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1News
18-05-2025
- Business
- 1News
'Backbone of NZ' should get hand to buy first farm
A new members' bill from MP Suze Redmayne will help service tenants, like farm workers and Defence Force employees, to use their KiwiSaver to buy a first home. Speaking to Q+A, the National Party and Rangitīkei MP said she wants to help farmers - 'the backbone of New Zealand' - to buy their first farm. Redmayne said she was inspired to push the legislation after a stock manager working on her Tunnel Hill farm couldn't use his KiwiSaver to buy his first house. 'But the current regulations meant that he couldn't because he wasn't able to live in it for six months because obviously he worked on the farm. He didn't think that was right, and neither did I,' Redmayne said. Farmers can currently use KiwiSaver to buy a farm in their name but not a company's name. Most farms are owned by companies, such as a family. Redmayne wants to make it easier for a person to use KiwiSaver using a company name as long as that person owns the business. 'Farming has been the backbone of New Zealand for the last 100-plus years and I think we need to do everything we can – and I'm certainly motivated to do everything I can - to make sure that continues. "I think that with farming your business and your farm are one and the same – they're inextricably linked.' Redmayne said the bill could ensure farmers can look after their workers. 'When you're living on a farm, you have great relationships with the people that work with you. They usually live 50 or 100 metres away from where you are, and you want them to do well and you want to give them opportunities, especially that are going to help them in their retirement.' Federated Farmers supports Redmayne's bill but wants it to go further by allowing farmers to use KiwiSaver to buy their first herd or flock. Federated Farmers campaigned the National government in 2023 to change KiwiSaver rules to support younger farmers. The National Party committed to support the request as well as 11 other policy priorities. In a statement last year, the Rangitīkei MP explained how her bill worked. "Firstly, it allows a KiwiSaver member to withdraw funds to buy a farm through an entity they are a majority shareholder in. "The current law states a farm must be purchased in their own name – but a farm is usually owned by an entity because it is both a business and a home. "This change makes the legislation more practical and applicable to rural situations. It's about supporting farm ownership and ensuring the future of farming. "Secondly, the bill exempts those in service tenancies, such as farm workers and many military personnel, from the requirement to live in their first home dwelling for at least six months when they purchase it with their KiwiSaver funds. 'Many farmers and military personal will live in a service tenancy for a large portion of their career, making it difficult for them to get on the property ladder. This change is about creating a level playing field and making it easier for more people to access a first home using their KiwiSaver funds, while also increasing property ownership rates." Q+A with Jack Tame is made with the support of New Zealand On Air
Yahoo
18-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Socceroos' World Cup hero Redmayne leaves Sydney FC
Andrew Redmayne will leave Sydney FC at the end of the A-League Men season, ending the veteran goalkeeper's successful eight-year stint at the club. Off-contract at season's end, Redmayne's future had been uncertain following the re-signing of young shot-stopper Harrison Devenish-Meares. It is unclear whether the Gosford-born Redmayne will continue his playing career in Australia. Redmayne, whose shootout heroics in 2022 secured a World Cup berth for the Socceroos, has only played seven matches this season. An injury to Redmayne opened the door for Devenish-Meares in December, who was then rewarded with a one-year contract extension for the 2026/27 season on top of his already existing deal. Redmayne has been a fixture at the Sky Blues since joining from Western Sydney in 2017, tallying 237 games ahead of the club's final three rounds of the home-and-away season. He is third in the club's all-time appearances record, behind captain Rhyan Grant and former skipper Alex Brosque. The club confirmed the 36-year-old's departure on Friday ahead of their final home game at Allianz Stadium against Newcastle. "These eight and a half seasons have been the best of my career, and the most successful. Sydney FC will always have a special place in my heart," Redmayne said in a club statement. "From the moment I arrived this club welcomed me and gave me everything - belief, support and the chance to be part of something truly special. "I'm excited for the next chapter of my life and the new adventure ahead, but I will always look back on my time with Sydney FC with immense pride and gratitude." An emotional Grant said his teammate will leave Sydney as a club legend. Redmayne, in 2022, became the club's most successful goalkeeper, surpassing Clint Bolton when he claimed his 51st clean sheet following their 2-0 win over Perth Glory. He has a total of 64 clean sheets. His decorated stint at the Sky Blues also includes three premierships (2016/17, 2017/18, 2019/20) and three championships (2017, 2019, 2020), alongside two Australia Cup victories (2017, 2023). "If you just look at what he's done since he's been at the club, it's pretty freakish, so he leaves as a Sydney FC legend," Grant said on Friday. "It's been a difficult season, especially the second half of this season so it'll be pretty upsetting to see him go. "I've known 'Redders' for 18 years, maybe a bit longer. "Not only is he a really good teammate, he's a really good mate of mine. He's my roommate, has been for a number of years, so it's going to be really sad to see him go." The four-cap Socceroo danced his way into Australian football lore in 2022 as the star of the penalty shootout that sent Australia to a fifth-straight World Cup finals. Thrown into the fray late as a back-up to Maty Ryan, Redmayne denied Peru's Alex Valera with the Wiggles-style dance moves he had also displayed in the 2019 A-League grand-final win over Perth. "For a Sydney FC point of view, obviously against Perth in the grand final," Grant said of his defining moment. "But as a good friend of 'Redders', I think the moment he had with the Socceroos, where he was the hero to get him to the World Cup - you can't go past that."
The National
08-04-2025
- Business
- The National
Sotheby's exhibition brings $100 million worth of the world's rarest diamonds to Abu Dhabi
It's not every day a jewellery expert uses the word 'mind-blowing,' but that's exactly how Paul Redmayne, Sotheby's senior jewellery specialist for the Middle East, describes the auction house's new exhibition: Beyond: The World's Rarest Diamonds. The show on Wednesday April 9 and Thursday 10 at the Bassam Freiha Art Foundation in Abu Dhabi's Saadiyat Island offers a rare chance to view $100 million worth of extraordinary diamonds. That this exhibition is being held in Abu Dhabi is no coincidence, Redmayne explains. 'GCC clients have been keeping the luxury industry alive for the last 10 generations. We've seen waves of other nationalities coming and going, but the perennial buyer has always been the Middle East buyer.' Visitors can register for guided tours with Sotheby's experts, who will walk them through the significance of each gem on display. Comprising eight stones, including one valued at $20 million, the entire $100 million collection could, in theory, fit in the palm of a hand. 'To have this number of carats in one room is mind-boggling,' says Redmayne. 'These diamonds have never all been in the same room before. You've got the century stones, 100-carat-plus white diamonds, the 100-carat-plus brown-orange, the 40-carat light pink, the 31-carat vivid orangey pink, the 303-carat Golden Canary and of course, the second-largest red [diamond] in the world. It's just mind-blowing.' Among the highlights is that red diamond – officially the second largest yet discovered. 'The largest red diamond in the world is 5.11 carats, and this is 5.05 carats,' says Redmayne. Red diamonds are so rare, he adds, that legendary jeweller Harry Winston never saw one in his lifetime. Seeing this square emerald-cut fancy brown-red diamond is truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Also on show is the Mediterranean Blue diamond, a fancy vivid blue stone weighing 10.03 carats with VS2 clarity, considered one of the most important blue diamonds discovered. When it goes to auction in Geneva on May 13, Sotheby's expects it to fetch around $20 million. What makes this stone exceptional is how it 'ticks all the boxes', Redmayne says. Mined in 2023 from the famed Cullinan mine in South Africa, known for producing two diamonds in the British Crown Jewel diamonds, the rough stone was studied for a full year before cutting, to maximise its colour. This exhibition marks the stone's public debut. Only one in 10,000 diamonds qualifies as coloured, and blue is among the rarest. Colour grades range from fancy to intense to fancy vivid, the latter reserved for the most saturated stones. As a fancy vivid blue, the Mediterranean Blue is 'one of the most sought-after and rarest', Redmayne says. 'The clarity, the provenance, the size, and the fact it's a cushion [cut] makes it super desirable.' Cushion cuts, he adds, are always in demand: 'They're harmonious and gentle, with a lovely shape.' Other extraordinary stones in the exhibition include the Desert Rose, a 31.68-carat pear-shaped fancy vivid orange Pink diamond of VVS1 clarity; the Golden Canary necklace, set with a 303.10-carat pear-shaped fancy deep brownish yellow diamond that is internally flawless, and the Ultimate Emerald Cut, a 100.20-carat emerald-cut diamond ring of D colour and Internally Flawless clarity. There is also a 102.60-carat round diamond, D colour and VVS1 clarity; a 40.29-carat radiant-cut fancy light pink diamond and diamond ring of VS2 clarity; and a Cartier necklace in 18k white gold, featuring a 100.26-carat pear-shaped fancy deep brown-orange diamond of I1 clarity. The chance to see such stones assembled is unprecedented, even for experts. 'This is a once-in-a-career moment,' says Redmayne. 'I don't think anyone in the industry has seen all of these stones – this level, this number of century stones – in one exhibition. I can't think of a show where so many 100-plus-carat diamonds have been brought together.'
Yahoo
02-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Emilia Perez' has many problems. Its controversial star is just one of them.
By most accounts, the Oscar-nominated 'Emilia Pérez' is a terrible movie. Mexican critics panned the film's portrayal of cartel violence, while trans critics hated how gender transition was used as an empty plot device with a highly inaccurate depiction of the medical process of transitioning. And yet the musical has been nominated for an incredible 13 Oscars, the most of any film this awards season. With an audience score of 16% on Rotten Tomatoes, it's clear almost everyone hates this movie, it seems, except for Oscar voters. While all of this film discourse has taken place, the Trump administration is in the midst of broadly sweeping away the legal existence of trans people across the U.S. This is not the first time Oscars voters have propped up a trans-related film in the middle of a national political movement against trans rights. In the lead-up to the 2016 Oscars, the state of North Carolina banned trans people from bathrooms in one of the first attacks on trans rights to reach nationwide awareness. The state was hit with mass protests and boycotts for its intolerance. At the same time, actor Eddie Redmayne was nominated for best actor for his portrayal of Danish trans woman Lili Elbe, one of the first transgender women to get gender-affirming surgery in the 1930s. Redmayne's casting and subsequent Oscar buzz was widely decried by trans people, who argued that the role of one of history's most significant trans women should have been played by a trans actress. At the time, it was common practice to cast a cis male to play a trans woman in any mainstream Hollywood film, a decision that can incorrectly give moviegoers the idea that trans women are really men playing pretend as women. Just a year before, Jared Leto had won an Oscar for best supporting actor for playing a fictional trans woman in 'Dallas Buyers Club.' A Redmayne win in 2016 would have given audiences the same idea. I can still remember the relief on trans Twitter that Oscar night when Redmayne didn't win. In the casting respect, at least, "Emilia Pérez" gets it right, having cast trans actress Karla Sofía Gascón in the lead role as a trans woman. She is up for best actress in this year's Oscars, but her chances of winning are complicated by a series of offensive tweets about Muslims and George Floyd that surfaced from years ago. As a trans person who also happens to run a podcast about cancel culture, I find it interesting that Gascón has been so quickly marginalized on the basis of old tweets, when other celebrities haven't necessarily faced the same consequences for similar or even more egregious actions. Make no mistake, the tweets are racist and Islamophobic, and should be condemned. But she would hardly be the first celebrity with bigoted opinions. I mean, Mel Gibson seems to be embarking on a comeback after his infamous antisemitic rants. They're still making 'Harry Potter' movies for J.K. Rowling. Dave Chappelle still has a robust comedy career. The frustrating reality is that trans women are often the first to get thrown under the bus when it comes to controversies like these. Social media is littered with the former accounts of trans women who dared draw negative attention to themselves before being run off the internet. While Gascón said she still plans on attending the award ceremony itself, she has skipped the typical pre-Oscars pomp and parties that usuallt come with being a nominee. It feels to me as if she has been thrown out of the club to allow the absolutely horrid film she starred in to stay in the general Oscar hunt for other awards. Gascón may be seemingly out of the running for an Oscar even though she's nominated, but her cisgender co-stars and the film itself are still up for multiple awards despite near universal distaste for the movie. There's precedent for all of this. In 2019, the Oscars gave best picture to 'Green Book,' despite widespread criticism from Black film critics and audiences, and amid reports of derogatory tweets and racist language from co-writer Nick Vallelonga and co-star Viggo Mortensen. In the end, I wish films wouldn't get rewarded by the academy for telling awful trans stories, or for portraying trans women as men playing pretend. It bothers me that 'Emilia Pérez' is getting so many flowers this year while films like 'I Saw the TV Glow,' an incredibly produced and nuanced horror film from A24 that tells an allegory about being in the closet as a trans person, has gone widely ignored (even, shockingly, by the GLAAD Awards). 'I Saw the TV Glow' connected viscerally with nearly every trans person I know who saw it, and it was directed by nonbinary director Jane Schoenbrun. 'Emilia Pérez,' on the other hand, perpetuates a lazy trope about the trans experience that feels especially harmful in the present political climate. This article was originally published on
Yahoo
02-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
NSW Breakers snare WNCL title with freakish run-out
The NSW Breakers have snared their 21st WNCL title after defeating Queensland by 21 runs, and it's largely thanks to a freakish run-out. Anika Learoyd cracked 80 off 110 balls and Claire Moore chipped in with 33 as NSW were bowled out for 215 in 48 overs at Allan Border Field on Sunday, In reply, star Fire opener Georgia Redmayne posted 97 off 122 balls to give Queensland a genuine shot at victory. But disaster struck in the 41st over with Queensland 7-173 and still needing 43 more runs for victory. Redmayne was at the non-striker's end when Nicola Hancock smashed Lauren Cheatle's delivery straight back at the bowler. Cheatle dropped the return catch, but the ball deflected off her hands and onto the stumps, catching a stunned Redmayne well out of her crease. That's a brutal way to get out on 97... #WNCL — (@cricketcomau) March 2, 2025 The Fire's tail didn't last much longer, with NSW players celebrating wildly when Queensland were bowled out for 194 in the 47th over. It marks the first time NSW have lifted the Ruth Preddy Cup since 2018-19. Cheatle (2-32), Sammy-Jo Johnson (2-36), Sam Bates (2-41) and Georgia Adams (2-33) all played important roles with the ball for NSW. Queensland were left kicking themselves after slumping from 2-135 in the 30th over to be all out for 194. Redmayne was in hot form for the Fire, but Sianna Ginger (36) and Charli Knott (14) were the only other batters to make it to double figures for Queensland. NSW win the #WNCL for the 21st time!! — (@cricketcomau) March 2, 2025 NSW veteran Sarah Coyte now has 10 WNCL titles across three different states. The 33-year-old won six competitions with NSW between 2010 and 2015, one with South Australia after that, then a further two with Tasmania. Her latest triumph is extra special, given the long wait between drinks for a NSW organisation accustomed to success.
