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New Poll: New Zealanders Support Sale Of Interislander

Thursday, 11 July 2024, 1:00 pm | Taxpayers' Union

Selling the Interislander would ensure that the service runs efficiently and reliably with a private owner having strong incentives to keep up with regular maintenance and renewals. More >>

Interest Rates Freeze Shows Need To Take An Axe To Government Waste

Wednesday, 10 July 2024, 2:21 pm | Taxpayers' Union

The Government needs to get serious about slashing wasteful spending, but so far it’s done anything but. More spending, a bigger deficit and heaps more debt were the name of the game in May’s Budget. More >>

Government Finally Getting It On Emissions Reduction

Tuesday, 9 July 2024, 5:54 pm | Taxpayers' Union

The Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming the Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) framework released for consultation today that will reduce the cost of emissions reduction in New Zealand. More >>

Children’s Commission, Ease Up On The Re-branding

Tuesday, 9 July 2024, 5:51 pm | Taxpayers' Union

The Taxpayers’ Union can reveal that the Children’s and Young People Commission has spent $61,474 on refreshing their brand identity when the structure moved from a Commissioner to a Commission with a board. More >>

EV Charger Campaigners Are Missing The Point

Tuesday, 9 July 2024, 12:17 pm | Taxpayers' Union

The Taxpayers’ Union is dismissing concerns from EV lobbyists that there aren’t enough EV chargers in New Zealand, arguing that they are not necessary for emissions reduction but will be built anyway with private funding so long as the Government keeps its grubby fingers away. More >>

Protecting Uber Freedom To Contract A Win/win For Both Passengers And Drivers

Tuesday, 9 July 2024, 10:07 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

The Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming the Government’s review into how workers in the gig economy are treated and backs calls to protect the freedom of contract and allow Uber drivers to remain as contractors. More >>

Government Continuing Corporate Welfare Slush Fund

Tuesday, 9 July 2024, 9:39 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

The Taxpayers’ Union is slamming the Government’s decision to continue MBIE’s Endeavour Fund without narrowing the funding criteria to exclude areas where there is clear private benefit and incentive to invest in research and development. More >>

NZQA Blows $2.9 Million On Flashy Rebrand

Monday, 8 July 2024, 3:47 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

“There is a worrying trend across government where departments use the need to make technical changes to a website and then use it as an opportunity to do a complete makeover. This adds unnecessary cost for no benefit to taxpayers and must be stopped.” More >>

Conflicted ‘Reviewer’ Of Stats NZ Handling Of Census Data And John Tamihere Allegations Unacceptable

Monday, 8 July 2024, 2:21 pm | Taxpayers' Union

The investigation came as a result of allegations that census data was misused and abused for political purposes. More >>

Handouts For Ruapehu Ski Fields Must Be Halted

Monday, 8 July 2024, 2:17 pm | Taxpayers' Union

If the issue is really about concerns with the trademark over the Tūroa family name, then the simple solution is to change the name: Connor Molloy More >>

Darleen Tana Report Must Be Made Publicly Available

Monday, 8 July 2024, 2:07 pm | Taxpayers' Union

Taxpayers have also been on the hook for Tana's salary to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars as this investigation dragged on for month after month. More >>

Taxpayers’ Union Launches Nationwide Search And Rescue

Monday, 8 July 2024, 1:22 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

The Taxpayers’ Union is today launching a nationwide search and rescue effort for Green Party MP Darlene Tana following reporting that the MP has been missing in action for more than half of the current Parliamentary term. Taxpayers’ Union ... More >>

Over 5,500 Kiwis Tell Minister To Scrap Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill

Monday, 8 July 2024, 11:00 am | Taxpayers' Union

On Saturday, the Taxpayers’ Union launched a tool allowing people to write to Ministers Paul Goldsmith, Winston Peters and the Prime Minister. Over 5,500 New Zealanders have since sent letters calling for the Bill to be scrapped. More >>

Good News For Whanganui Mayor

Saturday, 6 July 2024, 4:09 am | Taxpayers' Union

Whanganui Mayor, Andrew Tripe, is on Brink of becoming a "Ratepayer Hero" following good news provided by the Taxpayers' Union in response to his public comments that he would like to reject his unnecessary mayoral pay hike, but couldn't. More >>

Depressed Business Confidence Justifies Shot In The Arm

Wednesday, 3 July 2024, 7:42 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

Yesterday’s NZIER release of its Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion shows a continuing decline in business confidence. This mirrors last month’s release of the BNZ-BusinessNZ Performance of Manufacturing Index that shows the manufacturing ... More >>

NEW CAMPAIGN: Taxpayers’ Union Launches Campaign To Save Thorndon Quay

Wednesday, 3 July 2024, 2:18 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

Wellington City Council is planning on tearing up Thorndon Quay to install what The Post has described as a “traffic light bonanza.” This will see 6 sets of traffic lights and five sets of speed bumps installed over just 1.7km of road. Businesses, ... More >>