AAP FactCheck on July 06, 2026.

WHAT WAS CLAIMED

A Green Party proposal will see hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders paying nearly half their income in tax.

OUR VERDICT

Misleading. Hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders would not pay nearly half of their income in tax under the policy.

I reckon the marketing people might be Australian.

AAP FactCheck on July 08, 2026.

WHAT WAS CLAIMED

The New Zealand Green Party's tax policy would cost each household $10,141 per year.

OUR VERDICT

Misleading. Most of the tax burden would be targeted at large corporations and high-net-worth individuals rather than evenly spread across households.

My name is TODD Scott. I’m the owner and publisher of NBR, The National Business Review. I have been a member here on Reddit for a number of years but until now I have never been brave enough to post a comment.

Over the past few months, a Reddit discussion has been debating whether NBR was justified in banning the IRD after it admitted to breaching our copyright by sharing subscriber-only journalism beyond the terms of its licence.

I genuinely expected the overwhelming majority of comments to be critical of NBR.

Instead, I found the discussion surprisingly balanced.

Some people disagreed, as you’d expect, but was chuffed at how many recognised a simple principle: if you pay for one licence, you don’t get to distribute the content across an entire organisation.

I particularly appreciated the comments from people with experience negotiating corporate and government media licences, who confirmed that this sort of sharing falls well outside the terms of a normal subscription agreement.

One comment also made me smile:
“They must be pretty well subscribed given they have a complete paywall and still manage to put out some pretty solid journalism.”
Thank you. 🙏

A few people questioned whether we’re spending too much time protecting our copyright. That’s a fair question, so here’s the answer.

Last financial year, NBR generated $4.5 million in revenue and $1.4 million in EBITDA.

We did that without government funding, without advertising, without sponsorship and without publishing opinion pieces. Every dollar was earned from subscribers who value independent journalism.

That’s why we protect our copyright. Not because we’re precious about our content, but because it’s the business model that allows us to remain completely independent.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the discussion over the past few months. Whether you agreed with me or not, I appreciated the quality of the debate. Reddit earned my respect on this one.👍🏼

We need a iMAX 70mm cinema in NZ!!🌿

Aotearoa produces & contributes to a lot of huge films nowadays & I feel like we should have a native 70mm iMAX Cinema, so we can experience movies at their max potential.📽️

The closest 70mm iMAX cinema to us is Melbourne, Australia😔..

Yay, sounds like another person in the neighbourhood has got a dirt bike and wants to ride it around after 9pm, revving the engine and tearing up our local park. Just when the last ones had stopped a month ago. Hopefully tonight he stops at a reasonable hour, the Wednesday night session that went until 12am was a bit disruptive.

And before you all call me a hater, I grew up on a farm with dirt bikes. I have no issue with dirt bikes being ridden in the right area. I actually think the big forest area near where I live should have a dirt bike track in one part of it.

What I am not ok with is dirt bikes in residential areas, being ridden late at night in order to avoid being caught. And if you are going to do that, why the need to rev the engine with the sole purpose of making as much noise as possible? Clearly, you just want to fuck people off, and yes it works.

Well at least it is for me - your toaster is quite likely different - try it!

Found this out when I accidently bumped the defrost button and a perfect slice of Vogel's toast popped up. Seems defrost toasts for longer.

Guys, just a vent…
I’m 32, and completed a B/A which left me a a $70,000 student loan and my EFTS limit exhausted.

I’ve since paid that loan off in full 2 years ago, & now wanting to study again.

well, even though my loans PIF, can’t take any more out
So although I’m wanting to take a year off to do a diploma, i can’t now, given my inability to self fund the upfront course cost + living costs

Grrrrrr

Isn’t this meant to be out on Monday?

Please find out if you live in a tsunami zone, and figure out your evacuation routes - if it's long and strong get gone.

Please look up your local hazards. Your regional or district council has information available to help you know the risks and hazards for your area.

Please make sure to the best of your ability that you have ways to find out information that are not the internet. In some disasters, you might be cut off from internet, power, and phone coverage. Last night, clear and repeated updates were shared by RNZ, who are our national civil defence broadcaster.

Please meet your neighbours. Build a relationship. Know who is in your community. Think about who might need support in an emergency.

Please talk to your family and household. If a big earthquake happens, where will you meet? If your house is damaged do you know anyone you could ask to stay with?

Please think about and prepare a grab bag. Information is available from CDEM about what to include. Think about a disaster kit too. Some disasters will prevent your local supermarket from being able to stock up.

Irrespective of whether the CDEM website should have worked for last night's tsunami warning, there are going to be future disasters which are projected to cause massive damage. AF8 is just one example and it's not a case of if, it's when. You need to know what you will do if no one in a government agency is able to reach you to tell you.

Civil defence is all of us. It is what every single one of us can do. If something happens and no one can come to save you, or you can't find information, you do need to know what you might do. It might save your life.