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PM Sees Writing On The Wall: Time To Sell TVNZ?
Tuesday, 28 January 2025, 4:08 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“While it is good that the government has begun to have this desperately needed conversation, they need to realise now is the time to sell TVNZ, not years down the line.” More >>
Dunedin City Council Cost Blowout – $40 Million Over Initial Budget
Tuesday, 28 January 2025, 11:37 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“How on earth did they get it so wrong with their initial $52 million proposal only four years ago?” said Sam Warren, Local Government Campaigns Manager for the Taxpayers’ Union. More >>
Luxon’s ‘Going For Growth’ Just Grows The Government Bureaucracy
Thursday, 23 January 2025, 3:06 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Taxpayers' Union Spokesman, Jordan Williams, said “the speech was more about feels and repeating old announcements than concrete policy changes to improve New Zealand’s prosperity.” More >>
Taxpayer Victory! Callaghan Innovation Finally For The Scrapheap
Thursday, 23 January 2025, 3:05 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Callaghan Innovation has shown itself to be a toxic organisation, with a culture that leads to waste on a wallet-shattering scale, Taxpayers’ Union Spokesman James Ross said. More >>
Be Bold, Mr Luxon
Thursday, 23 January 2025, 11:39 am | Taxpayers' Union
National cannot fall into the habit of simply naming a new Ministerial portfolio and trying to jaw-bone public policy outcomes, says Taxpayers' Union Executive Director Jordan Williams. More >>
REVEALED: $4 Million To Subsidise Whale-oil Is Outrageous
Wednesday, 22 January 2025, 4:08 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Research methods in this project included healing Kauri trees through using "sonic samples of healthy whales to construct a tapestry of rejuvenation and wellbeing.” More >>
4.5 Percent Domestic Inflation Needs A Government Serious About Cost-cutting
Wednesday, 22 January 2025, 11:09 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“We need to see aggressive cuts to interest rates now, in the hope this can undo some of the lasting damage that will be the Reserve Bank Governor’s legacy. But that can’t happen unless Nicola Willis gets the Government’s runaway spending ... More >>
High-flying Governor-General Rolling Out The Royal Treatment
Tuesday, 21 January 2025, 2:02 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The Governor-General is already taking home $447,900 a year, plus an allowance of $40,551. Totalling almost seven times the median wage, no one can accuse Dame Cindy Kiro of being underpaid, Taxpayers’ Union Spokesman James Ross said. More >>
NZTU Welcome Govt Reshuffle – Looks Forward To Working With New Ministry To Deliver Growth & More Efficient Local Govt
Sunday, 19 January 2025, 3:15 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Taxpayers’ Union Co-founder, Jordan Williams, said “Economic growth isn’t everything, but it is almost everything. Our ability to afford a world-class health, education, and social safety system depends on having a first-world economy. Nothing is more ... More >>
NEW POLL: Labour Leapfrogs National In Taxpayers' Union–Curia Poll For First Time Since April 2023
Friday, 17 January 2025, 1:18 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The poll, conducted between 9-13 January, shows National down 4.6 points to 29.6%, while Labour have risen 4.0 points from last month, overtaking them with30.9%. More >>
‘Unreasonably Secretive’ – Otago Regional Council Refuses To Release Potentially Damning Correspondence
Thursday, 16 January 2025, 10:56 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Requests for official information involving potentially damning correspondence are totally legitimate – but have been put in the ‘too hard basket' by officials refusing to properly follow the Local Government Official Information and Meetings ... More >>
Revealed: Ministry Of Regulation Senior Managers’ $260k Golden Payslips
Monday, 13 January 2025, 3:42 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Every story about the Ministry of Regulation seems to be about staffing cost blow-outs. The red tape slashing Ministry needs teeth, sure, but all we seem to hear about are teething problems, says axpayers’ Union Policy and Public Affairs Manager James ... More >>
MBIE’s Spine-Chilling $500k Bill For Spine-Straightening Consultants
Wednesday, 8 January 2025, 1:26 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Over half a million dollars has been wasted by one government department alone teaching bureaucrats how to use a desk and chair, Taxpayers’ Union Policy and Public Affairs Manager James Ross said. More >>
Gore Council Must Hit Pause On District Plan
Wednesday, 8 January 2025, 9:37 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“The district plan is well overdue for an update – but it would be entirely irresponsible to release a plan if it is already at odds with Central Government” said Local Government Campaigns Manager for the Taxpayers’ Union, Sam Warren. More >>
ACC Bills For Lawbreakers Coming Back To Bite Taxpayers
Tuesday, 7 January 2025, 1:19 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Commenting on this, Taxpayers’ Union Policy and Public Affairs Manager, James Ross, said: “ACC is funded by levies. Taxpayers shouldn’t be picking up the bill for hardened criminals who get themselves hurt whilst out committing crimes." More >>
REVEALED: Which Ministry Is Being Naughty On Taxpayers’ Time?
Tuesday, 7 January 2025, 12:55 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Taxpayers’ Union Policy and Public Affairs Manager, James Ross, said: “Taxpayers don’t pay bureaucrats to sit watching adult videos, so why does it keep happening?” More >>
New Zealand Economy In Freefall While The Government’s Books Burn
Thursday, 19 December 2024, 8:08 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Government needs to take its spending problem seriously to balance the books. Continuing to fiddle whilst the books burn is not a fiscal strategy - Willis missing her targets has the country on course for disaster. More >>
Now We Know Why Nicola Willis Didn’t Want Experts In The Room: Changes OBEGAL Calculation To Appear Less Irresponsible
Tuesday, 17 December 2024, 1:52 pm | Taxpayers' Union
“Nicola Willis is guilty of manipulating the fiscal indicators in the same way then Opposition Finance Spokesperson Nicola Willis jumped up-and-down about when Grant Robertson changed the way Net Core-Crown Debt was calculated to make the numbers ... More >>
Media Should Make Point Of Speaking To The CTU This Afternoon On HYEFU
Tuesday, 17 December 2024, 11:03 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Banning the CTU, the Taxpayers’ Union, and groups like Business NZ and the Federated Farmers is not a strategy to get back to surplus. At best, it’s a cheap PR ploy to attempt to control the media narrative. More >>
“Sanity Prevails” – Major Shakeup To Local Government, Major Win For Ratepayers
Monday, 16 December 2024, 5:26 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“For years now the Taxpayers’ Union has been lobbying for the changes announced today – it’s certainly a massive win for us, and a massive win for all ratepayers”, said Sam Warren, Local Government Campaigns Manager for the Taxpayers’ Union. More >>
