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Elevate CA Blog

Welcome to the Elevate CA blog - a mixture of interesting and useful observations from our team.

Tax Working Group – Residential Rental Property

Last week’s report from the Tax Working Group makes some comments that are sure to be contentious.  The Tax Working Group was established back in May to assist the Government in considering the key tax policy challenges facing New Zealand.  Their latest report targets the $200 billion rental property industry, stating that it not only pays no tax, but is actually getting refunds when it might be contributing tax of more than $500 million a year. [Read more…]

Northland Business Excellence Awards

A big night and a full house at the Northland Business Excellence Awards in Whangarei last night.  Apart from the medievel costumes, carnivorous feast, ample wine and great social occasion, the highlights for me were these: [Read more…]

TED Auckland

The first New Zealand TED event was held yesterday in Auckland.   

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I am a fan of TED (www.ted.com), but I really wasn’t sure what to expect from the local franchised event.  Was it going to be all hype and no substance – or was it going to induce a genuine “wow”?  So I made sure I was there yesterday evening for the show. [Read more…]

NZ Focus on Health

The semifinalists for the New Zealand Trade and Enterprise NZ Focus on Health competition were announced this week.   These 21 ventures will pitch to the five US and two kiwi judges for a spot on the ten-strong finalist’s list.  All ten finalists will work on their business plans then participate in a US roadtrip in mid 2010 where they will be introduced to influential players in the US health industry. [Read more…]