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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

When I first read about this new policy I thought it was applying to those on National Super. So.. why not.

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Some of the PREFU forecasts seem ... interesting... versus recent reality.

beneficiaries numbers rise - and suddenly fall

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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Happy second iRex ferry arrival week! This is the week the second rail enabled bigger ferry would have arrived in Aotearoa, six months after the first. We currently will not receive any new ferries until 2029, and at present have one ferry working and will go 4 years without a rail enabled ferry.

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Because these dark patterns are a key part of social media that has undermined society. The more we can go after these companies the better, so I will celebrate every win. Ideally there are far more strict laws around content, privacy, dark patterns etc, with enforcement and massive penalties.

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I suspect UBCO would have a bunch.

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

RAM was the key when I did my research

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Some policies are obviously great. First Aussie for solar right, and then batteries. e360.yale.edu/digest/austr...

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In Australia, a Home Battery Boom Has Helped Cut Wholesale Power Prices in Half

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

We also need to stop the silly nonsense of only being able to vote at the meeting - and have proxy voting like every other AGM.

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

It's nuts. And budgeting an operation-level loss after a price increase. Incompetent. Insane.

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Because they are not going to get 5% and you vote will be wasted. That’s the strategy.

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Hey that’s where our family lives!

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Hope they put some bike rack there.

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Was a bit busier on free fries day, Friday.

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I meant fight to avoid removing Barnes dances, and fight to remove cars.

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Fight to avoid removing Barnes dances. And cars.

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

We could be building out electricity production that connects to H2 plants, and get rid of methane gas for industry, including replacing the blast furnaces at NZ Steel, providing input for fertiliser or even making green methanol without emission. The actually helps NZ’s economy, rather than others

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

That’s only true if there is absolutely zero fossil fuel electrcity generation. What is likely, and incentivised, to happen is preferred cheap prices for a high percentage of our electricity market, and continued high prices for everyone else for longer.

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

If you have a chance to wander up Queen St and see these - do. They are absolutely stunning. Well done.

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Yes. A vote for TOP has always been a vote for a right wing coalition. MMP minimums are far too high.

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Sometimes the data screams a warning. Westpac's regular survey of employment confidence just hit a new low - worse than 2008 & COVID. library.westpaciq.com.au/content/dam/...

Chart of Westpac's employment confidence index. It's a new low.

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

We flipped to total ren as some people were in Kiwisaver and others not. Allows each to choose. We then flipped back again when the Kiwisaver percentages went up, else we would see people’s actual take home pay go down. That is not acceptable with COL.

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Top owners: Peter Beck is #11 on the owner list. All the other top 47 appear to be global funds. #1 is Blackrock. It’s an amazing success. Really quite astonishing.

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

And: “Rocket Lab Corporation was formerly known as Rocket Lab USA, Inc. and changed its name to Rocket Lab Corporation in August 2021. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Long Beach, California.“ Yes they need to present as a US company over there, but wow.

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

That’s, uh, Rocketlab Corporation. Capital IQ description: “Rocket Lab Corporation, a space company, provides launch services and space systems solutions in the United States, Canada, Japan, and internationally“

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

There’s always a bigger boat. A weird incentive is to put all your money over $10m into the family castle rather than investing into businesses.

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

They require the company to spend more money on people, yes. Hits hardest on retail & service sectors as high employment, low margin sectors.* The Greens proposed increase in company tax has lower impact. *better policies required to support these/tilt economy to higher margin areas.

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Normally I’d point out the ongoing suffering of the owner of the domain. In this case it appears to be some horrific AI abomination, so carry on, carry on.

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Pretty good. Top tax rate cuts in far too low though at $160k, which is very low versus housing market. US/Au income tax rates are more aggressive but at higher levels.

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Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand @greens.org.nz · 21/06/2026

It's time for the super-rich and big corporations to pay their fair share. Visit greens.org.nz to learn how "A Tax System for All of Us" can build a fairer country for everyone 💚✊

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

He bypassed all the rules. He did set up a government subsidised VC fund, but it only made 4 investments then stopped

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Looks like all visas have the same Fit and Proper requirements.. www.immigration.govt.nz/visas/active... Every visa class has bad actors sneaking in, as we saw catastrophically in Chch. Obviously it’s very difficult to fairly filter people aside from a legal level of crime etc.

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Active Investor Plus Visa

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Yes on a macro level there are much bigger levers to pull, and it is frustrating watching how many are set in the wrong position. But for the companies receiving funds it’s transformational, especially versus the previous program where migrant investors could just buy bonds.

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Trickle down is when you give it to the rich and they deign to spend some (and save the rest, as it’s all zombie economic theory, hat is killed but will not die) The AIP growth category money needs to end up at companies, and if it doesn’t then funds get delisted.

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

“Within the Growth category ..: Private Credit $899 million, Venture Capital $147 million, Infrastructure $97 million, Private Equity $57 million, Diversified $17 million, and Fund of Funds $10 million. Of this, $778 million (63%) has already been deployed.” www.beehive.govt.nz/release/one-...

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I don’t think visa type is the issue there.

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Yes. LP structure is easy to invest into. Tax issues are really hard for certain investors. E.g. US tax law really doesn’t like offshore investing.

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

The AIP program was initiated by Labour. The current government announced changes so it all paused for months, then released. The current settings can, and should, still evolve - 10% allocation to VC/direct investment is far too small as a share. A lot appears to be transactional.

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

The AIP people who have invested in our 2 VC funds all appear to be genuine, with values that attract them to NZ, and they have strong affinity with our founders, when they meet. We’re a bit different perhaps. AIP has been the single best thing that government has done to promote hi-tech growth.

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

It works if the money goes to long term growth. The 10% of the money that’s come to VC is getting invested into companies that use it to grow, mainly by hiring, and they are growing larger and sustainable business. We’ve invested $18m so far, with $10m being contracted soon. It’s been magic.

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

It would be good to have them, and some of their ideas about policy, in parliament, but with the current MMP settings it’s right to be mad about every wasted vote going their way.

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Lance Wiggs @lancewiggs.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Ads for meat and long distance tourism banned in Amsterdam. Say 75% of our export economy, and fair enough too. What the hell are we doing NZ. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/c...

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In Permissive Amsterdam, Ads for Fossil Fuels or Meat Are Now Verboden

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