Housing affordability appears to be in a period of relative stability for first home buyers, with only slight changes in the main drivers of affordability, according to interest.co.nz's latest Home Loan Affordability Report. However most of that increase in after-tax pay occurred last year and incomes are now also flattening out. What all of this suggests is we are in a period of relative stability in terms of affordability for first home buyers. However, those who can afford to buy their own own home will probably be highly paid, because home ownership remains unaffordable for aspiring first home buyers on average pay in most parts of the country. The tables below give the main affordability measures for first home buyers with either a 10% or 20% deposit, in most of the main urban areas around the country.

Remember for instance, the fiasco of the consultation on the Purposes and Principles of the Social Security Act. I won’t even start on the Working for Families (WFF) review. The review produced multiple redacted documents at huge cost and like all the other reviews was a waste of everyone’s time. Last week we learnt that the consultative review on debt to government agencies was a total flop too. But even that ‘make work’ report will not go ahead until 2026.

(From left to right): MediaWorks Acting Commercial Director Gerhard Simanke, MediaWorks CEO Outdoor Mike Watkins, MediaWorks CEO Wendy Palmer, Stuff Group Chief Executive Laura Maxwell, Stuff Group Brand Connections Managing Director Matt Headland and MediaWorks Head of Agency Paul Hancox. From 24th June, Stuff and MediaWorks commercial teams will each offer customers access to unique sales opportunities across their joint range of media assets. The first new offering is a dynamic news product with Stuff breaking news headlines appearing on MediaWorks’ digital billboards across the motu. Stuff Group Chief Executive Laura Maxwell says the audience numbers of the two organisations speak for themselves and it’s also the data opportunities across brands that will provide the most opportunity. We’re thrilled to be working with Stuff on this innovative arrangement.”Content Sourced from scoop.co.nzOriginal url

“The punitive policies of this Government will fail our rangatahi and fail to address the core drivers of crime. Our rangatahi need opportunities, to learn, to do mahi, to contribute to their communities. This is what will see them reach their full potential,” says the Green Party spokesperson for justice, Tamatha Paul. Labelling children as young as 14 as serious offenders will only aggravate the vulnerable situations many of our youth find themselves in. What’s more, this government’s policies, such as cutting addiction support services and drug rehabilitation programmes, are exacerbating the drivers of crime.

NZ Marketing magazine and the NZ Marketing Association are thrilled to announce the finalists for the YouTube NZ Marketing Awards 2024. I look forward to seeing your work recognised at the Awards Night in September, it promises to be a wonderful celebration” says Penny Murray, Editor of NZ Marketing Magazine. Michael Friedberg, CEO of SwayTech and experienced Convenor of Judges, led this year’s rigorous judging process for the YouTube NZ Marketing Awards. The 2024 YouTube NZ Marketing Awards are proudly brought to you by premier sponsor YouTube, along with gold sponsors oOh!, NZME, Stuff and Cartology, plus supporters Vistar Media, TRA, Are Media and Magnetic Data. Producing the awards alongside NZ Marketing is long-time partner and industry body the Marketing Association.

The panel discussion was moderated by Qassem Naim, the Data, Privacy & Measurement Council Chair for IAB New Zealand. Similar to when data management platforms (DMPs) quietly faded away, replaced by customer data platforms (CDPs). What are your tips for optimising data while delivering on customers’ privacy expectations? While a lot of people are concerned about the changes, it’s exciting that the first-party data management and solutions are developing more quickly as a result. Panel moderator:Qassem Naim, Chair IAB New Zealand Data, Privacy & Measurement Council.

Stuff’s breaking news headlines will soon be appearing on MediaWorks’ billboards across the motu as part of the news group’s latest partnership within the media industry. This new collaboration with MediaWorks follows on from Stuff Group’s spate of recent partnerships with Brodie Kane Media and Warner Bros. In April, Stuff won the bid to become the new home of the 6pm daily news after the news Warner Bros. This month alone brought further partnership with WBD which will bring coverage of the America’s Cup live to Kiwis across the country, as well as a new relationship with Brodie Kane Media, home of popular podcast, Three Gals, One Beehive. And now from June 24, Stuff and MediaWorks’s commercial teams will start working together to offer customers unique sales opportunities across their joint range of media platforms and services, starting with having Stuff’s breaking news headlines appearing on MediaWorks’ digital billboards.

How to use data to get audience attentionIt’s time to start using attention data to better inform advertising campaigns and reduce wasted spend, says Magnetic Data CEO Phil Townend. Townend addressed members of the advertising industry during an event run by the data solutions startup at Te Papa Wellington last week. His keynote speech, Unlocking the attention economy, discussed how marketers can better capture audience attention, especially in a world where consumers are constantly overwhelmed with stimuli. First and foremost, understanding audience attention is key to reducing wasted advertising spend – defined as those moments in ads when less than 20% of viewers are still actively looking. Townend highlighted the need to use attention data to inform the role of each media channel and build creative content that maximises the limited attention available on different platforms.

However, the NZ dollar and the Australian dollar have not lost ground against the USD, remaining close to the middle of recent trading ranges at 0.6150 and 0.6650 respectively. The prospect of Australia increasing interest rates over coming months when everyone else (NZ excluded) is looking to cut interest rates is a real and growing probability. The Yen will remain under downward pressure until they actually make a decision to increase interest rates. New Zealand’s domestic inflation problem – identify causes and enact solutionsOver recent years this column has repeatedly highlighted and documented the “elephant in the room” problem New Zealand has with permanently high domestic/non-tradeable inflation. A stronger NZ dollar will only eventuate if you push NZ interest rates well above US interest rates.

By Jenna EdwardsTwo talented Pakuranga College dancers are off to Arizona in the United States to compete in the World Hip Hop Dance Championship from August 3-10. Emily Cooper, who’s in year 10, and year 12 pupil Emily Muir are performing in the Rangers crew from east Auckland’s Jaye’s Dance Studio, alongside former Pakuranga College pupil Alexia Hamilton. The Rangers crew has competed in the Hip Hop International New Zealand competition for the past three years, but this is the first time they’ve placed in the top five and qualified to take their talents to the world stage. We improved our result at the Hip Hop International New Zealand competition by six places this year, but we can do more in the lead-up to Arizona. Most of us have experience dancing in other international competitions, but this is the pinnacle.

We will also get key inflation data from the EU, Canada and importantly from Australia on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Japanese CPI inflation rose in May to 2.8%, up from 2.5% in April. In India, their early PMIs rose to faster expanding levels in both sectors. The decline comes as the median sales price climbed to a record high of US$419,300 (NZ$685,000). The Kiwi dollar starts today unchanged from Saturday at 61.2 USc.

[Image: Planet Rugby/ Supersport]You almost expect All Blacks coach Scott Robertson to arrive with a long broom hoisted over his shoulder when the first squad of his tenure is revealed in Christchurch this evening. Sam Whitelock, Brodie Retallick, Richie Mo'unga, Aaron Smith, Dane Coles, Shannon Frizell, Nepo Laulala and Leicester Fainga'anuku, all members of the All Blacks squad that travelled to the World Cup in France last year are no longer available, or eligible, for selection. Ardie Savea and Scott Barrett are the front runners for All Blacks captain. Lock Barrett captained the Crusaders when Robertson was coach. No 8 Savea captained the All Blacks eight times under Ian Foster.

Auckland: More cops on beat to fight rising CBD crime welcome news for business ownersAuckland business owners in the central business district are welcoming new police initiatives to put more cops on the beat in the face of rising crime. The announcement about the establishment of Community Beat Teams and launch of Operation Safer Streets in Auckland came as some business operators warned crime is out of control. - Sponsor Promotion -The truth about the reason the NZ Police shut their Central Auckland Station on Fort Street NEVER gets examined b y the lazy mainstream media. The disgusting right myth is that NZ is an over taxed, over regulated economy when that is total bullshit! …there is only 37 inspectors of rental properties for 300 000 terrible rentals?

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When paramedics arrived, Paul had no pulse, wasn’t breathing, and wasn’t able to be revived. The argument happened while she and the teenager were driving around Te Puke, near Tauranga. On seeing Paul on foot, it’s alleged Ronaki threatened she would get the teenager to run him over. The Crown says Paul said, “do it”, and he egged them on, before the teenager hit him twice with the vehicle. He said it wasn’t a trial about what did or did not happen, but about intent.