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Taxpayers’ Union Questions NZTA’S Crackdown
Sunday, 2 October 2016, 10:52 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Taxpayers’ Union Questions NZTA’S Crackdown on Staff Uber Use 2 OCTOBER 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Taxpayers’ Union is questioning the rationale behind NZTA’s crackdown on their staff’s use of Uber, saying that curtailing unnecessary ... More >>
Sugar taxes: Labour should look at evidence
Wednesday, 31 August 2016, 4:48 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Taxpayers’ Union Urges Labour Party to Look Closely at the Evidence Before Promoting Sugar Tax More >>
Attempt to Skirt Proper Process a Constitutional Disgrace
Monday, 22 August 2016, 5:40 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Revenue Minister Michael Woodhouse’s proposed amendment to the Tax Administration Act, allowing tax law to be changed by Order in Council, is a constitutional disgrace, says Jordan Williams, a former constitutional lawyer and current Executive Director ... More >>
Urgent Review of Water Utility Provision Needed
Tuesday, 16 August 2016, 9:31 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The hospitalisation of 20 and the possible death of a resident in Havelock North from Campylobacter infection, combined with previous recent failings of local government in the provision of water utility services, shows it is time for the Government to ... More >>
Removal of Taniwha Tax Welcomed
Thursday, 11 August 2016, 11:12 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Removal of Taniwha Tax Welcomed 10 AUGUST 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Taxpayers’ Union has welcomed Auckland Council’s acceptance of the Independent Hearings Panel recommendations to abolish the Mana Whenua provisions from Auckland’s Unitary Plan ... More >>
Govt Starting to Listen on E-Cigarettes
Tuesday, 2 August 2016, 3:19 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming the release of the Government’s consultation paper on the legalisation of the sale of e-cigarettes containing nicotine. The pressure group’s Executive Director, Jordan Williams, says: More >>
Comprehensive Victory in Unitary Plan "Taniwha Tax" Campaign
Wednesday, 27 July 2016, 3:14 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union and its sister group, the Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance , are celebrating a comprehensive victory in their “ Taniwha Tax ” campaign, with the Independent Hearings Panel recommending that Cultural Impact Assessment ... More >>
Worksafe's Attitude to Accuracy Astonishing
Tuesday, 26 July 2016, 9:06 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union has made a complaint to the State Services Commissioner against WorkSafe NZ chief executive Gordon MacDonald in relation to public comments which appear to justify his agency misleading the public in relation to advertisements ... More >>
LGNZ Conference - A WAG/HAB-Free Event?
Monday, 25 July 2016, 5:21 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Research interns at the Taxpayers’ Union have today been informally surveying councils across New Zealand, and are happy to confirm that most councils have departed from the historic norm of spouses attending the Local Government New Zealand annual conference, ... More >>
Lack of Realism in Predator Free Announcement
Monday, 25 July 2016, 4:18 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The lack of economic rigour in John Key’s new signature policy announced this afternoon in Wellington is ‘scary’ according to the Taxpayers’ Union . Reacting to the Government’s announcement, the lobby group’s Executive Director, Jordan Williams, ... More >>
Corporate Welfare for RLWC Shows Government Priorities
Tuesday, 19 July 2016, 3:49 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union says health, education and fixing New Zealand’s housing crisis would be a much better use of the $1.35 million of taxpayer money that the Government will use to subsidise the 2017 Rugby League World Cup , which New Zealand ... More >>
Aid Money Wasted on Countries With Space Programmes
Monday, 18 July 2016, 10:01 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is questioning why NZ Aid money, meant to help the world’s poorest, is being used to support countries and governments with their own space programs. The figures, obtained by the Taxpayers’ Union , show that since 2010 ... More >>
Taxpayers' Union Calls For Examination of Term Limits
Sunday, 17 July 2016, 8:52 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is suggesting that term limits for local councillors may be a way to bring fresh thinking into local government. It is releasing a table of New Zealand’s longest-serving politicians, which shows the turnover of local councillors ... More >>
Pot of Gold at Mothballed Charity Health Procurement Failure
Thursday, 14 July 2016, 4:57 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Minister of Health needs to explain to taxpayers how $3million is sitting in the account of a defunct charity when the money was supposed to be used to help smokers quit. Radio NZ reports that the Government has sought legal advice over the Quit ... More >>
Questions over covert taxpayer funding mayoral campaign
Saturday, 9 July 2016, 8:43 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union has been leaked an email from a senior Labour Party insider which appears to reveal that the Labour Party have used taxpayer money to produce a promotional video of Wellington’s controversial Deputy Mayor, and mayoral candidate ... More >>
Council not trustworthy to spend taxpayer money
Monday, 4 July 2016, 12:09 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union , and its sister organisation the Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance, say Auckland Council are not trustworthy when it comes to spending the taxpayer money announced yesterday by the Prime Minister, for Auckland and other high growth regions, ... More >>
New report shows corporate welfare continues to soar
Sunday, 3 July 2016, 6:41 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Corporate welfare amounts to more than $800 per New Zealand household, according to a calculation by the Taxpayers’ Union contained in a report released today. The report, entitled Welfare Bums, is available here . More >>
Government Right to Be Cautious on Border Threshold Changes
Thursday, 30 June 2016, 1:23 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Government is right to be taking a cautious approach with potential changes to the threshold upon which GST is collected at the border for low value goods, says theTaxpayers’ Union. In response to Customs Minister Nicky Wagner’s comment this ... More >>
Greenpeace, Green Party, Right On Ruataniwha Dam
Wednesday, 29 June 2016, 12:45 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is joining the Green Party, Greenpeace and local community groups calling for ACC not to risk taxpayers’ money on the Ruataniwha Dam in Hawke’s Bay. Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, says: More >>
English's Mistake Shows Need For Independent Policy Costing
Wednesday, 29 June 2016, 12:03 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is renewing calls for the establishment of an independent policy costing officer of Parliament, following the admission by the Minister of Finance that he got the numbers wrong for Sue Moroney’s private member’s bill ... More >>
