Critics have said NZ banks refusal to plug these gaps meant NZ was seen as a soft touch by scammers, who used sophisticated schemes including mock websites and detailed investment pitches to trick people into paying out sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars. Recently a Parliamentary committee recommended NZ banks adopt confirmation of payee, ratcheting up the pressure on the industry. One devastating scam has seen New Zealanders make payments to NZ mule bank accounts which were meant to be Citibank accounts, for faked term deposit investments. He said NZ banks had effectively gone on record to say they needed to build confirmation of payee to protect consumers, "and they haven't up to this point". Banks will work with Payments NZ, which governs the payments system, to help make this a reality.”Payments NZ is owned by the banks.

Photo: NZ HeraldNational’s tax plan is "irresponsible and unaffordable", Chris Hipkins says. "National have a multibillion-dollar hole in their tax plan." The assumptions made in regard to the foreign buyers’ tax had "more holes than a block of Swiss cheese", Hipkins said. • Global Growth Tech Visa – a residence visa for people with highly specialised skills who have worked at a top global tech company earning at least NZ$400,000pa. National has faced questions about its tax plan, particularly the modelling that underpins its foreign buyers tax.

ACT’s bottom line with National is a racist referendum that will redefine the Treaty of Waitangi and force it upon Māoridom with nothing more than a 1% basic majority. The backlash ACTs racist referendum will generate can’t be calculated. If ACT ram this racist referendum through it will provoke a race war. Voters need to accept Labour saved 6000 lives from Covid:The Government’s borrowing requirement is set to dwarf pre-Covid levels. That’s how many died from Covid and the population of each nation, compared to Ireland we are talking about 6000 lives difference.

Fifty years ago today, the democratic-socialist Popular Unity Government of President Salvador Allende was toppled in a military coup d'état led by General Augusto Pinochet, with the backing of the United States. This fragment, is by the Chilean singer-songwriter Víctor Jara, who was shot to death by Pinochet's soldiers in the

NZ election 2023: Raucous Northland debate crowd rails at covid, te reo Māori mentionsNorthland MP Willow-Jean Prime walked into the lion’s den when she took part in an election debate in Kerikeri last night. That scouring never occurred in Northland NZ. I think there are 4 basic groups in Northland: Māori, Pakeha, European New Zealanders and Kupapa (Māori who turned on their own to side with Cracker). Needless to say, a debate in Northland feels a tad cross burny. The week before we had a po-faced Riccardo who was like a virgin at an orgy at our Party Debate.

I THINK I’VE WORKED IT OUT – why writing about today’s version of “progressive” politics leaves me feeling so depressed. They don’t like where Labour and the Greens are going, and they’ll be damned if they’ll go there with them. Far from serving as the emancipating “vanguard” of the Proletariat, as Karl Marx hoped, the intelligentsia of the Twenty-First Century are claiming for themselves the role of Grand Inquisitor. And then, shamefully, having their lies accepted by the supposedly “independent” intellectuals appointed to expose and condemn media falsehoods. That which Twenty-First Century progressives most feared, Twenty-First Century progressivism has become.

Wallabies great David Campese has put the boot into the All Blacks following their opening Rugby World Cup defeat to France, calling their performance ‘bloody awful’ and predicts Ian Foster’s side will struggle to make the semifinals. The 1991 World Cup winner, who played a key role in knocking the All Blacks out of the second World Cup, told Planet Rugby the All Blacks lacked any go-forward in the 27-13 defeat - New Zealand’s biggest-ever loss at a World Cup. “New Zealand were bloody awful, save for a couple of well-taken tries from Mark Telea. “This was the first pool game they’ve lost out of 31 in World Cup history. Campese was impressed by French number 10 Matthieu Jalibert in the side’s opening win saying, he was clever to pick apart the All Blacks defence.

All you need to know ahead of the Rugby World Cup pool A match between the All Blacks and Namibia in Toulouse. 7am Saturday NZTWorld Cup results so far: All Blacks lost to France, Namibia lost to ItalyWhat’s on the line? Success at the Rugby World Cup is measured very differently by New Zealand and Namibia. Both previous World Cup matches with the All Blacks were one-sided; 58-14 in 2015 in London and 71-9 in 2019 in Tokyo. TAB oddsAll Blacks by 12 and under: $21All Blacks by 13 and over: $1.001Draw: $151Namibia: $81How to follow the actionFor live commentary of All Blacks v Namibia, join Elliott Smith on Newstalk ZB, Gold Sport and iHeartRadio.

Written By: weka - Date published: 6:46 pm, September 14th, 2023 - 42 commentsCategories: election 2023 - Tags:I’m updating the post with my impressions from the debate last night (replay video below). The Greens are of course focused on the green economy, and Shaw explains the concepts well. Win, win, win. On Thursday 14 September, in partnership with ASB we’re bringing you an engaging debate between the current Finance Minister and Finance Spokespersons from the top four polling parties to help you make an informed and purposeful decision when it comes time to vote. The debate will be moderated by TVNZ’s Q&A and Saturday Mornings on Newstalk ZB host, Jack Tame.

Fuel prices at the pump have been on the rise in New Zealand, with some stations charging over $3 per liter for petrol. To help drivers find the cheapest fuel spots, Gaspy, a popular petrol price monitoring app, has relied on its 1.4 million users, known as “gas spies,” to discover the most affordable options. In the Timaru area, two NPD stations, NPD Washdyke and NPD Redruth, are tied for fourth and fifth place, both selling petrol for $2.54 per liter. Sources:– Stuff.co.nz: Fuel at the pump has become even more expensive recently with some reaching over $3 a litre for petrol, Stuff has investigated the cheapest and most expensive gas stations around the country. – Gaspy: A New Zealand petrol price monitoring app with 1.4 million users.

nzherald.co.nz published this video item, entitled “Rugby World Cup 2023: What to expect from All Blacks v Namibia in Toulouse | nzherald.co.nz” – below is their description. NZ Herald’s Chereè Kinnear and Liam Napier reveal what to expect from Toulouse when the All Blacks take on Namibia this Saturday. Full story: https://tinyurl.com/5n8ufnfb Subscribe and be notified of breaking news: https://goo.gl/LP45jX Check out our playlists: https://goo.gl/Swd249 Like NZ Herald on Facebook: https://goo.gl/tUC4oq Follow NZ Herald on Instagram: https://goo.gl/oLicXe Follow NZ Herald on Twitter: https://goo.gl/Wi6mbv nzherald.co.nz YouTube ChannelGot a comment? Leave your thoughts in the comments section, below. Please note comments are moderated before publication.

The facade of Gazley Motor Group on Cambridge Terrace, defaced by protesters. Photo: Restore Passenger RailThree climate protesters have been arrested after the shop window of a car dealer in Wellington was vandalised this afternoon. Members of the Restore Passenger Rail group, which has blocked several roads in the capital in the last three weeks, said they used red spray paint to deface the facade of Gazley Motor Group on Cambridge Terrace. This is the third consecutive week that Restore Passenger Rail has created disruption in central Wellington. Oliver Gazley, dealer principal of Gazley Motor Group, said he was inside the store when people ran in front of the building, spraying the glass windows in red paint.

The economic credentials of the four biggest parties was on show tonight at the ASB Great Debate in Queenstown. Labour’s Robertson, National’s Willis, Act’s David Seymour and the Greens’ James Shaw argued the relative merits of their respective plans for the economy while trying to dent the credibility of their opponents. The ASB Finance Debate in Queenstown with l-r: David Seymour, leader of Act, Labour's Grant Robertson, Jack Tame, National's Nicola Willis, and the Green's James Shaw. He defended Labour’s spending above and beyond anticipated amounts by saying it was necessary to respond to events like the pandemic, which most political parties supported. "I don’t think it matters," he said when asked if National’s tax package was credible.

We know we have the best of the best in our refereeing team,” said Michel Poussau, the France 2023 tournament director. A World Rugby spokesperson added: “The citing window is 36 hours and the citing commissioner has access to 15 or 16 different video angles to review, they get to see absolutely everything. Video highlights posted to World Rugby’s own social media channels have notably taken some time to appear during the start of the Rugby World Cup, mainly due to TV rights-holders having first access to all content to post on their own respective accounts. Meanwhile, most of the referees in France will not be wearing watches – unlike at the 2019 tournament – but World Rugby has refuted suggestions there has been a dispute with match officials and sponsors. The referees chosen to be in charge of the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan were however given watches, although that was a one-off given that the partnership between Tudor and World Rugby had just started.

Redcliffs beach where a body has been foundA body found at a Christchurch beach on Wednesday morning could be a 19-year-old who went missing in May. The remains were found at Redcliffs Beach and police said they had been in the water for some time. However, police have contacted several families of missing people, to find out more about what the people were wearing when they went missing. One of those missing people is 19-year-old Lindley Khendall Ilog, who went missing from nearby New Brighton Beach in May. Kai Schwoerer/Stuff The remains were found at Redcliffs beach, Christchurch, on September 13.