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IRD Have Lied To New Zealanders, Heads Must Roll
Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 10:45 am | Taxpayers' Union
“Only yesterday, IRD Commissioner Peter Mersi took a swipe at the Taxpayers’ Union and falsely accused us of ‘misrepresenting facts’. But just 12 hours later, we learn that in fact there as a mistake: IRD’s data leak was far worse than anyone ... More >>
IRD Data Leaking Killed By 9,000-strong Taxpayers’ Union Campaign
Tuesday, 5 November 2024, 3:09 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Commissioner Mersi needs to stop burying his head in the sand, and explain to Kiwis how his department are going to clean up the mess of the data they’ve already leaked: Taxpayers’ Union Policy and Public Affairs Manager, James Ross said. More >>
REVEALED: Ministry For The Environment Blows More Than $2 Million On Internal ‘Events’
Monday, 4 November 2024, 1:49 pm | Taxpayers' Union
“With the money they decided to fork out on events, they could have instead planted more than 2000 hectares of trees. At least that would have been an attempt to do their actual job of helping the environment rather than playing around in workshops, ... More >>
Parliament Blocks Submissions Calling For Transparency On Parliament’s Expenses
Monday, 4 November 2024, 11:20 am | Taxpayers' Union
“Blocking Kiwis from contacting their MPs to demand transparency is nothing short of arrogant self entitlement” says Jordan Williams, a spokesman for the Taxpayers’ Union. More >>
New Campaign: No More Hiding For MPs’ Expenses
Sunday, 3 November 2024, 3:14 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
This campaign is to force MPs to justify why their spending should be a state secret when almost every other area of public spending is subject to public scrutiny. More >>
Health NZ Double Dips On Another $100k Catering Bill
Thursday, 31 October 2024, 6:49 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“The fact that the conference was exclusive to 400 Health NZ finance staff is truly ironic. How many Health NZ finance staff does it take to control a conference budget? More >>
Is A Waikato Medical School Sensible?
Thursday, 31 October 2024, 5:24 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“It is concerning that the government may be progressing a substantial investment without a cost-benefit analysis based on sound assumptions and fully considered viable alternatives such as expanding the capacity of the two existing medical schools.” More >>
17 Senior Staff Fat Trim A Drop In The Ocean
Thursday, 31 October 2024, 1:31 pm | Taxpayers' Union
While there may be cries from the DIA that they have been hard done by, the 17 bureaucrats that were canned were bringing home exuberant salaries. More >>
REVEALED: New Plymouth's $1.2 Million Beach Stairs And Ramp, Shows Auckland How To Spend Big
Wednesday, 30 October 2024, 11:46 am | Taxpayers' Union
"Accessibility, especially for the disabled, was obviously an important factor in the ‘Beach Street Access for all’ project by New Plymouth District Council” said Local Government Campaigns Manager, Sam Warren. More >>
Revealed: “Upgraded Web-Platform” Burns Otago Ratepayers $200k
Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 11:27 am | Taxpayers' Union
“Otago seems to have outperformed most of its northern counterparts by spending $221,764.12 without shelling out another bundle on changing its logo or corporate identity" said Local Government Campaigns Manager for the Taxpayers' Union, Sam Warren. More >>
Government Needs To "Proceed With Caution" When Considering Performance Pay
Monday, 28 October 2024, 1:08 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“While it would be a nice change to see bureaucrats paid just like the rest of us by pegging their pay to whatever value they provide, leaving the government to implement such an idea could go terribly wrong.” More >>
Wellington Set To Blow $30 Million On Fence Along Harbour
Friday, 25 October 2024, 12:57 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“If the council can't build a fence at a reasonable cost, how does that fare for actually difficult projects like pipe renovation? A $7 Million budget is more than enough for some safety measures." More >>
Red Card To Sports NZ For $170k E-Card Blunder
Friday, 25 October 2024, 12:47 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“Sports NZ’s ability to somehow spend more than $575 per thank-you email takes the gold for government waste. For the $171,598 cost, Sports NZ could’ve bought 8,580 rugby balls. Instead, they sent a few pixels." More >>
Revealed: NZTA Spends $710,000 On Mackenzie Basin Art Sculptures
Thursday, 24 October 2024, 2:26 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Taxpayers’ Union Communications Officer, Alex Emes says that NZTA can’t tell the public how much they’re wasting on questionable art across the country, because even they have no way of keeping track of the massive sums. More >>
Government Puts Wellington On The Naughty Step
Tuesday, 22 October 2024, 2:13 pm | Taxpayers' Union
"With the city’s governance being at rock bottom, no one is surprised the Government felt the need to hold the Mayor’s hand” says James Ross, Policy and Public Affairs Manager at the Taxpayers’ Union. More >>
Palmerston North, Time To Sell The Airport
Tuesday, 22 October 2024, 10:59 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Mayor Smith and councillors need to do the right thing and use their equity in the airport to pay down spiralling debt levels. More >>
Napier City Council, Get Back To Work
Monday, 21 October 2024, 6:48 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Chief Executive Louise Miller, on her $388,500 Chief Executive salary, needs to lead the charge on working onsite, and cut out the ‘show-up-when-you-feel-like-it’ mollycoddle that most private sector workers would disparage. More >>
Kiwis Know Our Infrastructure Investment Isn’t Working
Monday, 21 October 2024, 11:30 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Taxpayers’ Union Policy and Public Affairs Manager, James Ross, stated that “everyone’s far too familiar with bursting water pipes and pot-holed roads, so these results come as no surprise. Central government has been distracted from the core investment ... More >>
America’s Cup Returning To New Zealand? Only If The Numbers Stack Up
Monday, 21 October 2024, 11:25 am | Taxpayers' Union
“Dalton and his team’s win has been nothing less than historic” said Taxpayers’ Union Spokesman, Sam Warren. More >>
Health NZ Broke Yet Spends $9,000 On Canapes For ‘Senior Management’
Monday, 21 October 2024, 10:50 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“Senior Management at Health NZ need to focus less on feeding off the taxpayer tab and more on balancing the books. $32 per canape - was it caviar dusted with gold?” More >>
