@NZNationalParty Why should AirBnB be GST free?
There is still a housing crisis and AirBnB has moved a lot of properties out of the rental market, pushing rents up. Travelling public stay in residential houses while families unable to find rentals stay in motels.
@1NewsNZ Maybe overall crime levels are roughly average but the victims are different.
But what kind of person preys on someone who has just lost everything.
Thankfully there are way way more good people helping each other than there are criminals. The vast majority of society is awesome.
@CriticalMassAKL You would need rent controls in tandem with that if you target the landlord class.
Rates generally will need to go up, but no one can campaign on increasing rates. If you give people an appealing unrealistic option they will vote for that over accepting reality.
@ScreenIrene1@rnz When the Kaikoura earthquake struck Susie Ferguson got on RNZ in the middle of the night and was amazing. Power was off here, the local CD had zero social media presence.
People need information and connection. She was brilliant.
@NewstalkZB Kate Hawkesby is insane!
Does she not remember the things she said as the cyclone approached and then was doing damage?
And now she pivots to this??
Insane.