Tuesday, 18 May 2021, 2:26 pm
RURAL communities are the second largest city in the
country (600,000+ people), generating more than $26 billion
in earnings, thanks to the dairy and red meat sectors
alone.
“Yet those numbers don’t seem to rate
highly enough with banks or the Government and its
agencies,” says National Rural Communities spokesperson
Barbara Kuriger.
“Last week Labour voted against an
inquiry into banks and government agencies to make sure
people are still able to manage financial affairs
independently as the era of cheques draws to a
close.”
The motion for an inquiry was put to the
Finance and Expenditure Select Committee. National, ACT and
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Guy Pope-Mayell, chairman of Dyslexia NZ tells MPs about how stressful internet banking can be for neuro-different people.
More than a million low-vision, elderly and “neuro-different” New Zealanders have been let down by the withdrawal of cheques, and the closure of bank branches, MPs have been told. National Party MP Andrew Bayly called for an inquiry into how branch closures, and the ditching of cheques, including by government agencies like ACC, Inland Revenue and Kiwibank, had made it harder for “vulnerable” people to manage their money lives. Bayly called for the inquiry after hearing the story of a dyslexic Pukekohe man too afraid to use internet banking, who was told by his bank to drive to another town to a branch to see a teller.
But the current legislation dated from a time when apartment living was still relatively new, she said. To give a sense of that, Willis pointed out that in 2010 multi-unit housing developments made up around 15 percent of new houses and by 2017 that number was 40 per cent. “Multi-unit housing developments must continue to grow, but because the current law is archaic and outdated, it is creating headaches for owners and prospective buyers. It is preventing people from choosing apartment living.”
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Reform of the law governing apartments will make life easier for people living in multi-unit dwellings. The bill would make life easier for thousands of people currently living in multi-unit dwellings and it would open the door for thousands more people to choose that type of housing in the future, she said.