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Government Should Turn Around on Kiwirail
Friday, 23 May 2014, 10:47 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union has responded to the Government’s budget announcement of a further $198 million of funding for KiwiRail’s Turnaround Plan with loathing. More >>
Wairoa Ratepayers in for Nasty Surprise
Wednesday, 21 May 2014, 5:15 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Wairoa ratepayers should be furious with the Wairoa District Council for misleading thepublic on its forecast rate hikes. Earlier today the Taxpayers’ Union discovered that statements by the District’s Mayor and CEO that rates are forecast to increase ... More >>
Corporate Welfare Getting Ridiculous
Wednesday, 21 May 2014, 11:55 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Reacting to John Key’s announcement this morning regarding the Tourism Growth Partnerships, Jordan Williams, Executive Director of the Taxpayers’ Union, says: “It’s ridiculous that John Key is celebrating $26.8 million of grants paid for by hard working taxpayers ... More >>
NZ Aid Money Wasted on Lining Pockets of Cook Islands' PM
Wednesday, 21 May 2014, 9:38 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Reacting to Brigitte Masters' story published by 3News this morning revealing that Cook Islands Prime Minister Henry Puna has received at least $116,000 of NZ Aid money, despite an apparent conflict of interest, Jordan Williams, Executive Director of ... More >>
Freedom of Information, Not a Tax on Information
Tuesday, 20 May 2014, 3:17 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is alarmed at Police Minister Anne Tolley’s announcement this afternoon that she intends to introduce legislation to allow the Police to charge for vetting services. Executive Director of the Taxpayers’ Union , Jordan Williams, ... More >>
Dyson Should Explain Delay to 10-Year Passport Report
Monday, 19 May 2014, 11:21 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Delays in a Select Committee report on a petition calling for the reintroduction of ten year passports are likely to result in any law change not occurring until after the election. In February, the Government Administration Select Committee considered ... More >>
Taxpayers' Union Dusts Off Cheque Book
Friday, 16 May 2014, 10:01 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Eager to qualify for the only tax cut contained in yesterday’s budget, the Taxpayers’ Union will this morning present a cheque to Treasury to cover the lunch provided at yesterday’s budget lock-up. More >>
Budget in Surplus But Little Else for Taxpayers
Thursday, 15 May 2014, 2:09 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is disappointed that Finance Minister Bill English has failed to commit to giving New Zealanders meaningful tax relief in Budget 2014. More >>
Green Bank – What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Tuesday, 13 May 2014, 1:25 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is disappointed that the Green Party have announced plans to risk $120 million of taxpayers’ money on a so called ‘green investment bank’. More >>
Winston Peters Is Right on the Interislander
Tuesday, 13 May 2014, 12:23 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is backing Winston Peters’ criticism of the Government’s management of the Interislander and the ongoing series of ‘bad luck’ and botch ups. Today the Dominion Post reports Winston Peters’ allegation that KiwiRail is ... More >>
Budget Surplus Should Pay Back Debt
Monday, 12 May 2014, 12:38 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Reacting to the statements from the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance confirming that Thursday’s budget will be in surplus, Jordan Williams, Executive Director of the Taxpayers’ Union says: More >>
Taxpayer Funding of Political Parties a Step Too Far
Monday, 12 May 2014, 12:12 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“Taxing New Zealanders to subsidise political parties would weaken our democracy,” says Jordan Williams, Executive Director of the Taxpayers’ Union. More >>
English Ignoring the Big Picture
Sunday, 11 May 2014, 10:43 am | Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is questioning Finance Minister Bill English’s remarks this weekend about the size of New Zealand's government as a proportion of GDP. Mr English told National Party delegates in Queenstown that government spending has ... More >>
Winston Peters’ Attitude to Taxpayers' Money Astonishing
Thursday, 8 May 2014, 9:24 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Winston Peters’ comments on Radio New Zealand this morning show an astonishing attitude to taxpayers’ money. In an interview on Morning Report, Mr Peters justified a change to New Zealand First’s constitution that will force a list MP fired by ... More >>
Double Dipping MP Should Pay Money Back
Wednesday, 7 May 2014, 9:51 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Reacting to today’s Fairfax coverage of NZ First MP Tracey Martin being paid more than $70,000 as a Rodney local board member - on top of her almost $150,000-a-year MP's salary, Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, says: “Being ... More >>
Regional Ratepayers on the Hook for Earthquake Damage
Tuesday, 6 May 2014, 9:31 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is criticising Greater Wellington Regional Council for not bothering to find out how much ratepayers have lost in CentrePort’s property developments damaged in July’s Cook Strait earthquake. The Port’s borrowing is underwritten ... More >>
Sugar Tax Debate: More Alarmist Statements
Sunday, 4 May 2014, 1:45 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is slamming the taxpayer funded political advocacy by a group of academics featured on TV3’s The Nation this weekend. Their efforts to promote a sugar tax appear to be politically motivated rather than based on science. Sugar ... More >>
Allegations of Taxpayer Funded Nepotism
Thursday, 1 May 2014, 9:34 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is calling on the Parliamentary Service to answer questions relating to the allegations reported in this morning’s New Zealand Herald concerning New Zealand First MP, Denis O’Rourke. More >>
Ratepayer Funded Charging Station Used as Car Park
Wednesday, 30 April 2014, 9:43 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union has uncovered what is probably the most expensive staff car park in the country, located at Z Energy on Customhouse Quay in Wellington. Between 2010 and 2012, the Wellington City Council spent $100,000 on a zero-emissions vehicle ... More >>
Council Logo Wellington's Economic Priority
Tuesday, 29 April 2014, 1:27 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the Wellington City Council’s decision to ditch the $24,000 logo which the Council launched in November , Jordan Williams, Executive Director of the Taxpayers’ Union says: More >>
