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Bribe-O-Meter Week 3: Opportunity Join The Greens In The $100k-Per-Household Club
Thursday, 24 September 2026, 3:19 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The direct cost to taxpayers is limited to additional Commerce Commission enforcement capacity, which we have costed at $88.6 million, or $42.75 per household. More >>
Labour Finally Sees Sense On Interest Deductibility
Wednesday, 23 September 2026, 9:23 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Labour’s decision to deny landlords a deduction for a legitimate cost of providing rental property distorted the tax system from the start. More >>
Taxpayers’ Union Backs Labour Call For OIA Investigation
Wednesday, 23 September 2026, 9:22 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Labour has identified a serious issue. Now the Commission needs to establish whether this is an isolated incident is a part of a wider culture that strikes at the heart of open government. More >>
Greens Right To Close The Beehive-To-Lobbying Revolving Door
Tuesday, 22 September 2026, 1:25 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Ministers shouldn’t be able to walk out of the Beehive on Friday and into a lobbying job on Monday, selling the access and relationships they built in office. More >>
Opportunity Wants To Bring Back The Fart Tax
Friday, 18 September 2026, 4:36 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Call it a trading scheme, a levy, or anything else you like, if farmers are forced to pay for the methane their animals produce, it is a new tax on farming. More >>
Taxpayer Manifesto Sets Five Bottom Lines For Next Government
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 2:45 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The manifesto is designed as both an election checklist and a starting point for coalition negotiations after 7 November. More >>
Bribe-O-Meter Week 2: Labour And Opportunity Spend Big, While Greens Go To Ground
Wednesday, 16 September 2026, 4:35 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Labour’s promise to increase KiwiSaver employer contributions and continue contributions for those on parental leave has been costed at $392 million over four years. More >>
Willis Talks Bracket Creep: Here’s What The Tax Brackets Should Be
Tuesday, 15 September 2026, 1:33 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The figures come from the our briefing paper The Inflation Tax, which shows where income tax thresholds would sit today if they had kept pace with inflation since they were last adjusted on 31 July 2024. More >>
Watts Makes Bad Local Government Bill Worse
Tuesday, 15 September 2026, 9:53 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Council voting rights should belong to people elected by ratepayers. The Government is right to fix the IMSB mess, although why basic democratic accountability needs a six-month transition is anyone’s guess. More >>
Surging OIA Complaints Show Need For Armchair Audits
Thursday, 10 September 2026, 3:53 pm | Taxpayers' Union
More publicly released data means fewer requests for bureaucrats to process, and fewer opportunities for questionable spending to remain hidden. More >>
2026 Election "Bribe-O-Meter" Launched
Thursday, 10 September 2026, 3:50 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The Bribe-O-Meter will be updated every week through to election day on 7 November to show what, where, and how parties are bribing voters with their own cash. More >>
Voters From The Afterlife Show Postal Voting Has To Go
Tuesday, 8 September 2026, 9:54 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
A letter box will never be as secure as a ballot box. Democratic accountability depends on elections being fair and above board, but if ghosts are voting from beyond the grave then clearly the current checks aren’t working. More >>
Taxpayers’ Union Announces Election Debate Series To Be Live-Streamed By The NZ Herald
Monday, 7 September 2026, 9:08 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Each debate will feature a new electorate poll, giving voters a snapshot of how the race stands before candidates take the stage. More >>
NEW POLL: Labour Drops Below 26 Percent As Opportunity Falls Out Of Parliament
Monday, 7 September 2026, 7:54 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
National is down 2.0 points to 29.0 pc, while Labour drops 1.9 points to 25.9 pc. The Greens gain 3.8 points to 13.9 pc, while ACT gain 3.2 points to 10.5 pc. New Zealand First is down 0.7 points to 8.4 pc & Te Pāti Māori gains 0.5 points to ... More >>
REVEALED: ACT’s Infrastructure Policy Could Cut Millions In Cultural Contracting Costs
Friday, 4 September 2026, 12:48 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The figures come as ACT today announced a transport policy aimed at stripping ethnicity-based requirements from infrastructure procurement. More >>
Ratepayers Deserve Maximum Value From $2m Property Purchase
Thursday, 3 September 2026, 9:55 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Taxpayers’ Union spokesperson Tyler Groenewald said: “These properties were bought using $2 million of taxpayer-funded Better Off grants. When they are sold, the council’s job should be to get the best possible deal for ratepayers." More >>
Farmers Slugged With NAIT Tax Hike
Tuesday, 1 September 2026, 1:47 pm | Taxpayers' Union
NAIT isn’t an optional service, with farmers legally required to use it. Hiking the levy to fix its problems is effectively another tax increase. More >>
Strike From Home, Or Strike For Real?
Tuesday, 1 September 2026, 1:34 pm | Taxpayers' Union
As New Zealand's largest union, the Taxpayers' Union can bring a crowd. But Fleur might not love what they have to say. More >>
Labour’s Premier House Transparency Calls Hollow Till It Backs Opening Parliamentary Books
Sunday, 30 August 2026, 2:48 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
While the wider government is subject to the Official Information Act, Parliament continues to enjoy a level of secrecy that would never be accepted from the wider public service. More >>
New Poll: Kiwis Reject Opportunity Push To Raise Youth Court Age
Friday, 28 August 2026, 4:44 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Even among 18–39 year olds, 57 percent oppose the proposal and 26 percent support it, and opposition rises to 73 percent among rural voters. More >>
