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Craig Rennie's Bad Behaviour Shouldn't Penalise The Taxpayers' Union

Monday, 9 December 2024, 6:03 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

"It appears the Taxpayers' Union is being singled out to try and 'balance' the decision to bar Craig Rennie from attending. But his bad behaviour is totally irrelevant in terms of whether our economist and staffers should be allowed to attend." More >>

ACT & Te Pāti Māori Gain In Final Taxpayers-Union Curia Poll For 2024; Centre-right Commands Comfortable Majority

Monday, 9 December 2024, 4:32 pm | Taxpayers' Union

The poll, conducted 1 to 3 December, has both National and Labour down 4.6 points from last month, National at 34.2% and Labour at 26.9%. More >>

Equal Taxation For All Businesses Despite Charitable Status A Move In The Right Direction

Wednesday, 4 December 2024, 12:00 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

"Businesses should be treated in exactly the same way by the tax system. Exempting a business’ profits from taxation because it is set up to fund charitable or religious activities is not the correct approach.” More >>

Revealed: Southland’s $32,000 Wild Wallaby Chase

Tuesday, 3 December 2024, 3:47 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

“One week alone saw $19,249.89 spent, with a staggering $13,000 on staff and a further $6,000 towards contractors – and that's before Council and MPI costs are added." More >>

‘Should Come With An R-rating’ - Council’s $400k Logo Refresh Raises Eyebrows

Tuesday, 3 December 2024, 11:55 am | Taxpayers' Union

$100,000 of ratepayers' money has already been put towards this logo – which should probably come with an R-rating, Local Government Campaigns Manager, Sam Warren says. More >>

“Same Old Labour” Clearly Not Ready To Return To Treasury Benches

Monday, 2 December 2024, 11:00 am | Taxpayers' Union

“Labour has never met a tax it didn’t like” said Taxpayers’ Union Spokesman, Sam Warren. More >>

Shane Jones Throws More Taxpayer Money At Mussel Farm Dumpster Fire

Thursday, 28 November 2024, 5:53 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

“Shane Jones has continued to lobby for tens of millions of dollars from the pocket of taxpayers to be handed to a management team who have already managed one mussel business into failure.” More >>

‘$254k Blunder’ Dunedin Chief Executive Must Go For Costly Behaviour

Thursday, 28 November 2024, 5:50 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

“Two issues are concerning – Graham’s extremely costly behaviour, and the utter lack of transparency surrounding the report into her, which alone cost more than $132,500” said Local Government Campaigns Manager, Sam Warren. More >>

Taxpayer Gamble On SolarZero Could Cost Country Nearly $60 Per Household

Thursday, 28 November 2024, 3:16 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

“When the government tries to gamble with taxpayers’ money, private companies line their pockets and taxpayers get the risk. Government picking winners doesn’t work.” More >>

Desperate Need For Growth After OCR Slash

Wednesday, 27 November 2024, 2:19 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

Slashing interest rates is half a solution at best, and sticking plasters won’t put New Zealand back on the right course. More >>

Peters Right To Call For More Foreign Investment

Wednesday, 27 November 2024, 11:07 am | Taxpayers' Union

Cut anti-competitive red tape, lift the ban on foreign companies owning the plots of land their businesses are based on, and drop one of the highest corporate tax rates in the world. That’s how you attract investment, Taxpayers’ Union Policy ... More >>

Wellington City Council Fails Again

Wednesday, 27 November 2024, 10:40 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

“The Golden Mile isn’t just a “nice-to-have”, it’s a project that local businesses actively don’t want. In a time of financial crisis, the Mayor’s wasting $1,750 for every household in the city to kill the CBD” More >>

Taxpayers' Union Pays Tribute To Nikki Kaye

Tuesday, 26 November 2024, 1:11 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

“A warm, generous, and aspirational person, it’s no wonder Nikki Kaye was so respected both by her constituents and beyond." More >>

REVEALED: TVNZ’s 60K Seasonal Soirées

Monday, 25 November 2024, 6:00 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

In a year that has included programme failures and falling revenue, their current trajectory is only damaging public trust even further. More >>

Govt Needs To Put Taxpayers First After $500 Billion COP Deal

Monday, 25 November 2024, 11:52 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

Taxpayers’ Union Communications Officer Alex Emes called the deal “a move towards global socialism” due to the agreed upon large transfer of wealth from countries like New Zealand to the third world. More >>

Taxpayers Union Supports Wairarapa Residents’ Battle For Rates Cap

Thursday, 21 November 2024, 9:39 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

Rates across the Anglosphere - whether it is California, England, Victoria or New South Wales - are capped to avoid spiralling rates bills. The fact New Zealand has failed to cap rates is just another example of how successive Governments have fallen ... More >>