average ordinary time weekly earnings means average ordinary time weekly earnings (per full-time equivalent) as determined by the QES (after the deduction of standard tax, and the earner levies, payable as at 1 April of the following year, on those earnings)

CPI means the Consumers Price Index (all groups) published by Statistics New Zealand or, if that index ceases to be published, any measure certified by the Government Statistician as being equivalent to that index

earner levies means the levies payable under section 219(1) of the Accident Compensation Act 2001

QES means the Quarterly Employment Survey of wages published (as original, or revised, statistics) by Statistics New Zealand or, if that survey ceases to be published, any measure certified by the Government Statistician as being equivalent to that survey

standard tax means the amount of tax reckoned on a weekly basis that would be deductible in accordance with the tax code “M” stated in schedule 5, part A, clause 4, table row 1 of the Tax Administration Act 1994.