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Retirement Relief: Age Stays at 65 retirement Dec 09, 2025

New Zealand’s retirement landscape is changing, and this week’s announcement has brought a real sense of relief for many - especially those in physically demanding jobs like farming. The government has confirmed it will not lift the retirement age to 67. Instead, a new, more stable superannuation fr...

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Pre-plan your holiday season payroll holidays payroll Nov 15, 2025

I am sure many of you have already started planning for Christmas and making sure your roster works, and so have I. In my case, I am pre-planning payroll processing for my clients so my team can get a break and payroll gets processed and paid on time.

Payroll processing is relatively simp

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Why are boundaries and values important? personal development work life balance Jun 15, 2025

There is a lot of discussion in my social circles at the moment about boundaries and values. They work together as your values determine what your boundaries are and where they are. 

Until the last couple of years, I had not truly articulated my values and boundaries. Everyone has values and boundari...

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Kiwisaver changes announced in today's budget May 22, 2025

The very short version of what is happening with KiwiSaver as announced in todays budget.

Government contribution will halve, starting from 1 July 2025 and employer/employee contributions to increase to 4% each (from the 3% default now) in two steps. They will rise to 3.5% 1 April 2026. 

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Change to AEWV requirements #accreditedemployerworkvisa #aewv Dec 20, 2024

What this means for farmers

Immigration Minister Erica Stanford announced immigration reforms this week, including changes to the Accredited Employer Work Visa requirements. These changes make filling gaps in your team with overseas staff easier, as the requirements are more reasonable.

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Cyber Security Week 2024 Oct 25, 2024

Lock up your digital valuables

It is Cyber Security Week 2024.

Consider how you can keep yourself and your business a little safer.

  1. Turn on 2-factor authentication where you can. At minimum, this should be your bank, IRD, accounting software, and email. Please turn it on for those

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