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Goods and Services Tax
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Sep 17, 2026
Kym SamuelsGUEST
And we have Pack and Save, who I believe is globally very competitive.
Kym SamuelsGUEST
If you take the GST off and the exchange rate, I think if you took the pack and save as a whole, they compete hugely globally on price.
Kym SamuelsGUEST
And so if you want best price, you go to pack and save.
Kym SamuelsGUEST
If you want best experience, broader range, come and get your bags packed, you come to New World.
Kym SamuelsGUEST
If I look at the two areas that we have had historically some big inflation, meat for one, that's because we're a fair trade globally and most of our meat goes offshore and we pay market price.
Kym SamuelsGUEST
fruit and veggie, that seasonal last year was particularly high and the elements have a big effect on, you know, if we have a storm, it wipes out whole crops.
Kym SamuelsGUEST
New Zealand has GST on those items.
Kym SamuelsGUEST
Australia doesn't.
Chelsea DanielsHOST
And they did come back to me saying, while products in New Zealand and Australia can look the same, direct price comparisons rarely compare like for like.
Chelsea DanielsHOST
A major difference is that New Zealand applies a 15% GST to all groceries, whereas basic food items in Australia are GST exempt.
Chelsea DanielsHOST
And that's something that I was like, well, that- that's, a 15%, uh, difference.
Chelsea DanielsHOST
The difference in price is- isn't 15%, um, but it's something, that's something that the UK does as well.
Katie BradfordGUEST
Yes.
Katie BradfordGUEST
Is, and, and that has been talked about a lot here.
Katie BradfordGUEST
I think, um, we've had various election campaigns when Labor and the Greens have at times, and I think it is still a Green Party policy, to remove GST off basic items.
Katie BradfordGUEST
Labor did, I think in the 2014 election campaign, campaign on removing it off fruit and veggies.
Paul BarlowGUEST
Like an income tax is a type of tax.
Paul BarlowGUEST
GST is a type of tax.
Paul BarlowGUEST
A levy is a type of tax.
Pat BrittendenHOST
Yes.
speaker_11SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So what is the difference between a tax and a levy? Ooh, school time.
speaker_11SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
A tax is money taken from an individual company or organisation by the government that can be used to fund pretty much anything the government wants.
speaker_11SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
For example, the GST you pay buying a can of beans or a new belt can be used to fund the hiring of a new nurse in Dunedin's hospital or a new police car in New Plymouth.
speaker_11SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
A levy is...
Andrew WilliamsPANELIST
The public aren't going to buy into it.
Andrew WilliamsPANELIST
What they should buy into, which is happening right now in Australia, in Europe, in the UK, is taking GST off all food basic items.
Andrew WilliamsPANELIST
All your main ones, all your bread, milk, cheese, flour, meat, fresh vegetables, children's infant baby food, all this sort of stuff.
Andrew WilliamsPANELIST
Take the GST off.
Andrew WilliamsPANELIST
That would give people an instant relief.
Andrew WilliamsPANELIST
Satisfaction, not waiting three years to try and break up.
Catherine BeardGUEST
New Zealand has a 15% tax on all food, so...
Catherine BeardGUEST
We would argue actually if you take the GST off, we're actually very competitive with the basket of goods anywhere in the world.
Catherine BeardGUEST
They really haven't, I don't think, proved the case that there's a problem here.
Catherine BeardGUEST
Yes, we've had food inflation, but so has the rest of the world.
Catherine BeardGUEST
New Zealand has a 15% tax on all food.
Catherine BeardGUEST
We would argue actually if you take the GST off, we're actually very competitive with the basket of goods anywhere in the world.
Catherine BeardGUEST
They really haven't, I don't think, proved the case that there's a problem here.
Catherine BeardGUEST
Yes, we've had food inflation, but so has the rest of the world.
Robin OliverGUEST
If we want more money to fund the government, we should be up front, debate what we're doing and how we're spending it and why we need to spend more on healthcare or education or New Zealand Super, whatever.
Robin OliverGUEST
And then the fearless way is to take it from GST where we all pay for it.
Robin OliverGUEST
But this idea that somehow or other you can identify someone else who will pick up the bill is nonsense.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
Yeah, I love your way of thinking, Robin.
Robin OliverGUEST
If we want more money to fund the government, we should be up front, debate what we're doing and how we're spending it and why we need to spend more on health care or education or New Zealand Super, whatever.
Robin OliverGUEST
And then the fairest way is to take it from GST, where we all pay for it.
Robin OliverGUEST
But this idea that somehow or other you can identify someone else who will pick up the bill is nonsense.
Anna GuthrieHOST
Yeah, I love your way of thinking, Robin.
Susan EdmondsHOST
There have been so many great ones.
Susan EdmondsHOST
One that sticks in my mind was about Domino's and the suggestion that their menu prices didn't include GST.
Susan EdmondsHOST
I went on a quest to find out what was happening, and the answer from Domino's came back after all that, that actually they do.
Susan EdmondsHOST
But it was interesting as an exercise pointing out how confusing it sometimes is when you're trying to order food from places that advertise based on those bundle deals or without clear pricing.
Robin OliverGUEST
If we want more money to fund the government, we should be upfront, debate what we're doing and how we're spending it and why we need to spend more on healthcare or education or New Zealand Super, whatever.
Robin OliverGUEST
And then the fearless way is to take it from GST where we all pay for it.
Robin OliverGUEST
But this idea that somehow or other you can identify someone else who will pick up the bill is nonsense.
speaker_1HOST
Yeah, I love your way of thinking, Robin.
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