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Councillor’s citizenship stuff-up costly for ratepayers
Wednesday, 6 September 2017, 2:20 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union says that former Whangarei District Councillor Jayne Golightly’s excuse that she was unaware of her citizenship status, meaning that she was not legally entitled to be a candidate isn’t good enough, given her public admission that she ... More >>
Robertson's budget set to be the best since Roger Douglas
Wednesday, 6 September 2017, 10:16 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is delighted that the Labour Party are committing to, in effect, running zero budgets outside of the areas of spending they have already announced. Clarification that their ‘operating allowance’ is annual, and not cumulative, ... More >>
Refusal to rule out land tax will scare struggling kiwis
Tuesday, 5 September 2017, 12:56 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Labour leader’s refusal to rule out introducing a land tax in the first term of a Labour-led Government will scare New Zealanders struggling to pay the monthly bills, says the Taxpayers' Union. Ms Ardern refused to rule out a tax when asked ... More >>
For the first time, ACT is the biggest spender
Tuesday, 5 September 2017, 9:40 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
For the first time, ACT is the biggest spender in weekly Bribe-O-Meter update More >>
Green’s must reveal fiscal hand before polls open on Monday
Monday, 4 September 2017, 3:09 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Green Party promise to produce a fully costed, independently reviewed alternative budget is pointless unless it is released prior to polls opening on Monday, says the Taxpayers’ Union. More >>
Not even Jacinda’s Deputy is confident with Labour’s policy
Friday, 1 September 2017, 1:36 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
1 SEPTEMBER 2017 - The Taxpayers’ Union says that the Labour Party is being far from transparent, when even their own Deputy can’t work out its tax policies. Kelvin Davis’ confusion on the AM Show this morning as to their position on tax shows ... More >>
NBR readers back the scrapping Callaghan innovation
Thursday, 31 August 2017, 5:32 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is calling on Labour to confirm that a Labour-led Government would scrap Callaghan Innovation's 'corporate welfare' grants after an NBR subscribers poll found more than 57% of readers want the schemes to be scrapped (with a further ... More >>
Airport’s Uber deal leaves no excuses for public servants
Thursday, 31 August 2017, 11:13 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
31 AUGUST 2017 - The Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming the deal made between Uber and Wellington Airport , allowing Uber to pick up and drop off passengers from the terminal doors, and says that there are now no excuses for public servants to neglect ... More >>
DOC's half a million dollar stuff up signals incompetence
Thursday, 31 August 2017, 10:40 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers' Union is slamming the incompetence of the Department of Conservation, which, as reported by NBR t his morning , lost out on $440k worth of fees on Great Walk huts, after failing to charge international schools for over a decade. More >>
Free tertiary education is Robin Hood Reversed
Wednesday, 30 August 2017, 12:59 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers' Union is slamming Labour's education spokesperson Chris Hipkins’ comments this morning on Labour's free tertiary education policy, and will be delivering him a copy of the Union's recently published briefing paper, Robin Hood Reversed: ... More >>
How Free Tertiary Education Robs Today’s Poor
Tuesday, 29 August 2017, 7:53 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
NEW BRIEFING PAPER Robin Hood Reversed: How Free Tertiary Education Robs Today’s Poor For Tomorrow’s Rich 29 AUGUST 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The implementation of a zero fees policy for tertiary education would reach into the pockets of the ... More >>
Free tertiary ed: recipe for crap courses and bums on seats
Tuesday, 29 August 2017, 10:16 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Reacting to Labour’s just announced tertiary education policy, Jordan Williams, a spokesperson for the Taxpayers’ Union said: More >>
Bribe-O-Meter Update Labour Attempting to Buy the Big Cities
Tuesday, 29 August 2017, 10:02 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Big spending packages targeted at New Zealand’s major cities account for the majority of the increases in the Taxpayers’ Union election costing Bribe-O-Meter . Labour has been the most ambitious with expensive new packages targeted at each of the major ... More >>
Brendan Boyle needs to front up, not cover up
Monday, 28 August 2017, 7:40 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
28 AUGUST 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ministry of Social Development head Brendan Boyle’s spin that ‘everything is resolved’ in relation to a mistake which saw Winston Peters’ pension overpaid, is a disgrace says the Taxpayers’ Union. Mr ... More >>
Another day, another Labour Party tax
Monday, 28 August 2017, 4:21 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
28 AUGUST 2017 - The Labour Party’s tally of taxes rises to four today, following their announcement of a $25 ‘tourist tax’ on international visitors. The Taxpayers’ Union is questioning where the Labour Party will stop when it comes to taking money ... More >>
How was Winston accidentally given “Superduperannuation”?
Monday, 28 August 2017, 9:24 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Winston Peters has either been the victim of a political hit-job, or there is a serious flaw with the Ministry of Social Development’s systems which saw Mr Peters accidentally overpaid, says the Taxpayers’ Union. Jordan Williams, Executive Director ... More >>
Dave Cull’s false claim about Ratepayers’ Report withdrawal
Monday, 28 August 2017, 9:16 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Local Government New Zealand President Dave Cull’s claim in an opinion piece distributed to media last week (and published on Stuff.co.nz today), that the 2014 edition of Ratepayers’ Report (local government league tables published by the Taxpayers’ ... More >>
Any update on that $158,000 Mr Peters?
Monday, 28 August 2017, 8:40 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to tonight's news of the NZ Superannuation overpayments to Winston Peters, Jordan Williams, Executive Director of the Taxpayers’ Union, said: More >>
Labour’s Income Tax Pledge Welcomed
Thursday, 24 August 2017, 12:00 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union welcomes Labour leader Jacinda Ardern’s ruling out of any increases in the top personal tax rate and says yesterday's PREFU demonstrates that there is no need for Kiwis to pay any more tax to keep the public books in good shape. ... More >>
Taxpayers’ Union welcomes Peters' business tax policy
Wednesday, 23 August 2017, 4:19 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming NZ First leader Winston Peters' business tax policy announced at today's Business NZ Election Conference, specify the pledge to cut the corporate tax to 25 percent. Jordan Williams, Executive Director of the Taxpayers’ ... More >>
