And oh yeah...hey...nice little cunning plan...if they get promoted, I would assume they would get a pay rise...when the lawsuit gets filed, and the overtime hours are calculated...the overtime will be paid out at their current wage rate...

So New Zealand says the way they assist the poor is through 'tax credits'...there in lies the problem...we have no income tax...people down at that line of property probably own homes that fall UNDER the RPT threshold, so they pay little to no RPT...there is no easy or effective way to issue a 'tax credit' because the tax our dear New Zealanders deal with is not there. Again, we are one of the ONLY countries in the world that is going to a complex VAT tax BEFORE having a solid income tax structure in place.

I think that you will find most wholesalers will fluctuate prices up and down depending on their actual landed cost...now, what the retailers do with the extra savings if there is a price drop at the wholesale end is another matter...many times questions are raised with retailers when a price stays the same on the shelf, when t he wholesale cost to them had dropped significantly.

There is wording in the legislation to the effect of giving the government control and access to the operating bank account and they automate the deductions out of that account for what they think the proper VAT payables are. Now...how that comes into play when your operating account may be in overdraft, that will be interesting to see...

I am glad to see at least one set of unions have some common sense and are not just going to fall in line with the other nut jobs!!

Apparently it is a VERY steep learning curve...nearly impossible to climb for some...he strugglin' man...strugglin'!! Cut ya boy some slack!! ROTFL

...or incest!!

...so was the last one a rape or sexual abuse on a minor? Might be nice to classify these ones more specifically...just throw out there 'unlawful sexual intercourse' sort of downplays what it really could have been...go ahead, use the term RAPE or child molestation.

Meant to blow itself out by Thursday...unless it reforms, we will likely just end up with some squally weather.

@ Clamshell...of course the death is tragic, and senseless...it sounds like this particular dive operator has a bad history of dive supervision and safety. All the more reason why they should not be allowed to operate in our waters. Their possible negligence shines a very unwanted spotlight on our country, and on the local dive operators that run a very safe dive operation...even if it is a shark dive. I think you will find more tourists die annually SCUBA diving due to a host of other things, medical reasons, some say suicides, equipment failures, the list is endless, I am sure that number exponentially exceeds the number of people even nipped on a shark dive, let alone fatally wounded...but because this unfortunate man went with this particular dive company, into foreign waters and may not have been supervised as well as he should have been, he has lost his life and because a shark may have been involved, everyone is up in arms about how shark dives should not be permitted. The people who do it properly, have a stellar safety record when it comes to actual incidents that result in a shark bite, or worse. Just saying. And it's not so much getting $10 a head from the customer, mind you, in the end the customer absorbs the fees, but if you are going to come into this country with a boat load of tourists on a dive excursion, I think you should have to apply for a permit for the operation and pay a fee...after your credentials are reviewed.