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Changing the balance

effective non-traded sector inflation controls

balanced taxation including capital gains

research and development tax credits

faster depreciation (write off) of plant and patents

investment incentives for productive investment and skill development

personal tax concessions for early stage productive investments
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21/9/12 - "Commodity production must be accompanied by value add and complex industrial activity to achieve...." (Read more)

John Walley
NZ Manufacturers and Exporters Association CEO

14/12/12 - "For thirty years New Zealand has run a current account deficit, averaging around 5% of GDP. To...." (Read more)

Hugh Fletcher

13/7/12 - "the failure to enable local industry to participate in supply is at best, an abdication of...." (Read more)

Nick Inskip
Industry Development Manager, HERA

25/11/11 - "So the government could print new money and spend it directly into circulation, thus saving the...." (Read more)

Raf Manji
Sustento Institute

31/10/11 - "more saving, better monetary policy management,..." (Read more) - John Errington

13/7/11 - "Only a growing, high value add, export sector..." (Read more) - John Walley

19/12/12 - "New Zealand can be fortunate in its distance..." (Read more) - Digby Crompton

17/11/11 - "The poor return on productive investment - and..." (Read more) - Bryan Gould

23/6/11 - "I'd just like to have a debate and start..." (Read more) - Bernard Hickey

23/4/12 - "No country in history has become wealthy by..." (Read more) - Peter Lyons

13/7/11 - "We have a high dollar which is not only..." (Read more) - Neville Bennett

16/11/11 - "The obstacles to exporting from New Zealand are..." (Read more) - Brian Willoughby

1/11/11 - "If the talk is of an export led recovery, let..." (Read more) - Scott Yates

21/10/11 - "New Zealand’s number one challenge is to earn..." (Read more) - Ganesh Nana

27/2/13 - "The huge effect the exchange rate has on the..." (Read more) - Gordon Sutherland

16/7/12 - "Isn’t it time to establish a banking system..." (Read more) - Bryan Gould

17/4/12 - "New Zealand hasn't a hope in hell of catching..." (Read more) - Brian Gaynor

23/6/11 - "As a country, we are simultaneously fighting..." (Read more) - Selwyn Pellett

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