ACC deal has self-employed coveredForty-six thousand business owners have signed up for an ACC product that allows them to shrink their tax bills without losing accident cover if they are injured. ACC usually assesses compensation based on people's taxable incomes, meaning business owners can be stung if they report less income to Inland Revenue than what they really live on. But ACC appears to be encouraging people to get around this using its CoverPlus Extra product, which lets self-employed people negotiate a set amount of cover in advance. People can agree on weekly payments equalling between $22,880 and $94,553 a year. Read more here.
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Sweet summer helps Wellington shatter recordsWellington may be renowned for being wet and windy but it looks set to become a holiday destination after a record breaking summer for tourism. Accommodation guest nights for January hit a 15-year high in the capital, increasing by 10 per cent compared with the previous year, Statistics NZ figures show. The data shows 196,443 guest nights were spent in the city in January, 116,201 categorised as domestic guests and 80,242 international. This was the highest January on record for all three since records started in 2000. Read more here.
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First Nations Visit To Swap Ideas With IwiIf anyone wants to see what Tino Rangitira could look like Paul Stanley urges a visit to the First Nations Listuguj clan. Stanley (Tainui/Mataatua) is chief executive of the Listuguj Mi’gmaq Government in Quebec, Canada where he has management responsibility for the police force, emergency services, river and forest rangers, road maintenance, water supply and waste water, education, health, welfare, as
well as for a range of businesses run on behalf of the Listuguj people. He points out that many of the services that would come under central or local government control in New Zealand are the responsibility of the Listuguj Mi’gmaq Government. “Our advantage in Canada is we control the integration of health, schools, policing and social services ourselves.”
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