24 October. KiwiFM host Wallace Chapman and John start out talking about panda bears but move quickly to the Joanna Average findings released by National (see John's video on this, here) that show the average salaries in New Zealand have grown dramatically over the last decade - but the ever-increasing tax bite means most workers are only $500 better off in real take-home terms.  John points out that take-home pay is the real driver of the alarming exodus of New Zealanders to Australia - and that the disparities in tax bite between the two countries is part of that package. Visit Bill English's blog, here, to read more about Joanna Average.