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More Money, Few Solutions for Housing Crisis
Thursday, 26 May 2016, 2:40 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Government is throwing good money after bad regarding the extra $100 million boost to develop Auckland housing as announced in Budget 2016 according to the Taxpayers’ Union. Its Executive Director, Jordan Williams, says: More >>
Kiwirail or Kiwifail?
Thursday, 26 May 2016, 2:39 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“Another Budget another huge cheque from the taxpayer for KiwiRail”, says Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director Jordan Williams reacting to today’s $190.2 million capital injection into KiwiRail announced in Budget 2016. More >>
Smoking Tax Hike Morally Questionable
Thursday, 26 May 2016, 2:05 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is labelling the Government’s decision to hike taxes on smokers by 10% per year for the next four years as morally questionable. Jordan Williams, Executive Director of the Taxpayers’ Union, says: More >>
TU Wishes All New Zealanders a Happy Tax Freedom Day
Thursday, 26 May 2016, 11:10 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Today is 2016 “Tax Freedom Day”. At 11:12am this morning the average New Zealanders will stop working for the government and for the first time this year begin working for themselves. More >>
Government More Interested in Tourists than Homelessness
Tuesday, 24 May 2016, 12:16 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is labelling Steven Joyce’s “Project Palace” (yes that is really what he is calling it ) the National Party’s version of a planned economy. Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, says: More >>
Tax Freedom Day 2016 This Thursday (Budget Day)
Monday, 23 May 2016, 12:45 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Budget Day 2016 this Thursday is also this year’s “Tax Freedom Day” the first day New Zealanders stop working for the government. According to OECD figures general government total outlays are now equivalent to 40% of the economy meaning that from11:12am ... More >>
Government Should Adopt Labour's Urban Boundary Policy
Wednesday, 18 May 2016, 2:57 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union has launched an online petition calling on the Government to increase housing supply by immediately adopting the Labour Party’s policy to abolish Auckland Council’s urban boundary. Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director, ... More >>
Labour Policy Welcomed
Wednesday, 18 May 2016, 1:08 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming the call by Labour Party Housing spokesperson, Phil Twyford, for the Government to remove Auckland’s urban growth boundary to allow the city to expand. Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, ... More >>
National Government Creating More Welfare Bums
Monday, 16 May 2016, 12:50 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is warning that the latest spending announcement from the Government will create more corporate welfare bums and lock recipients into a cycle of Government dependency. Responding to the announcement that the Government will ... More >>
Taxpayers' Union Welcome WCC Seeing Sense on Living Wage
Friday, 13 May 2016, 1:40 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming Wellington City Council’s backdown on implementing a ‘living wage’ requirement for its contractors after the Wellington Chamber of Commerce threatened legal action over the move. Taxpayers’ UnionExecutive Director, ... More >>
Film Shows Govt Needs to Wake up to Vaping
Thursday, 12 May 2016, 3:30 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Following the world premiere in Wellington last night of the documentary, A Billion Lives, the Taxpayers’ Union is calling on the Government to recognise the harm reduction benefits of legalising the sale of nicotine-infused e-cigarettes as a better ... More >>
National Should Stop Pretending It Stands For Lower Taxes
Thursday, 12 May 2016, 3:03 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is fuming that Finance Minister Bill English has ruled out tax cuts as part of this month’s Budget, and has suggested to a business audience in Wellington that the oft-flaunted reductions in tax may be some years off. Taxpayers’ ... More >>
Little Should Ask Shearer About Moral Issues
Monday, 9 May 2016, 1:38 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union says that Andrew Little ought to be asking former humanitarian, worker David Shearer, about the legitimate reasons foreign nationals use New Zealand trusts. More >>
Cigarette Related Crime Spree No Surprise
Friday, 6 May 2016, 11:34 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is saddened but not surprised that high excise taxes on tobacco are a contributing factor in the recent spate of dairy robberies as reported in today’s NZ Herald. More >>
New Plymouth Asset Management Failure "Scary"
Thursday, 5 May 2016, 1:12 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is labelling the lack of internal controls at New Plymouth District Council as "scary", following the revelation that New Zealand’s largest concrete company has not been paying a New Plymouth District Council land ... More >>
Yule Lobbies for Professional Politicians, Ignores Ratepayer
Tuesday, 3 May 2016, 12:17 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union says the Local Government NZ head, Lawrence Yule, is showing his true colours in lobbying for the interests of professional politicians to the detriment of ratepayers and those who pay him. Responding to Mr Yule’s support ... More >>
Govt Should Have All Options on Table to Deal with Kiwifail
Wednesday, 27 April 2016, 11:03 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union says that Minister for State Owned Enterprises, Todd McClay, is in dream land telling Kiwirail not to change its structure but to rely less on taxpayer funded handouts amounting to hundreds of millions per year. Taxpayers’ ... More >>
Land Tax a Disgraceful Cop-Out
Tuesday, 26 April 2016, 11:13 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is slamming the Government’s consideration of a land tax on foreign purchasers as a cop-out by the Government to fix New Zealand’s housing affordability crisis. Jordan Williams, Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director says: More >>
No Sympathy for MPs' "Taxing" Ballet Tour
Thursday, 14 April 2016, 10:55 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is calling on the Speaker, the Rt Hon David Carter, to pull the curtain on the culture of junkets he and other MPs arrange annually. Reacting to the NZ Herald story where Mr Carter described the schedule of the taxpayer-funded ... More >>
Labour's Attack on Shewan Extraordinary
Wednesday, 13 April 2016, 4:30 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Labour should put up or shut up with their attacks on John Shewan says Jordan Williams, the Executive Director, of the Taxpayers’ Union . Responding to Labour’s attacks on Mr Shewan and his previous professional engagements, Mr Williams says: More >>
