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Holidays Plan Makes Farce Of Growth Aims
Friday, 24 October 2003, 10:48 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
"The government's latest plan to legislate for 4 weeks annual holidays makes a farce of its professed 'top priority' goal of better economic growth", Roger Kerr, executive director the New Zealand Business Roundtable, said today. More >>
Time to Push Harder for Supreme Court Referendum
Tuesday, 14 October 2003, 10:35 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
When the Supreme Court Bill becomes law with the smallest of majorities later today, proponents of a referendum will continue their efforts, New Zealand Business Roundtable executive director Roger Kerr said. More >>
Road Legislation Fails to Clear the Green Hurdle
Monday, 13 October 2003, 10:20 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
The last-minute tweaking of the Land Transport Management Bill will not be enough to ensure that vital roading infrastructure gets the investment it needs, New Zealand Business Roundtable executive director Roger Kerr said today. More >>
Referendum on Supreme Court Bill More Important
Tuesday, 7 October 2003, 2:59 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
The United Future decision to oppose the Supreme Court Bill makes it more important than ever to hold a public referendum on the topic, New Zealand Business Roundtable executive director Roger Kerr said today. More >>
Legitimate Property Rights Forgotten in Foreshore
Monday, 6 October 2003, 11:00 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
The New Zealand Business Roundtable opposes the government's plan to stop Maori from pursuing legitimate customary rights to the foreshore and seabed in court, executive director Roger Kerr said. More >>
Tariff Decision Positive for Growth
Wednesday, 1 October 2003, 10:33 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
"The announcement of a plan to reduce tariffs to maximum rates of 5 and 10 percent by 2009 is a small but positive step in the right direction", the executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, Roger Kerr, said today. More >>
No Consensus on Supreme Court Bill
Tuesday, 16 September 2003, 2:23 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
The failure of parliament's Justice and Electoral Committee to reach a broad consensus on the Supreme Court Bill shows why the legislation must be subject to a public referendum, New Zealand Business Roundtable executive director Roger Kerr said today. More >>
Supreme Court Bill: Analysis of Groups
Monday, 15 September 2003, 10:30 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
This analysis by the New Zealand Business Roundtable outlines the groups that made submissions on the Supreme Court Bill.[1] It excludes submissions by individuals (many of which were not comprehensive in nature) in favour of examining the division ... More >>
Privy Council Users Want to Retain Access
Monday, 15 September 2003, 9:56 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
Research by the New Zealand Business Roundtable shows the vast majority of representative organisations affected by plans to end access to the Privy Council oppose the move, executive director Roger Kerr said today. More >>
What America Means For New Zealand
Friday, 12 September 2003, 11:57 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
In 1997, two years after he visited New Zealand as a guest of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, the British historian Paul Johnson published his acclaimed book A History of the American People. In its concluding paragraph, Johnson wrote as follows: More >>
Business New Zealand-KPMG Compliance Cost Survey
Monday, 25 August 2003, 9:44 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
"Yet another study has shown that the burden of regulation is increasing in New Zealand and making business operation more difficult", the executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, Roger Kerr, said today. More >>
ERA Tinkering is Anti-Business and Anti-Growth
Wednesday, 20 August 2003, 3:23 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
New Zealand Business Roundtable executive director Roger Kerr today warned that the government risks harming New Zealand's economy if it steamrolls ahead with reported changes to the Employment Relations Act (ERA). More >>
Local Government Spending Must Be Constrained
Friday, 1 August 2003, 5:11 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
"Rodney Hide's Bill aimed at constraining local government spending is a welcome initiative", the executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, Roger Kerr, said today. More >>
Roger Kerr Speech: Hong Kong NZ Business Assn
Thursday, 31 July 2003, 9:40 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
When President Bill Clinton was in office, he phoned the tennis champion Venus Williams to congratulate her on her win at the US Open. The president got more than he bargained for. Williams told him she had worked hard to win the prize money, and she deserved ... More >>
North Shore Mayor Adds To Confusion On Rates
Wednesday, 30 July 2003, 5:53 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
"The mayor of North Shore City, Mr George Wood, sought to clarify confusion over business rates but has instead added to it", the executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, Roger Kerr, said today. More >>
Minister Tamihere Is Heading For Quicksand
Friday, 25 July 2003, 11:07 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
"Minister for Small Business John Tamihere is heading for quicksand in stating that 'The needs of small business are absolutely different to the requirements of big business' ", Roger Kerr, the executive director of the New Zealand Business ... More >>
Roger Kerr Speech - Does Policy Matter?
Wednesday, 16 July 2003, 12:44 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
This talk is about economic growth. Economic growth matters for people because it brings with it things like higher incomes, wider choices, more leisure and better environmental quality. Economic growth, driven by increases in productivity, is the ... More >>
Holidays Bill Should Be Scrapped
Thursday, 10 July 2003, 5:48 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
Proposed changes to workplace holiday legislation will not boost economic growth and should be scrapped, the New Zealand Business Roundtable told the parliamentary select committee examining the Holidays Bill and the Holidays (Four Weeks Annual ... More >>
Initiative On Privy Council Welcomed
Friday, 4 July 2003, 7:39 am | New Zealand Business Roundtable
The Business Roundtable has welcomed the initiative of ACT, National and New Zealand First to seek citizens' opinions on the government's proposals to abolish appeals to the Privy Council. More >>
Privy Council: Lessons From Australia
Wednesday, 2 July 2003, 10:06 pm | New Zealand Business Roundtable
"An item in the June issue of the New Zealand Law Journal is highly relevant to the debate on the Privy Council", the executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, Roger Kerr, said today. More >>
