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Taxpayer-funded health activists bully Youthline
Monday, 16 April 2018, 11:18 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Taxpayer-funded health activists ignored advice from the Ministry of Health, Auckland Council, and Auckland Transport, to bully a company into dropping a promotion to raise money for Youthline, reveals the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union. Taxpayers’ ... More >>
Crisis of underinvestment means Govt must reconsider bribes
Wednesday, 11 April 2018, 12:18 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Claims of underinvestment in health and education should naturally lead to the Government reconsidering its expensive non-essential election bribes, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . More >>
National’s fuel tax ad misrepresents their policy
Tuesday, 10 April 2018, 2:58 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
National’s new campaign and TV ad against fuel taxes is disingenuous, considering the Party refuses to make any commitment to repeal the taxes if elected government, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union. More >>
Waikato DHB shows how to flush money down the drain
Tuesday, 10 April 2018, 12:12 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The cancellation of Waikato DHB's ‘SmartHealth’ app and online service proves how easily public agencies can waste taxpayer money on IT white elephants, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . More >>
Bill spells disaster for ratepayers
Friday, 6 April 2018, 3:38 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
A new bill to amend the Local Government Act should alarm all New Zealand ratepayers as it would remove the last remaining fiscal restraint on Council spending, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . The relevant proposed law change is as follows: ... More >>
Another Taxpayers’ Union victory for transparency
Friday, 6 April 2018, 2:03 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Wellington City Council’s commitment to proactively release sensitive spending figures is a win for transparency and the Taxpayers’ Union . The first round of figures, including a $98,000 banquet , were released in response to a Taxpayers’ ... More >>
Please stop changing the names of things. Please.
Wednesday, 4 April 2018, 4:27 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The $220,000 bill for changing the name of the Education Council is just another example of a needless, expensive public sector rebrand, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union. Taxpayers’ Union spokesperson Louis Houlbrooke says, “We thought the lesson ... More >>
Hawke’s Bay ratepayers disregarded with 19% rate hike
Wednesday, 4 April 2018, 2:41 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council’s monumental 19% rate hike is simply not necessary, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union. Taxpayers’ Union spokesperson Louis Houlbrooke says, “Good fiscal practice would be to set a budget first, and then work within ... More >>
PM breaks promise with dumb transport policy
Tuesday, 3 April 2018, 6:40 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union says the Government's proposal to increase fuel levies breaks Jacinda Ardern's promise of ‘no new taxes’ and the widening of the Regional Transport Fund (paid for by petrol taxes) to include funding for cycleways ... More >>
Wagner's members' bill welcomed
Tuesday, 3 April 2018, 4:31 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming Hon Nicky Wagner's introduction of a private members’ bill to Parliament’s ballot that would legalise the sale of nicotine e-cigarettes. More >>
This week, working New Zealanders mourn tax cuts
Tuesday, 3 April 2018, 12:49 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
This week taxpayers mourn the tax cuts the last Government never delivered while the new Government boosts handouts instead, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . “This is the week tax cuts introduced in Budget 2017 would have come into effect,” ... More >>
Taxpayers forced to subsidise “Tax is love” propaganda
Wednesday, 28 March 2018, 5:29 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The IRD’s use of taxpayer money to sponsor a series of articles pushing the message that ‘tax is love’ flies in the face of hundreds of years of constitutional precedent of Her Majesty’s revenue service being above politics, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ ... More >>
Coleman’s early exit betrays taxpayers (and his voters)
Wednesday, 28 March 2018, 5:10 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union says that electorate MPs should sign pledges confirming they intend to serve a full three-year term, instead of sparking a by-election like Jonathan Coleman has. Taxpayers' Union Executive Director Jordan Williams says, “If ... More >>
The $40,000 price tag for Justin Lester’s rainbow crossing
Wednesday, 28 March 2018, 10:20 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The $40,000 price tag for Justin Lester’s proposed ‘rainbow crossing is a slap in the face for Wellington ratepayers, says the New Zealand Taxpayers Union . The Union has obtained the figure under the Local Government Official Information and ... More >>
Win for Taxpayers' Union in SSC findings
Thursday, 22 March 2018, 10:57 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Today’s findings by the State Services Commission inquiry, led by John Ombler QSO, into Dr Nigel Murray, are spot on, vindicate, and justify the work of the Taxpayers’ Union . More >>
Hamilton CEO exposes ratepayers to enormous risk
Tuesday, 20 March 2018, 12:06 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Hamilton City Council’s decision to tip off two businessmen about a proposed development has exposed ratepayers to enormous risk, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . More >>
One third of Kiwi smokers admit to sacrificing essentials
Tuesday, 20 March 2018, 12:00 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
A new global survey of smokers just released from the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World, has found that 36% of New Zealand smokers admit to spending money on tobacco that they know ‘would be better spent on household essentials like food’. Taxpayers' ... More >>
Bring back the old Ron Mark!
Thursday, 15 March 2018, 5:24 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Ron Mark’s use of NH90 helicopters for his home commute is stunning in light of previous comments that the aircraft in question are ‘unreliable money guzzlers’, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union. Taxpayers’ Union spokesperson Louis Houlbrooke ... More >>
Taxpayers' Union welcomes service stations' call for vaping
Thursday, 15 March 2018, 1:54 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The fact service stations have now joined calls to legalise nicotine e-cigarettes shows how much harm current tobacco policies are causing, says the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union. More >>
Victory for Hamilton ratepayers as name-change bid collapses
Thursday, 15 March 2018, 11:53 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union this morning delivered a petition to Hamilton City Council and Mayor Andrew King urging against wasting ratepayer money on a non-essential name change. The petition statement reads: I oppose the use of ratepayer resources ... More >>
