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Nicola Willis Should Withdraw Slanderous Accusation Levied At New Zealand Butcheries

Tuesday, 15 October 2024, 3:49 pm | Taxpayers' Union

Nicola Willis' comments on Newstalk ZB this morning were totally over the top. While Wellington City Council might be a sea of red ink, with blood up the walls, backstabbing and skulduggery, this sort of polarised rhetoric is not called for More >>

Tauranga’s Table Tax Another Nail In The Coffin For Businesses

Tuesday, 15 October 2024, 2:45 pm | Taxpayers' Union

“Mayor Drysdale needs to dip his oar in the water and work with local businesses, not against them. Taxing them further into the ground is hardly the right thing to do. More >>

Revealed: Language Commission Gives Away More Than $600k On Keyboards

Tuesday, 15 October 2024, 11:44 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

“Instead of using taxpayer dollars to improve the lives of Māori, the government is giving corporate handouts straight into the pockets of big business. Subsidising PB Tech with Kiwis’ hard-earned money is the equivalent of throwing taxpayer dollars ... More >>

Wellington’s Broke, But Be Careful What You Wish For

Tuesday, 15 October 2024, 11:40 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

“We’ve all seen this movie before. When commissioners stepped into Tauranga, the city carried on sliding into ruin. Replacing elected leaders with unaccountable bureaucrats isn’t some magic solution.” More >>

If ASB Bank Boss Wants To Pay More Tax, She Can Go Right Ahead

Monday, 14 October 2024, 12:32 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

“If Shortt is serious, we invite her to donate some of her reported $5million annual salary to the Government. Or did she only mean for her ASB customers to pay more?” More >>

Kāinga Ora’s Scandalous $1.2m Apartments Warrant Select Committee Review

Monday, 14 October 2024, 11:24 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

“This appalling cost warrants urgent review across the organisation.” said a Taxpayers’ Union spokesman, Sam Warren. More >>

Lowest Support For National In 15 Months; Highest For Labour In 16 Months; In Latest Taxpayers’ Union-Curia Poll

Friday, 11 October 2024, 4:58 pm | Taxpayers' Union

Based on these results, National are down four seats on the last poll to 44, while Labour gains five to 38 seats. The Greens are down one seat to 13 while ACT is up one to 12 seats. New Zealand First are up one seat to nine from the last poll, while ... More >>

Government Fails To Cut Down On Debt Despite Higher Tax Revenue

Friday, 11 October 2024, 10:49 am | Taxpayers' Union

Commenting on this, Taxpayers’ Union Communications Officer, Alex Emes, said: “This is not a good look for this government’s first financial statement. They were elected on a promise to deliver real tax relief during a cost of living crisis that hardworking ... More >>

Wellington’s Debt Crisis To Worsen As Airport Share Sale Canned

Thursday, 10 October 2024, 5:29 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

“Wellington City Council has already breached its debt limit, and as the airport shares have not been sold, officers are now warning the debt ceiling might need to triple.” More >>

Unelected Mana Whenua Representatives Threaten Democratic Process

Thursday, 10 October 2024, 11:39 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

“Whilst the Council’s complete dysfunction is widely understood, these new developments, as reported by Vance, are deeply disturbing” said Policy and Public Affairs Manager, James Ross. More >>

Slashing Interest Rates Won’t Fix Economy On Its Own

Wednesday, 9 October 2024, 2:56 pm | Taxpayers' Union

Growth is the only answer, and slashing interest rates could be the first step in the right direction. But the risk of long-term damage hasn’t gone away, and the Government needs to work to make sure this OCR cut pays off. More >>

Health NZ’s Finances Are On Their Death Bed

Tuesday, 8 October 2024, 5:30 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

“Overspending by $147 million a month is staggering. It’s clear the centralise-at-all-costs model has blown up in our faces, and serious decentralising reform is needed to keep our health system afloat. More >>

Revealed: $10 Million EECA EV Charging Contracts Need To Go!

Tuesday, 8 October 2024, 3:58 pm | Taxpayers' Union

“Under the Emissions Trading Scheme, the Government could spend its entire budget on EV chargers and it wouldn’t reduce emissions by a single gram. This is subsidising already well-off EV drivers, taking people’s hard-earned money to waste on subsidising ... More >>

Public Demands Transparency On The Sinking Of The HMNZS Manawanui

Tuesday, 8 October 2024, 1:34 pm | Taxpayers' Union

“The reasons for the demise of the HMNZS Manawanui must be made known” said a spokesman for the Taxpayers’ Union, Sam Warren. More >>

The Time Is Now To Sell TVNZ

Tuesday, 8 October 2024, 9:56 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

Taxpayer’s Union Communications Officer, Alex Emes, said: “It’s nice that TVNZ is finally looking to cut costs and start showing an interest in cleaning up the financial boondoggle they have got themselves into.” More >>

Revealed: Tasman Council's $42k Speed Bump Blunder

Monday, 7 October 2024, 5:05 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

It shouldn’t take immense public backlash for Council to decide that these speed bumps were a bad idea to begin with. More >>

High-flying Bureaucrats Blow $150k On Bonn Climate Conference

Monday, 7 October 2024, 5:00 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

Bureaucrats will take any excuse to hop on a plane for a holiday. In this case, ten staff hopped off to Germany at a cost to the taxpayer of 15 grand each. It seems like some staff spend more time overseas than they do in the office these days. More >>