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$2.4M of NZ Taxpayer Money Paid to Clinton Health Initiative
Tuesday, 18 July 2017, 9:15 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
18 July 2017 - The Taxpayers' Union can reveal that another $2.4 million has been paid by the NZ Aid programme to the controversial 'Clinton Health Initiative', a subsidiary of the Clinton Foundation, which President Bill Clinton and his daughter ... More >>
Turei got $57,096 telling porkies. Porky says ‘pay it back’
Monday, 17 July 2017, 8:22 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
17 JULY 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE “The public feedback is clear – Metiria Turei must pay back the money she stole from taxpayers, before she can have any credibility as a Member of Parliament,” says Jordan Williams, the Taxpayers’ Union Executive ... More >>
Mr Taxman not picking up the phone
Monday, 17 July 2017, 2:28 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Up to 55% of calls from taxpayers are being rejected by the IRD because it does not have enough staff rostered on to answer the phones, according to data supplied to the Taxpayers' Union covering a 2-week period in May this year. More >>
The Council CEO surreptitiously blocking email
Monday, 17 July 2017, 12:40 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
What's worse: The Council CEO surreptitiously blocking email or LGNZ giving it the 'excellence' seal? More >>
Green’s Utopia: making everybody poorer
Monday, 17 July 2017, 11:37 am | Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union says the Green Party’s attempt to increase the welfare state is not only an unnecessary burden on taxpayers but also founded on a misunderstanding of the economic realities facing New Zealand. Mac Mckenna, an economist at the Taxpayers’ ... More >>
Metiria Turei and WINZ Overpayments
Monday, 17 July 2017, 9:46 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
It’s not good enough for Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei to weasel word an offer to repay her benefit fraud proceeds only ‘if WINZ asks her’, says the Taxpayers’ Union . The Union is comparing Ms Turei’s case to that of former Minister of Maori ... More >>
Metiria Turei needs to pay the money back
Sunday, 16 July 2017, 3:35 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
16 JULY 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Now that Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei is a member of “the 1%” she needs to pay back the money she received from Work & Income as a result of her lying about her living situation to claim benefits ... More >>
HRC 'anti-racist' campaign funded by levy based on race
Friday, 14 July 2017, 4:48 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union can reveal the Human Rights Commission’s recent “Give Nothing To Racism” anti-discrimination campaign has been funded by discriminatory levies payable only by international students and new migrants. The Human Rights ... More >>
'IwiRail' nothing less than economic sabotage
Wednesday, 12 July 2017, 2:11 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is staggered at the economic recklessness of the Maori Party’s “IwiRail” announcement, labeling it 'populist economic sabotage'. More >>
Andrew Little does U-turn on fiscal drag tax bracket
Tuesday, 11 July 2017, 2:53 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is slamming the Labour Party’s indication that if elected in September it would quash the Budget 2017 tax relief package, due to come into effect in April next year, and instead raise Working for Families and introduce new ... More >>
National Party candidate backing 'Cat Tax' - petition launch
Tuesday, 11 July 2017, 12:16 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Prime Minister should rule out moves by Local Government New Zealand to implement a Council “Cat Tax” – following comments by LGNZ head, and National Party Tukituki candidate, Lawrence Yule on this morning’s AM Show. Responding to Mr Yule, Jordan ... More >>
Taxpayers' share of Auckland transport spending to skyrocket
Tuesday, 11 July 2017, 9:21 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is shocked at the gall of Auckland Council relying more and more on taxpayers across the rest of the country to prop up Auckland Council’s shortfall in transport infrastructure. Reacting to the Ministerial briefing papers ... More >>
Dave Cull’s cat platform nuts
Monday, 10 July 2017, 6:46 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
10 JULY 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Dunedin Mayor’s pitch to local councils in his campaign to be elected the new president of Local Government New Zealand is nuts says the Taxpayers’ Union . “Despite the vast majority of ratepayers considering ... More >>
Cost of Winston Peters’ ‘Carpet Policy’ $120 million
Monday, 10 July 2017, 3:36 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
10 JULY 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NZ First’s ‘carpet policy’ announcement this morning, to line all Government offices with woollen carpets, would cost approximately $120 million, based on the Government Property Group’s estimate of Government floor ... More >>
$50m Hospital Donation Welcome
Monday, 10 July 2017, 11:52 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The incredibly generous $50 million donation by Mark Dunajtschik to build a new children's hospital highlights the value of allowing immigrants into New Zealand to thrive and become valued members of our communities. New Zealand should welcome ... More >>
NZ First's "carpet policy" refreshing step back to 1970s
Monday, 10 July 2017, 11:23 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Clearly Winston Peters has had a flashback to the 1970s when he was MP for Hunua under Rob Muldoon with this 'Fortress New Zealand' proclamation that under his watch no civil servant would walk synthetic again. More >>
Green’s New Tax is Short-Sighted & Unfair
Monday, 10 July 2017, 10:57 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
10 JULY 2017 - The Green Party’s water tax on exports is a cheap vote grab without any apparent consideration for the practical implications. Responding to the policy announcement , Jordan Williams, Executive Director of the Taxpayers’ Union, said: ... More >>
659,000 Kiwis now paying top rate of tax
Sunday, 9 July 2017, 8:32 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
9 JULY 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Taxpayers’ Union can reveal that the number of New Zealanders paying the top marginal rate of income tax has grown to 659,000, equivalent to 18.1% of the working population. In 2010, when National last changed ... More >>
Treasury self-congratulates on ‘diversity’
Thursday, 6 July 2017, 1:19 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
MEDIA RELEASE Treasury self-congratulations on ‘diversity’ indicative of its lost focus on objective excellence More >>
Vic Crone agrees to debate Jordan Williams
Thursday, 6 July 2017, 11:37 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming Callaghan Innovation CEO Vic Crone’s acceptance of a head to head debate against Jordan Williams of the Taxpayers’ Union, following her criticism of the Union’s report on corporate welfare prior to actually having ... More >>
