It seems highly unlikely, but its got the McBishop annoyed so it can't be all bad....


https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/...To9RTjtL4p



"  Under New Zealand law, churches are exempt from paying tax, but Luxon has left the door open for changes.

"We will certainly be looking at things like that this term, yep," he said.

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Its difficult to avoid that conclusion given their actions. This just looks very much as though they want to encourage wealthy people to own more & more rental properties as a means of maintaining & increasing their wealth, & never mind about the tenants.

Things are done differently in some European countries; its not uncommon for several generations of a family to rent the same property, that would probably work well here too.


https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/...713e&ei=10

ÔÇ£The Green Party says the Government's new rental changes prove "it does not care about renters, which is a majority of people in Aotearoa".┬á ┬á┬á
On Thursday, Housing Minister Chris Bishop announced an overhaul of the tenancy laws - including reintroducing 90-day no-cause evictions and making several changes to notice periods in a move meant to "encourage landlords back to the rental property market".      
The changes mostly affect periodic tenancies and include reintroducing 90-day "no cause" terminations, returning landlords' notice periods for ending a tenancy to 42 days under certain conditions and returning tenants' notice to 21 days. The Government is also reintroducing landlords' ability to give notice to end a fixed-term tenancy at the end of the term without requiring a specific reason.   
While Bishop said the changes will encourage more landlords into the market and put downward pressure on rents, the Greens see it differently.    
Party housing spokesperson Tamatha Paul slammed the changes, saying they give the majority of New Zealanders "little hope".     
"We have a Government that thinks it is running a company not a country, and treats housing as a business. 
"Housing is a human right, and every person deserves a warm, safe and affordable home, whether they own that home or not."   

She accused the Government of being "pro-self-interest" and not for tenants. 
"Homeownership rates in New Zealand have drastically reduced over the past three decades, with more and more children growing up in rental housing and more and more elderly New Zealanders struggling to make ends meet while paying high rents," Paul said. "   

This interview raises some of the doubts many observers have in regard to the respective health and psychological issues exhibited by the US presidential candidates.

Its just amazing, the lengths to which these women hating people will go. Now they've dredged up a law from the 19th century, in which the only grounds for an abortion are 'when it  is necessary  to save the life of the woman.'



https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/08/us/ar...he%20state.


[b]"The state Supreme Court has delayed enforcement of the law for 14 days to give the plaintiffs an opportunity to pursue other challenges in a lower court if they wish to do so, including whether the law is constitutional.[/b]
Speaking in a news conference after the courtÔÇÖs decision was published, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes┬ávowed, ÔÇ£No woman or doctor will be prosecuted under this draconian law ÔǪ as long as I am attorney general. Not by me, nor by any county attorney serving in our state. Not on my watch.ÔÇØ
Her office is looking to pursue options available to ensure the law is not implemented in the state, Mayes said.
ÔÇ£TodayÔÇÖs decision to reimpose a law from a time when Arizona wasnÔÇÖt a state, the Civil War was raging, and women couldnÔÇÖt even vote will go down in history as a stain on our state,ÔÇØ she said in a release posted online."

Brilliant move, just brilliant. A group of older Swiss women have successfully sued their govt, saying that their strategy on climate change was inadequate & likely to put them at risk of death from heatwave.


https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/9/...ate-ruling

The place might become a bit more tolerant to live now!
Lots of nice vegetation growing to soak up all that co2.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/f...ate-crisis

All this BS about reducing meat intake to save the planet.
Happy that the UN can see through it.
ACT has done a good job surrounding methane emissions too.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/...imate-plan

You will be living in a world controlled by mega corporations, including oil companies and drug companies etc.
Not good!
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/ourecon...eat-reset/