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In-House 'Experts' Cost Taxpayers $75K
Monday, 19 October 2015, 4:29 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the report that taxpayers are now the not-so-proud owners of a $75,000 painting thanks to Alexander Turnbull Library , despite an expert pointing out it was a fake, Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, says: More >>
Stu Nash Off The Rails
Monday, 19 October 2015, 3:17 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is calling out Napier MP Stuart Nash, following his lobbying of KiwiRail to reopen the ill-fated Napier-Gisborne rail line. Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, says: More >>
Tiny Surplus Reason For Continued Fiscal Restraint
Wednesday, 14 October 2015, 1:45 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming news from Finance Minister Bill English that the surplus we have been waiting for has finally eventuated. Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, says: More >>
Taxpayers' Union Tip Cap to Jane Kelsey
Tuesday, 13 October 2015, 1:47 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming the decision of Justice Collins allowing the judicial review of the Minister of Trade’s decision not to allow access to information requested by Jane Kelsey and others relating to the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiation. More >>
MFAT official chose 6.2 Million Hawaiian Mansion for himself
Wednesday, 7 October 2015, 10:11 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union can reveal that the $6.2 million mansion MFAT purchased in Honolulu for Robert Kaiwai and his wife to live in, was chosen by a panel that included Mr Kaiwai. More >>
Fizz symposium an expensive taxpayer funded talkfest
Wednesday, 7 October 2015, 9:12 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is calling for more accountability from those using taxpayer money to scaremonger and lobby for sugar taxes after the campaign group “Fizz” refused to disclose how much taxpayer money its campaign is swallowing. Taxpayers’ ... More >>
$80,000 of taxpayers' dollars for meaningless waffle
Friday, 2 October 2015, 10:43 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is labelling the latest round of Community Development grants a joke, highlighting an $80,000 gift to the Methodist Mission an 'award for waffle'. According to the Government’s description, the key outcome for the project/grant ... More >>
Honolulu Mansion Needs Explanation From Mccully
Wednesday, 30 September 2015, 8:23 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
It’s not good enough for Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully to shrug his shoulders, and deny knowledge of the $6.2 million Honolulu MFAT mansion exposed by TV3’s Story this evening . Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, says: More >>
Corporate welfare alliance needs to be slaughtered
Thursday, 24 September 2015, 3:57 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is slamming a $12 million "Primary Growth Partnership” corporate welfare grant awarded to Alliance Group for market research and product development aiming to turn lamb into a health food. Taxpayers’ Union Executive ... More >>
Does Invercargill need this many sisters?
Wednesday, 23 September 2015, 1:35 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Following recent revelations of the four Invercargill City Council staff being sent to a Chinese sister city to procure light bulbs and coming back empty handed despite the cost to Invercargill City ratepayers amounting to more than $21,000 - the Taxpayers’ ... More >>
Sculptures will keep ratepayers suffering
Tuesday, 22 September 2015, 11:35 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the report that Christchurch City Council and CERA are together contributing hundreds of thousands of dollars in ratepayers’ and taxpayers’ money for two cast-iron sculptures, Taxpayers’ Union spokesman, Ben Craven, says: More >>
Xmas light junket comes back empty handed
Wednesday, 16 September 2015, 10:04 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
No bright bulbs returned from China according to this report on the Invercargill City Council staff junket that saw a roading engineer, graphic designer and accountant travel to China to buy Christmas lights, come back empty handed. The trip cost Invercargill ... More >>
Report on DHB's Charging Millions for Patients to Park
Thursday, 10 September 2015, 8:44 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Research by the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union reveals that District Health Boards have raked in more than $44 million in parking charges at New Zealand’s public hospitals in the last three years alone. Information compiled from Official Information ... More >>
City Council Lights Out... And Nobody's Home
Wednesday, 9 September 2015, 12:30 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is questioning the procurement practices of Invercargill City Council which has flown three council staff to China for six days to purchase new Christmas lights for the city. Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, ... More >>
Extraordinary Amount Spent on MBIE Website
Monday, 24 August 2015, 11:43 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The spending habits at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment are again under fire after it was revealed that the department has blown $559,872 on its new website. Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, says: More >>
Auditor-General Inquiry Welcomed
Tuesday, 18 August 2015, 4:21 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming the Auditor-General’s decision to begin an investigation into the the Saudi Arabia Food Security Partnership which saw $11.5 million of taxpayers' money used to establish a sheep farm in a Saudi desert and ... More >>
Beehive Staffers Raking in Ministerial Moola
Sunday, 16 August 2015, 8:00 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the report that more than a third of Ministerial staff employed in the Beehive are earning over $100,000 per year , Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams says: More >>
Solid Energy Stops Company Bleeding Taxpayers' Money
Thursday, 13 August 2015, 1:06 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the announcement that Solid Energy is entering a temporary 5-week period of voluntary administration, after which the company is expected to announce an orderly sell-down of assets, Taxpayers’ Union spokesman, Ben Craven says: More >>
Taxpayers' Union Welcome End to CTU/Business NZ Rort
Monday, 10 August 2015, 9:22 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers' Union is welcoming news that the Government will cease funding the ACC training programme that has cost taxpayers $19 million since 2003 but was shown to waste 84 cents in the dollar. Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director Jordan Williams ... More >>
Minister Should Rule Out Tax Increases
Wednesday, 5 August 2015, 7:45 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The National Party should stick to its promise of no new tax increases, after comments from the Minister of Health in the Health Select Committee suggesting that Cabinet are about to consider further increases in excise tax on tobacco. Taxpayers’ Union ... More >>
