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Taxpayers' Union Backs Seymour's Call for One Law for All

Monday, 7 March 2016, 7:06 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

Responding to ACT leader David Seymour calling for the removal of the Maori Authority special tax rate, after iwi-owned Go Bus won the contract to service the South Auckland area, Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, says: More >>

Select Committee Oversight Undermined

Thursday, 3 March 2016, 11:58 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

The Taxpayers’ Union is backing Labour MP David Parker’s criticism of National MPs blocking an attempt by the Commerce Select Committee to recall NZTE officials to clarify or correct NZTE Chief Executive Peter Chrisp’s comments to the Committee ... More >>

Sculpture Funding Shows Poor Priorities

Monday, 29 February 2016, 12:34 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

Responding to the report that the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA) has paid $300,000 in addition to the Christchurch City Council’s $502,500 for artwork by Sir Antony Gormley, Taxpayers’ Union spokesman, Ben Craven, says: More >>

Missing: Accountability at Kaikoura District Council

Thursday, 25 February 2016, 4:04 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

Responding to the Marlborough Express report that Kaikoura District Council is to retain a practice of not noting how Councillors have voted on particular issues, Ben Craven, a spokesman for the Taxpayers’ Union, says: More >>

Speaker's Warning to Labour on Taxpayer Funded Campaigning

Thursday, 25 February 2016, 12:33 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

The Taxpayers’ Union is blowing the whistle on apparent misuse of taxpayer funded Parliamentary resources by the Labour Party. It is releasing an a letter from the Speaker, Rt. Hon. David Carter, to the Taxpayers' Union , after it raised questions ... More >>

MBIE Get Numbers Wrong on Rental Housing Insulation Benefits

Tuesday, 23 February 2016, 10:54 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

The Taxpayers’ Union is calling for an apology from the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment after it caused Ministers to approve the mandatory insulation requirements for rental properties thinking the requirements would result in $640million of economic ... More >>

MBIE Waste Will Continue Until Joyce Held to Account

Monday, 22 February 2016, 9:27 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce must be held to account for the continued wastage of taxpayer money within the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment . Responding to today's news that MBIE spent nearly $200,000 on a barely used mobile ... More >>

NZIER Report Shows Runway Cost Outweighs Benefit

Monday, 15 February 2016, 10:55 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

The Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research report , released today, which concludes that the net cost to New Zealand of the proposed Wellington runway extension is greater than the net benefit. The Union’s ... More >>

Taxpayers' Union Applauds Gareth Morgan's Generous Offer

Tuesday, 9 February 2016, 3:58 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

The Taxpayers’ Union is delighted that Gareth Morgan has today offered to top up the crowd sourcing campaign to purchase the beach adjacent to the Awaroa inlet in the South Island. Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, says: More >>

Awaroa Beach: Little Restraint From Labour

Tuesday, 9 February 2016, 10:13 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

The Taxpayers’ Union is telling politicians to butt out of the tremendous community effort to purchase a beach next to the Awaroa inlet in the Abel Tasman National Park after Labour Leader Andrew Little called upon the Government to stump up with taxpayer ... More >>

Team NZ Slush Fund Dressed up as Corporate Welfare

Thursday, 4 February 2016, 10:24 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

The Taxpayers’ Union is outraged that Callaghan Innovation has provided Team New Zealand with a research and development grant of up to $17.25 million . Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, says: More >>

Eagle Joins Lester in Wanting Ratepayer Funded Sport

Tuesday, 2 February 2016, 11:51 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

Responding to the calls from Wellington City Councillor, Paul Eagle, for ratepayers to fund the Wellington Lions provincial rugby team to the tune of $250,000, Taxpayers’ Union spokesperson Ben Craven says: More >>

Little is Right, Student Debt is Unnecessarily High

Monday, 1 February 2016, 1:37 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

The Taxpayers’ Union is backing Labour leader Andrew Little’s comments that under National student debt has risen unacceptably high. It is calling on the Government to reverse Labour’s disastrous policy of interest free loans which has resulted ... More >>

Little Policy Detail Demonstrates Need for Independent Unit

Monday, 1 February 2016, 11:15 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

The Taxpayers’ Union says that today’s promise by Andrew Little for 3 years free post-school education shows the need for an independent policy costing unit, similar to the one proposed by the Green Party last week. Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director, ... More >>

Game Over: Picking "Winners" Costs Taxpayers More than $15M

Friday, 29 January 2016, 11:56 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

The Taxpayers’ Union has discovered that the failed Gameloft video gaming studio has received more than $15 million in corporate welfare grants from Callaghan Innovation since 2014. The French owned company yesterday announced that it will close operations ... More >>

Auckland Motorists Already Paying Plenty

Thursday, 28 January 2016, 12:37 pm | Taxpayers' Union

The Taxpayers’ Union is slamming renewed calls for the introduction of new motorway or congestion taxes for Auckland, and is calling on the National Party to stand by its election promise and rule out new taxes. Jordan Williams, Executive Director ... More >>

Corporate Welfare Should Be Open to Public Scrutiny

Wednesday, 27 January 2016, 1:44 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

The Taxpayers’ Union is again slamming Wellington City Council’s shambolic information management and secrecy relating to how it uses ratepayer funds, following leaked details of the Council wooing Singapore Airlines. Responding to the report, Taxpayers’ ... More >>

Property Groups Should Support Peters on Rma Reform

Wednesday, 27 January 2016, 10:53 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

The Taxpayers’ Union is calling on business, property and planning industry groups to support Winston Peters’ proposed way forward for Resource Management Act reform. Reacting to Mr Peters’ state of the nation speech delivered last night, Jordan ... More >>

Taxpayers' Union Applauds Green Party Proposal

Tuesday, 26 January 2016, 2:31 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

The Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming the proposal from Green Party co-leader, Metiria Turei, in her state of the nation speech today for a policy costing unit inside Treasury that would independently cost the policies of political parties. More >>