INSIDE THIS EDITION Technology and R&M 1 Accommodation allowances 2 Team development 3 Voluntary disclosures 3 Snippets 4 Sneezing colleagues 4 Holding gold 4 Technology and R&M The condition of New Zealand’s housing stock was hotly debated during the lead up to the election. Houses that were acceptable in the 1970’s are now considered outdated and low quality for 21st century living. With the introduction of a new Government we are waiting to see what changes will be implemented for landlords, for example, will a housing Warrant of Fitness be introduced? Landlords may need to incur significant improvement costs to bring properties up to the required standard, so the inevitable question will
Callaghan Innovation Innovation is often considered by economists as core to a country’s economic prosperity. At the turn of the 20th century, refrigerated exports put New Zealand ahead of many of our European peers and ranked us first against all others in GDP per capita. Whilst the world economy has changed a lot in the last 100 years, the New Zealand Government remains actively focused on stimulating increased innovation within the economy in an effort to increase economic growth and population wealth. The main method for government to support innovation in recent times has been through the formation of Callaghan Innovation. Callaghan is a Crown entity, established in 2013 with the
