization”. He was baptized in the Presbyterian Church in 1953…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower#Family_background
1st Simpsons – is this philosophy? What is mind?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nekvVuoiTyA
( I think that the Simpsons must have been above the USA average adult reading level.)
Tag – This could be fun. How tag became a professional sport. This video may give us clues on how we could set up a Bank Tag Arena in NZAO. Even while suffering we could gain some pleasure and fun and even hold sweeps on wins etc on the state of play.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvQ62EdP-mc 18.18
Events occurring or past.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/532531/interest-rate-warning-from-country-s-biggest-bank-anz
‘Time has arrived’ for capital gains tax, says ANZ boss …
NZ Herald
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24 Hep 2024 — The tax should be levied “once you’ve got the money in the bank”, she said. “I think that there is some fairness in saying that a gain from a …
ANZ backs capital gains tax – what about the other banks …
RNZ
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27 Hep 2024 — ANZ boss Antonia Watson might have voiced her support for a capital gains tax (CGT) this week but the heads of New Zealand’s other main banks have bowed out of …
Govt calls out ANZ boss for backing capital gains tax
Interest.co.nz
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25 Hep 2024 — Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has criticized ANZ New Zealand Chief Executive Antonia Watson for expressing support for a capital gains tax.
ANZ Bank CEO’s Shameless Self Interest
Scoop – New Zealand News
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25 Hep 2024 — The Taxpayers’ Union is calling out ANZ NZ CEO Antonia Watson for what appears to be calculated comments to promote a capital gains tax to
How would a capital gains tax work, and what would it mean?
RNZ
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-2 rā i mua — Finance Minister Nicola Willis has said she believes a CGT would discourage people from investing. In advice provided to the then-Minister of …
How would a capital gains tax work, and what would it mean?
RNZ
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-2 rā i mua — “But in New Zealand, we tend to have a very myopic way of looking at a CGT: it should only be applied to real estate. I am against that. I think …
Capital requirements for banks in New Zealand
Reserve Bank of New Zealand
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Our new capital adequacy framework has increased the amount of capital registered banks must have and also the definitions of regulatory capital.
Australia – Westpac, ANZ, CommBank and NAB have ruled out going cashless, but the banks have shuttered branches across regional Australia, leaving some customers without the option to bank with cash.14 Mei 2024
Aussie bank ditches cash payments – Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
https://au.finance.yahoo.com › news › aussie-bank-ditch…
https://www.anz.co.nz/about-us/economic-markets-research/economic-news/October 2024
BNZ wins $180m tax test case – Tax News
NZ Herald Jul.11/2000
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The High Court has found that the Bank of New Zealand was not engaged in tax evasion by channelling investments through the Cook Islands tax haven in the…
Kiwi billionaire Bruce Plested backs wealth tax – with a catch
NZ Herald
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8 Hep 2024 — Bruce Plested, the billionaire co-founder of Mainfreight, said he supported the idea of a wealth tax to help address concerns about inequities in
A roll call of all the people championing a capital gains tax
The Spinoff
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25 Hep 2024 — A survey this year of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand found 72% of members support a CGT. Treasury. They’re just putting it out …
Capital Gains Tax – The New Zealand Case
Inland Revenue
https://www.taxpolicy.ird.govt.nz › media PDF
New Zealand does not have a general capital gains tax, nor does it levy tax on inheritances. This makes New Zealand unusual in the OECD world. We inherited…
Inland Revenue raises capital gains tax questions
RNZ
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26 Hep 2024 — The lack of tax on income such as capital gains could mean it was harder for governments to increase tax revenue while still achieving equity …
How to avoid capital gains tax in NZ?
If you own any high-value item and sell it later on for a profit, unless you’re in the ‘business’ of trading it, the profit you make will be tax-free. This is because it won’t be assessed as income tax, and with no capital gains tax, the profits are 100% yours to keep.
Capital Gains Tax in New Zealand –
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Is NZ in danger of getting world’s harshest capital gains tax?
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Help with Maori dates? – Go to Twinkl – https://www.twinkl.co.nz/resource/nz-mfl-156-todays-day-and-date-display-pack
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/532590/massey-university-stops-funding-students-
association
…Te Tira Ahu Pae – Massey University’s Students’ Association – currently provides independent representation, advocacy, clubs and events, however Massey University said it would continue to provide these services itself.
In a statement to RNZ, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of students and global engagement Dr Tere McGonagle-Daly said the university had not “axed funding” to the student association, and instead had “taken the decision to not contract them for services and representation at this time”.
He said Massey University, and others, including current and past Te Tira Ahu Pae Board members, had raised concerns with Te Tira Ahu Pae regarding the governance of the students’ association since mid 2024.
The trend is to top-down despise and patronise what citizens, people do for themselves. Stop funding people groups to do things, even volunteers not getting paid, and instead charge the people to have the service provided for them by some business, or ‘charity’! It demeans the individual efforts and leads away from initiative and experience to helplessness and ineffectiveness when something is attempted.
I have realised that the whole trend of authority is for we people to be administered to, done with either a feeling of contempt, or to patronise, expecting the recipient of whatever to be gormless (lovely Scottish, Northern English, Norse derivation) or be very kind on the basis that the person is naive or mentally childish. Either that or the opposite – dismissive, and unhelpful. Balanced would be good.
And the above leads on to other misapprehensions. This person as with so many others has had experience overseas and has come back filled with their systems and approaches and ready to tear down what has worked for us and just needs tidying up. Taking over the Students Association and contracting it out is not good for the organisation oand doesn’t give eexperience to the students who would have participated in its management.
Seemore went to Canada and returned a ready.made missile and put a rocket up our fundamentals. This chap similar.
https://northsidelive.co.nz/northsidelive/northside-live/getting-to-know-tere-mcgonagle-daly/
Getting To Know: Tere McGonagle-Daly
Tere is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Students and Alumni at Massey University. Tere is one of our newest members of the North Harbour Club, and also proud sponsors of the AIMES Awards Innovation category.
Tere is an engagement specialist, with over 18 years’ experience in leadership roles in universities in New Zealand, Australia and the UK
He returned to New Zealand from the UK in November 2019 to take up the position of Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Students and Alumni at Massey University. Previously, he was Deputy Director of Marketing, Recruitment and Admissions at London South Bank University; Director of Sales and Marketing at Carrick Education Group in Melbourne and General Manager of Marketing and Recruitment at Victoria University in Melbourne. He has also previously been employed at Massey University in Auckland in the role of International Marketing and Recruitment Manager.
His current position at Massey University has the responsibility to enhance the student pathway with the University, from recruitment to graduation along with the ongoing engagement with the University’s alumni (more than 140,000 globally).
Tere graduated from the University of Waikato and is currently completing a Doctor of Business Administration in the field of strategic marketing and internationalisation at London South Bank University.
Whilst in the UK, Tere held a number of Directorships and Community/Volunteer positions, these include Honorary Officer, External Affairs and Insight Committee Chartered Management Institute (CMI), and Supporter (to assist with marketing and recruitment) Music Theatre for Youth (MT4Uth).
and our poor universities – business administered to death.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/527658/future-of-nz-s-universities-significant-losses-and-quality-assurance-issues-highlighted
National Geographic has had good response to their call for reader support but can do with more. So please think about them – they are part of the goodness of NZAO.
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subs@nzgeographic.co.nz or call +64 9 913 9211 or 0800 782-436 within New Zealand. All enquiries will be answered Mondays, Wednesdays & Thursdays, 9am-5pm NZST.
This is from their article on bird flu coming – probably, almost surely.
WILDLIFE
We have been insulated from bird flu for decades, but the virus has
evolved. Are we ready for it?
To date, the Guardian newspaper reports, around 280 million birds have died or been culled as a result of the H5N1 outbreak. As well as poultry, it has devastated wild birds, and killed mammals: foxes, polar bears, cats, hedgehogs, bears, mice. Last month, in two Vietnamese zoos, 47 tigers, three lions and a panther died, likely after being fed infected chicken.
WILDLIFE
We have been insulated from bird flu for decades, but the virus has evolved. Are we ready for it?
To date, the Guardian newspaper reports, around 280 million birds have died or been culled as a result of the H5N1 outbreak. As well as poultry, it has devastated wild birds, and killed mammals: foxes, polar bears, cats, hedgehogs, bears, mice. Last month, in two Vietnamese zoos, 47 tigers, three lions and a panther died, likely after being fed infected chicken.
This variant reached Scotland at the end of the 2021 bird breeding season, which meant its initial impact on the country’s offshore bird colonies was relatively minor. For Ellie Owen, senior seabird officer for the National Trust for Scotland, it was a nervous winter. “We were hoping that it was just a blip,” she tells me.
It wasn’t. In the summer of 2022, the new flu took hold with a vengeance, destroying three-quarters of the UK’s great skua population and tens of thousands of gannets, terns, and other breeding seabirds.
“The whole of Scotland were seeing dead birds on the beach,” says Owen. “It was soul destroying.” Wildlife rangers found themselves stumbling through an apocalyptic nightmare…
For decades, New Zealand has been insulated from highly pathogenic avian flu—the disease that has devastated poultry flocks and waterfowl around the world. But now, the virus has evolved to take down mammals and seabirds, and that dramatically raises the chances of it reaching us. For some of our native species, this virus could be the greatest threat since the arrival of humans. Are we ready for it?..
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