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After A Year Without Policy, Te Pāti Māori Delivers A Tax Grab

Wednesday, 26 August 2026, 4:11 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

Te Pāti Māori has spent most of the year seemingly allergic to policy, and after all that time this is what they have come up with: five new taxes. More >>

LGNZ Caught Using Dodgy Maths To Downplay Rates Cap Savings

Wednesday, 26 August 2026, 1:15 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

“LGNZ claims the average household would save just $34 a year under a four-percent rates cap. That is flat-out wrong. The Government’s own figures show the average saving would be $134 a year over seven years.” More >>

Aussie Tobacco Tax Cuts Would Cut Crime And Save Lives

Tuesday, 25 August 2026, 2:28 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

“New Zealand’s Government needs to follow the evidence. Cut tobacco excise enough to squeeze the gangs’ margins, keep vaping cheaper, and make the legal market competitive again,” said Taxpayers’ Union spokesman James Ross. More >>

Next Step Is Getting Councils Back To Basics

Tuesday, 25 August 2026, 12:29 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

“Asking councils to just focus on doing the basics well is meaningless while the law still gives them the greenlight to do almost anything. The next step has to be removing the power of general competence,” said Taxpayers’ Union spokesman James ... More >>

Government’s Rates Cap A Campaign Win For Ratepayers

Tuesday, 25 August 2026, 11:45 am | Taxpayers' Union

Minister Watts has accepted the case for a rates cap. Now he needs to make sure it is in place before councils start setting their next Long-Term Plans. More >>

Hipkins’ ‘Only New Tax’ Promise 'Gone By Lunchtime'

Monday, 24 August 2026, 3:29 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

This morning, Labour was promising one new tax. By lunchtime, Hipkins was already opening the door to number two. More >>

Labour Fiscal 'Strategy' Shows They Learned Nothing From COVID

Sunday, 23 August 2026, 1:32 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

The Taxpayers’ Union is slamming Labour’s fiscal strategy of locking-in Covid-era levels of government spending as 'fiscal and economic sabotage'. Responding to Barbara Edmond's "fiscal strategy" Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director, Jordan ... More >>

Government Must Ban Public Sector Golden Handshakes

Thursday, 20 August 2026, 2:50 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

“Taxpayers and ratepayers should not be forced to reward failure. The Government needs to shut the loopholes and end public sector golden handshakes for good,” said Taxpayers’ Union spokesman, Rhys Hurley. More >>

Fletcher’s $228m Profit Exposes $60m Taxpayer Stitch-Up

Thursday, 20 August 2026, 11:56 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

Taxpayers were told this handout was needed to keep Golden Bay Cement afloat. A month later, its corporate parent is announcing hundreds of millions in profit. Nicola Willis has some explaining to do. More >>

Labour Must Rule Out The Inflation Tax

Tuesday, 18 August 2026, 10:19 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

Ruling out taxing utes or Netflix is the easy part. If Labour really wants to rule out tax hikes, it should stop inflation quietly pushing workers into higher tax brackets. More >>

Lyttelton Port Company Needs Full Disclosure

Tuesday, 18 August 2026, 10:02 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

Passing the Local Government (Port Companies Accountability) Amendment Bill would give workers, unions and ratepayers the tools to hold port bosses to account. More >>

ACT Show You Don’t Need To Mash The ‘New Tax’ Button

Friday, 14 August 2026, 7:21 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

"ACT just needs to lay out what fat they're trimming to find the cash, and make sure the budget doesn’t quietly bloat again next May,” says Taxpayers’ Union spokesman James Ross. More >>

REVEALED: Climate Bureaucrats Burn $303,000 Jet-setting To Brazil’s COP30 Junket

Thursday, 13 August 2026, 1:08 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

“The irony of six highly paid foreign affairs officials flying business class to this ‘green’ gathering wont be lost on anyone. Are these the flights the Minister of Foreign Affairs was so determined to save from budget cuts?" asks Rhys Hurley. More >>