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Taxpayers' Union Welcome Chamber Court Action
Friday, 6 November 2015, 5:22 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming the announcement from the Wellington Chamber of Commerce that they will initiative legal proceedings against Wellington City Council to challenge the recent contractor decision made by Councillors. More >>
Law Lecturer Gets $600K Marsden Grant
Friday, 6 November 2015, 10:27 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is slamming the decision by the Royal Society to use $600,000 of taxpayer money to award a Marsden Fund grant to anti-TPPA campaigner Jane Kelsey to research “Neoliberalism”. More >>
Taxpayers Shouldn't Pay for Phil Goff's Mayoral Campaign
Thursday, 5 November 2015, 1:44 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is calling on the Labour MP Phil Goff to confirm that he will be resigning from Parliament when he announces his tilt to stand for Auckland Mayor . New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, says: More >>
Nash has it right on rail
Sunday, 1 November 2015, 12:18 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is supporting Napier MP Stuart Nash’s backing of a Public, Private Partnership taking operational control of the Napier Gisborne rail link. Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, says: More >>
Legal Action Against WCC Likely
Friday, 30 October 2015, 12:47 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is joining other organisations in considering legal action against Wellington City Council in relation to its potentially illegal use of ratepayer money. More >>
WCC's decision reckless and probably illegal
Thursday, 29 October 2015, 11:37 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is labelling the $2.4 million decision by Wellington City Councillors to only hire contractors paying a living wage as ‘reckless’. More >>
MBIE Innovating Again - This Time It's Expensive Sheep
Tuesday, 27 October 2015, 9:34 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is calling on Steven Joyce to do something, anything, to hold those at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment to account for wasting taxpayers money. More >>
Government Avoids Sugar Tax Mistake
Monday, 19 October 2015, 4:59 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming today’s announcement that the Government does not intend to introduce new taxes on soda or sugar, labelling it a breath of common sense following months of taxpayer funded lobbying and misleading information in ... More >>
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 >>
