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Wellington Ratepayers Entitled to the Facts
Tuesday, 26 January 2016, 10:02 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is calling for full discloser by the Wellington City Council, after three of its Councillors contradicted the Council’s Chief Executive about an apparent budget blow-out of the Council’s controversial Island Bay Cycleway. ... More >>
Linz Overcharging Nets $40m Pot of Gold
Thursday, 21 January 2016, 11:44 am | Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union can reveal that Land Information New Zealand has overcharged New Zealanders by $40 million for its " Landonline " service, despite the requirement that is it to function on a cost-recovery basis. More >>
Hairdressers Join Takeaways in Upper Hutt Corporate Welfare
Monday, 18 January 2016, 11:41 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union can reveal Upper Hutt City Council spent more than $160,000 of ratepayers’ money on subsidies to eleven businesses, including hairdressers, retailers, fast food joints and a contracting firm. Taxpayers’ Union Executive ... More >>
Frontline Measures Better than More Tobacco Tax Hikes
Thursday, 14 January 2016, 11:56 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union says that new measures to curb smoking shouldn’t include more rounds of tax hikes, and should instead focus at frontline measures to support people to quit. Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, says: More >>
Wellington-Singapore Airlines News Terrific
Tuesday, 12 January 2016, 4:14 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming news that Singapore Airlines is considering a route from Wellington via Canberra and says it undermines the case for local or central government corporate welfare for privately owned Infratil to extend the Wellington ... More >>
Government Ministers Too Posh to Fly Jetstar?
Tuesday, 5 January 2016, 2:57 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union can reveal that Ministers are not practicing what they preach in their apparent support for more competition in New Zealand’s skies. Executive Director of the Taxpayers’ Union , Jordan Williams, says: More >>
Tobacco Tax Increase: New Report
Sunday, 3 January 2016, 5:06 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
To coincide with the Government’s 10% hike of tobacco excise taxes today, the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union has released a new report exposing the extent to which the Government is using excise tax on tobacco as a revenue gathering tool. More >>
Smokers Warned to Stock up Before Friday
Wednesday, 30 December 2015, 9:49 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is reminding smokers to stock up before the Government’s 10% hike in tobacco excise tax which comes into effect on New Year’s Day. More >>
Napier's Seaside Pier Scared of the Water
Friday, 18 December 2015, 12:28 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is lending its support to ratepayers of Napier, annoyed with the Napier City Council, wasting $2.6 million on a pier that doesn’t quite reach the water on Napier’s foreshore. More >>
National Government Needs 'Plan B' to Kick-Start Economy
Tuesday, 15 December 2015, 3:01 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Allowing the economy to drift isn’t working, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union in response to today’s 2016 Budget Policy Statement. The Statement forecasts a slowing economy, no surplus until next year, and unemployment above 5% up until ... More >>
Crone Sets Example by Resigning From Xero
Monday, 14 December 2015, 5:00 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayer’s Union is commending Auckland Mayoral candidate Victoria Crone’s decision to resign from her job as Managing Director at Xero New Zealand to campaign for the mayoralty. Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, says: More >>
Keytruda for All Melanoma Patients: 60% of Pharmac Budget
Monday, 14 December 2015, 12:52 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union can reveal that funding Keytruda for all 2,000 melanoma patients would consume about 60% of the Pharmac annual budget. Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, says: More >>
Rate Cut Suggests Government Lacks a 'Plan B'
Thursday, 10 December 2015, 9:45 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the RBNZ’s cut in the official cash rate, Jordan Williams, Executive Director of the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union says: More >>
Cancelled Serco Contract Shows Advantages of PPPS
Wednesday, 9 December 2015, 1:34 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to this afternoon’s news of private prison operator Serco losing the contract to run Mt Eden prison, the Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming the decision and says that it shows that PPPs work to incentivise better performance. More >>
Ombudsman's OIA Report Delivers More Waffle
Wednesday, 9 December 2015, 8:40 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the release of the report of the Chief Ombudsman into government agencies’ compliance with the Official Information Act, Taxpayers’ Union Spokesman, Ben Craven, says: “Over recent years the performance of the Ombudsman’s Office has been a ... More >>
Another $2.6m for More Saudi Sheep “Barbaric”
Thursday, 3 December 2015, 3:25 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is labelling today’s disclosure by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment that a further $2.6 million may be a spent on the Saudi Arabian ‘agri hub’ as barbaric. To date, the ‘agri hub’ has seen taxpayers ... More >>
'Absolutely Positively' Money Down the Drain
Tuesday, 1 December 2015, 11:20 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Wellington City Council should learn its lesson from the failure of CallActive and ditch its corporate welfare mentality, says the Taxpayers’ Union . This morning’s Dominion Post reports that the Council loaned the failed Australian-owned company ... More >>
RMA Reform Underwhelming And a Broken Promise
Thursday, 26 November 2015, 3:17 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“Underwhelming” sums up the initial impression of the Taxpayers’ Union to the Government’s reform legislation of the Resource Management Act, introduced this afternoon. Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, says: More >>
Goff Missing Chance to Set Higher Ethical Standard
Monday, 23 November 2015, 10:22 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is shocked that Labour Party Mayoral Candidate, Phil Goff, will not be standing down as an MP to campaign for the Super City role and is labelling it a ‘missed opportunity’ for Mr Goff to set a higher standard than Len Brown. ... More >>
Auckland Council Look to Reduce Scope of 'Taniwha Tax'
Monday, 9 November 2015, 4:57 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union Is welcoming the expected reduction in the number of properties affected by Auckland Council's Mana Whenua provisions in the Council’s Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan . The provisions, which are already in effect, are believed ... More >>
