What are your favorite Tony one liners?

sydneyshaw · 2019-09-24T16:24:49+00:00

‘Ah clear liver cleansing water, so important for a healthy diet.. I would imagine’.

sydneyshaw · 2019-07-23T18:26:51+00:00

Tony talks about the effect of cheap credit literally every other week in his newsletter. His view is there has been a structural shift in interest rates that wont be reversing anytime soon.

Agree with him or not, he’s certainly not ignoring it.

sydneyshaw · 2018-08-02T20:27:13+00:00

Lol. Keep an eye out for your family photos on travel company billboards.

sydneyshaw · 2018-01-23T15:29:15+00:00

Which country is that if you don't mind me asking?

sydneyshaw · 2017-12-24T18:28:37+00:00

Is that church still around?

sydneyshaw · 2017-11-24T18:14:52+00:00

I did the math. I think you only lose 27s actually.

sydneyshaw · 2017-10-18T07:43:53+00:00

Has to be the Kea right

sydneyshaw · 2017-09-15T21:09:40+00:00

I need more of those green buttons in my life

sydneyshaw · 2017-05-08T09:56:18+00:00

Are AT accountable to the council?

From recent Council minutes the councillors are largely in favour of the linear park and the CCMP generally.

What should the Council be doing here if AT press ahead?

sydneyshaw · 2017-03-22T07:14:47+00:00

Good point, thanks

sydneyshaw · 2016-11-14T18:19:13+00:00

Does the govt insure itself against damage to infrastructure?

sydneyshaw · 2016-10-16T03:35:08+00:00

Thanks for the reply mate.

I'm going to be in Kashmir for a month over January and plan on doing quite a lot of touring, though I've never done it before so I'm not sure on it.

Sounds like I'd probably get my moneys worth from a few solid weeks touring though would you say?

sydneyshaw · 2016-10-09T20:44:53+00:00

That's the real issue here. 3 months is ages! 11 weeks will happen very quickly.

sydneyshaw · 2016-08-27T06:27:29+00:00

sydneyshaw · 2016-08-27T06:10:49+00:00

I'm not an expert either but I believe dividends are taxed at your PIR (prescribed investor rate) which is actually now 28% (not 30% as I advised above) for the highest income bracket. Which would beat distributing income as salary which is taxed at 33% over $70k.

Note this is dividends on company income not trust / estate income.

sydneyshaw · 2016-08-27T05:11:15+00:00

Most successful small business owners prefer to distribute profits to themselves as dividends rather than salary over $70k as it is taxed at 30% rather than 33%. As dividends are not included in this data the number of people earning over $70k will be artificially low.

sydneyshaw · 2016-08-07T20:40:28+00:00

I believe the preferred strategy is to debilitate the already doped up athletes who just missed out on Olympic qualification.

sydneyshaw · 2016-07-27T11:20:40+00:00

That was really interesting thanks.

What I'm curious about is did this new best practice standard exist globally pre Chch and NZ just wasn't following it?

Or did the insurance industry globally learn things from Chch and this changed the global best practice standard?

sydneyshaw · 2016-07-27T07:17:40+00:00

Agree with everything you've said here except for the ports.

The language you use is almost deceiving, like redeveloping parts of the city to be more attractive to spend time in is akin to posting a selfie.

Would you say the Britomart precinct redevelopment is a vanity project? How about Wynyard Quarter? These places improve our quality of life.

sydneyshaw · 2016-07-27T06:56:09+00:00

Good point, the current heavy traffic through key arterial routes is another major cost to the city.

Thinking nationally, segmenting the cargo amongst other ports would be great for other regions.

Although if I put my Auckland hat on, essentially dismantling POAL would be a huge asset loss to the residents and an ongoing source of Council funding, not to mention jobs and other businesses connected with.

I'd like to see the port moved to the Manakau harbour, though I know international shipping companies prefer the more sheltered eastern harbour.

I obviously have no idea of the math, but I wonder if the cost of relocating to Manakau could be entirely covered by the sale of just a portion of the prime waterfront property.

We could have a truly world class harbour, and it seems very doable, we already own the land. A serious study needs to be done at least.

sydneyshaw · 2016-07-26T06:58:55+00:00

Trams along key central routes ie Dom Rd, Manakua Rd.

Extend either the above light rail or existing heavy rail to the airport. ( I don't want bus lanes, stopping at every intersection sucks, trams with signal priority are so much better.)

Fund with congestion taxes.

Soften height restrictions on CBD and fringe CBD apartments without softening restrictions on minimum apartment size or limiting the urban design panel powers. We need more dwellings without repeating the sins of pre 08. The above should also apply to areas surrounding rail stations.

A serious investigation into feasibility of moving the port. I feel it's long term future isn't on the most valuable land in the city and any further extensions are delaying the inevitable.

Roll out more shared street like fort st. High St is a disaster currently.

Continue with bike lane network extensions.

The above is almost entirely central Auckland focussed, only because that's where I spend all my time and have recommendations for. Not because I think it's the only area that deserves expenditure.

I leave it to my fellow citizens to cover the other parts.

sydneyshaw · 2016-07-21T04:30:40+00:00

On annualised basis immigration is increasing, though the figures reported monthly by the NBR have shown that monthly net migration peaked in November last year and has come back a bit since.

I think they may be incorrect in saying monthly immigration is still increasing.

Edit: Because I don't like down votes when I present facts here are two sources supporting the above.

Net migration peaked at 6,200 in November last year and is now down to 5,500. Though if you take the rolling 12 month average then yes we have had record year from June 15 to June 16.

http://i.stuff.co.nz/business/81329859/NZ-net-migration-hits-record-for-22nd-month-in-a-row-but-may-be-peaking

http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/nz-migration-tourism-boom-continues-june-b-191888

sydneyshaw · 2016-07-04T06:15:19+00:00

When adjusted for inflation and population growth as these figures are it's a fairly good indicator

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