Annual report notes impairment of loans as taxpayer-backed fund winds down.
‘Queenstown is obviously not the cheapest place in the world,’ new mayor John Glover says.
The department got a return of $11.81 for each dollar spent on tax compliance.
UPDATED: Backed by Crown assets, the new fund is Labour’s first economic move as election year looms.
Andrew Little asks whether the council is getting value for money from services it contracted out.
Report says New Zealand has to act now and be bold in its response to organised crime.
Insurance Council welcomes the plan but says more urgency is needed.
He was Prime Minister from 1990 to 1997.
Boards of both funds have ‘a strong appetite for exploring structural change’.
High electricity prices helped boost the Government’s income.