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Taxpayers’ Union Now a Charitable Purpose
Thursday, 7 August 2014, 10:34 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“If they are we are,” says Jordan Williams, Executive Director of the Taxpayers’ Union , responding to the Supreme Court’s bold decision to allow political advocacy to be considered charitable, if the underlying purpose is of benefit to the wider ... More >>
Taxpayers on Hook for Anti-Tobacco Measure That Doesn't Work
Wednesday, 6 August 2014, 11:40 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is slamming the Health Select Committee’s decision to recommend the Smoke-free Environments (Tobacco Plain Packaging) Amendment Bill be implemented, despite tobacco sales in Australiaincreasing since it implemented similar measures. ... More >>
Collins' Tax Cut Gobbled by Brownlee
Tuesday, 5 August 2014, 4:12 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Reacting to the announcement from the Minister for ACC that levies on petrol will be cut by 3 cents per litre, Taxpayers' Union Executive Director Jordan Williams says: More >>
Public Broadcasting System is Sick
Tuesday, 5 August 2014, 9:27 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to news that New Zealand on Air will pump $800,000 of taxpayer cash into The X Factor New Zealand, Jordan Williams, Executive Director of the Taxpayers’ Union says: More >>
Ministry CEO Hides in Office for Award Ceremony
Thursday, 31 July 2014, 2:42 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Following this morning’s coverage of the extravagant expenditure by Pauline Winter, the CEO of the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs, Porky the Taxpayers’ Union mascot visited the Ministry’s Wellington Office to present the Union’s first “Troughing ... More >>
Call on Pauline Winter to Front up Or Resign
Thursday, 31 July 2014, 10:43 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the Fairfax report that taxpayers are footing the bill for the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs’ Chief Executive and to fly to Auckland most weekends, Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director Jordan Williams says: More >>
Taxpayers’ Union Support ‘Fair Tax for Savers' Campaign
Wednesday, 30 July 2014, 2:22 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is teaming up with Age Concern, Consumer NZ and the Financial Services Council to support the Fair Tax for Savers campaign which launched this afternoon. Jordan Williams, Executive Director of the Taxpayers’ Union , says: More >>
Taxing Struggling Families to Boost Bureaucrats Shameful
Wednesday, 30 July 2014, 2:05 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to Labour leader David Cunliffe’s announcement that a Labour Government would ensure public servants would receive at least the Living Wage, significantly more than their private sector counterparts, Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director ... More >>
Returns Not Royal Treatment Will Lead to Investment
Wednesday, 30 July 2014, 10:13 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Reacting to the NZ Herald’s reporting of a $240,000 bill for taxpayers to wine and dine eleven oil executives - including four nights' luxury accommodation, a sailing trip, and two Rugby World Cup games, Jordan Williams, Executive Director of the Taxpayers’ ... More >>
SFO Must Examine Disappearance of Tuwharetoa's $20m
Wednesday, 30 July 2014, 10:07 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Reacting to the NZ Herald’s report into suspected financial irregularities at Tuwharetoa since its Treaty Settlement in 2008, Jordan Williams, Executive Director of the Taxpayers’ Union , says: More >>
Senior Citizens, Not Senile Citizens
Monday, 28 July 2014, 10:43 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is questioning the merits and costs of the “ No car? No problem! Getting around your community without a car” brochure, released by the Office for Senior Citizens. The brochure’s purpose is to explain to senior citizens ... More >>
Minister Right to Give Fish & Game a Serve
Monday, 28 July 2014, 9:19 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Reacting to Radio New Zealand’s report concerning allegations that Conservation Minister Nick Smith warned the Fish and Game Council that it acts like a 'rabid NGO', Jordan Williams, Executive Director of the Taxpayers’ Union says: More >>
Labour Offer Len Brown a Hotel Tax
Friday, 25 July 2014, 4:35 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is slamming the Labour Party's plan to allow councils to levy new 'pillow taxes' and regional petrol taxes. Reacting to this afternoon’s NZ Herald report Jordan Williams, Executive Director of the Taxpayers’ Union , ... More >>
Auckland Councillors, Not Emperors
Friday, 25 July 2014, 10:51 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
25 JULY 2014 Responding to the NZ Herald report that Auckland Councillors have voted to keep their ratepayer-funded business class travel perks, and considered new rules that would have exempted councillors from Auckland City's parking charges, Taxpayers’ ... More >>
Taxpayers' Union Back LGNZ Calls For Greater Transparency
Friday, 25 July 2014, 10:25 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is backing Local Government New Zealand’s calls for the Official Information Act to be extended to cover the Local Government Commission. Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, says: More >>
Taxpayers' Union Lay Complaint with Speaker
Thursday, 24 July 2014, 1:18 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Unio n has written to Parliament's Speaker, the Rt. Hon. David Carter, asking him to step in and investigate the claims on the WhaleOil blog that taxpayers’ money is being improperly used for Mana Party election campaign hoardings. More >>
Pay It Back Ms Hauiti
Thursday, 24 July 2014, 11:00 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the Newstalk ZB report that disgraced MP Claudette Hauiti is refusing to confirm whether or not she has reimbursed taxpayers for misuse of her Parliamentary 'P-card', Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, says: “Ms Hauiti ... More >>
Mana Party Using Taxpayer Funds for Election Hoardings
Wednesday, 23 July 2014, 5:28 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Reacting to the photograph posted on the WhaleOil website of a Te Tai Tokerau electorate hoarding featuring Mana Party leader Hone Harawira, which carries the House of Representatives crest and appears to have been funded by taxpayers, Jordan Williams, Executive Director ... More >>
Public Money? Public Entitled to Know
Wednesday, 23 July 2014, 3:41 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the Fairfax article that taxpayers are unable to find out the extent of disgraced MP Claudette Hauiti’s spending, Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, says: More >>
Taskforce Welcomed to Curb Excess Local Government Control
Tuesday, 22 July 2014, 10:38 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming Prime Minister John Key’s announcement at the LGNZ conference in Nelson to establish a 'Rules Reduction Taskforce'.Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, says: More >>
