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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 >>
Simple ACC Survey Costs More Than $250,000
Monday, 7 October 2024, 11:46 am | Taxpayers' Union
ACC wasting over a quarter of a million dollars on a run-of-the-mill survey shows what happens when you give bureaucrats bottomless budgets to work with. There’s not a chance waste like this would be signed off in the private sector. More >>
Health New Zealand Reports Near $1 Billion Dollar Deficit
Friday, 4 October 2024, 12:01 pm | Taxpayers' Union
“These recent figures highlight the financial mismanagement that occurs at Health New Zealand. With news like this, taxpayers are absolutely in their right to demand answers. More >>
Wellington Can’t Afford Even More Debt
Friday, 4 October 2024, 10:46 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“Doubling down on the city’s financial crisis is not the answer, and residents can’t take more punishment”, said James Ross, spokesman for the Taxpayers’ Union. More >>
Adrian Orr’s Digital Cash Project Proves Distracting For The Reserve Bank, Costly For Taxpayers
Thursday, 3 October 2024, 5:13 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Inflation has been outside the RBNZ’s target range for 40-months now, meanwhile Adrian Orr has been busy playing about with digital cash. More >>
Who Really Controls Wellington City Council?
Thursday, 3 October 2024, 4:32 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Council chief executive Barbara McKerrow finally ordered the posts to be removed, but not before past and present councillors accused officials of playing politics. More >>
Kiwis Hit By ACC’s Double-Tax Rort
Thursday, 3 October 2024, 3:53 pm | Taxpayers' Union
“Why should Kiwis living overseas be forced to stump up thousands of dollars a year for services they don’t use? More >>
Taxpayers’ Union’s “Bouncy Council” Puts The Spotlight On Hastings Mayor
Wednesday, 2 October 2024, 3:41 pm | Taxpayers' Union
On the very slim chance the Mayor missed the giant pink unicorn bouncy castle, the hundred Hastings residents turning out in the middle of a workday (and on only a few hours’ notice), and the bubble machine, it serves as a warning shot that ratepayers ... More >>
Stratford's New $350k Crossings: Hated By Locals, Costly To Taxpayers
Monday, 30 September 2024, 12:29 pm | Taxpayers' Union
“When ratepayers say they are unhappy, elected members must start listening or face a very difficult election result" said Taxpayers' Union Local Government Campaigns Manager, Sam Warren. More >>
Hastings Mayor And Councillors Have Lost The Plot: Using Kids As Political Play Things
Friday, 27 September 2024, 3:43 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Local government is in crisis and instead of the adults prevailing, Mayor Hazlehurst is inviting kids with, at best, year 10 business studies, to cast votes on governance matters of an organisation with total assets of nearly three billion. More >>
