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“Too Comfortable With Secrecy” Ombudsman Intervention Forces KiwiRail To Release Resignation Letters

Thursday, 30 January 2025, 12:00 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

After initially declining Official Information requests made by the New Zealand Herald, KiwiRail has finally released its board members’ letters of resignation following interventions made by the Ombudsman. More >>

Luxon’s Credibility On The Line With Tomorrow’s Climate Target Announcement

Wednesday, 29 January 2025, 7:34 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

“This is where the rubber hits the road,” says James Ross, Policy Manager at the Taxpayers’ Union. More >>

Government Breaking Records With Corner-cutting

Wednesday, 29 January 2025, 4:00 pm | Taxpayers' Union

“Urgency can’t just become the short-cut when Governments want to skip over the hassle of consulting the public. Rushed laws undermine transparency and lead to bad outcomes.” More >>

PM Sees Writing On The Wall: Time To Sell TVNZ?

Tuesday, 28 January 2025, 4:08 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

“While it is good that the government has begun to have this desperately needed conversation, they need to realise now is the time to sell TVNZ, not years down the line.” More >>

Dunedin City Council Cost Blowout – $40 Million Over Initial Budget

Tuesday, 28 January 2025, 11:37 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

“How on earth did they get it so wrong with their initial $52 million proposal only four years ago?” said Sam Warren, Local Government Campaigns Manager for the Taxpayers’ Union. More >>

Luxon’s ‘Going For Growth’ Just Grows The Government Bureaucracy

Thursday, 23 January 2025, 3:06 pm | Taxpayers' Union

Taxpayers' Union Spokesman, Jordan Williams, said “the speech was more about feels and repeating old announcements than concrete policy changes to improve New Zealand’s prosperity.” More >>

Taxpayer Victory! Callaghan Innovation Finally For The Scrapheap

Thursday, 23 January 2025, 3:05 pm | Taxpayers' Union

Callaghan Innovation has shown itself to be a toxic organisation, with a culture that leads to waste on a wallet-shattering scale, Taxpayers’ Union Spokesman James Ross said. More >>

Be Bold, Mr Luxon

Thursday, 23 January 2025, 11:39 am | Taxpayers' Union

National cannot fall into the habit of simply naming a new Ministerial portfolio and trying to jaw-bone public policy outcomes, says Taxpayers' Union Executive Director Jordan Williams. More >>

REVEALED: $4 Million To Subsidise Whale-oil Is Outrageous

Wednesday, 22 January 2025, 4:08 pm | Taxpayers' Union

Research methods in this project included healing Kauri trees through using "sonic samples of healthy whales to construct a tapestry of rejuvenation and wellbeing.” More >>

4.5 Percent Domestic Inflation Needs A Government Serious About Cost-cutting

Wednesday, 22 January 2025, 11:09 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

“We need to see aggressive cuts to interest rates now, in the hope this can undo some of the lasting damage that will be the Reserve Bank Governor’s legacy. But that can’t happen unless Nicola Willis gets the Government’s runaway spending ... More >>

High-flying Governor-General Rolling Out The Royal Treatment

Tuesday, 21 January 2025, 2:02 pm | Taxpayers' Union

The Governor-General is already taking home $447,900 a year, plus an allowance of $40,551. Totalling almost seven times the median wage, no one can accuse Dame Cindy Kiro of being underpaid, Taxpayers’ Union Spokesman James Ross said. More >>

NZTU Welcome Govt Reshuffle – Looks Forward To Working With New Ministry To Deliver Growth & More Efficient Local Govt

Sunday, 19 January 2025, 3:15 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

Taxpayers’ Union Co-founder, Jordan Williams, said “Economic growth isn’t everything, but it is almost everything. Our ability to afford a world-class health, education, and social safety system depends on having a first-world economy. Nothing is more ... More >>

NEW POLL: Labour Leapfrogs National In Taxpayers' Union–Curia Poll For First Time Since April 2023

Friday, 17 January 2025, 1:18 pm | Taxpayers' Union

The poll, conducted between 9-13 January, shows National down 4.6 points to 29.6%, while Labour have risen 4.0 points from last month, overtaking them with30.9%. More >>

‘Unreasonably Secretive’ – Otago Regional Council Refuses To Release Potentially Damning Correspondence

Thursday, 16 January 2025, 10:56 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

Requests for official information involving potentially damning correspondence are totally legitimate – but have been put in the ‘too hard basket' by officials refusing to properly follow the Local Government Official Information and Meetings ... More >>

Revealed: Ministry Of Regulation Senior Managers’ $260k Golden Payslips

Monday, 13 January 2025, 3:42 pm | Taxpayers' Union

Every story about the Ministry of Regulation seems to be about staffing cost blow-outs. The red tape slashing Ministry needs teeth, sure, but all we seem to hear about are teething problems, says axpayers’ Union Policy and Public Affairs Manager James ... More >>