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NZ First Kingmaker, Luxon Surges Ahead Of Hipkins As Preferred Prime Minister
Friday, 6 October 2023, 1:16 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
National increases 0.9 points on last month to 35.9% while Labour are also up, gaining 1.4 points to take them to 27.9%. ACT have dropped by 5.2 points to 9.1% while the Greens are down 2.1 points to 10.6%. The smaller parties are NZ First on 6.9% (+3 ... More >>
WellingtonNZ Hits The Wrong Key In New York: Delete Would’ve Been Preferred
Friday, 6 October 2023, 10:41 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The spotlight is firmly on WellingtonNZ, the region's economic development agency, after The Taxpayers' Union has revealed $470,000 spent on an ephemeral overseas marketing event. The centrepiece of this campaign was a $130,000 'ESC' key, as a symbol of ... More >>
New Taxpayers’ Union Report Shows The Public Sector Is Living Far Beyond Its Means
Thursday, 5 October 2023, 3:48 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The new 2023 Public Sector Wage Gap Report from the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union investigating workforce differences between the public and private sector demonstrates that, while average public sector wages have stagnated recently, the growth in the ... More >>
Taxpayers Robbed By More Than $1.2 Billion In The Past Year, Taxpayers’ Union Launches New Campaign
Thursday, 5 October 2023, 2:28 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Following today’s release of the Government’s audited Financial Statements revealing that fiscal drag has seen New Zealanders taxed an additional $1.2 billion by stealth, the Taxpayers’ Union is launching a new website and petition as part of a campaign ... More >>
Taxpayers’ Union Baffled By Wellington City Council’s Corporate Bailout
Thursday, 5 October 2023, 11:23 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to news that Wellington City Council is planning to buy the land under the currently earthquake-prone Reading cinema complex and re-strengthen the building, Taxpayers’ Union Head of Campaigns Callum Purves said: “The Reading Cinema may ... More >>
New Report: The Pitfalls Of A Tax-free Threshold For Income Tax
Wednesday, 4 October 2023, 4:41 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
A new report by Taxpayers’ Union Research Fellow, Jim Rose , analysing the impacts of implementing a tax-free threshold concludes that the policy would be an expensive and poorly targeted way of reducing the tax burden and increasing after-tax incomes ... More >>
Kiwis Still Paying The Price For Years Of Government Mismanagement
Wednesday, 4 October 2023, 2:12 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to news that the OCR has remained at 5.5%, Taxpayers’ Union Policy Adviser, James Ross, said: “Kiwis struggling under the cost-of-living crisis will be hurting today after hearing that the Official Cash Rate (OCR) is still frozen ... More >>
NEW POLL: Statistical Tie Between National And ACT In Race For Tāmaki
Tuesday, 3 October 2023, 9:38 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
A new Taxpayers Union – Curia poll in the Tāmaki electorate shows ACT’s Brooke van Velden mounting a strong challenge to incumbent National MP, Simon O’Connor. The two major candidates for the seat are locked in a statistical tie with 35% of ... More >>
Corporate Welfare For Wood Processing Leaves Taxpayers’ Union Stumped
Tuesday, 3 October 2023, 12:44 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is questioning the Government’s decision to provide corporate welfare to the wood processing sector, both in the form of direct hand-outs and the Government playing bank manager by providing loans when this could easily be left ... More >>
Taxpayers’ Union Responds To Te Pūkenga's Unsuccessful Ad Campaign
Tuesday, 3 October 2023, 9:44 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Despite facing consistent financial challenges and relying on taxpayer bailouts - most recently to the tune of $220 million in May's budget - The Waikato Times has revealed a staggering $15.6 million spent on ads, PR, and publications, which includes ... More >>
New Zealanders Still Waiting On NZ First To Demonstrate Economic Credibility
Monday, 2 October 2023, 4:50 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is calling on New Zealand First to release costings for each of their policies citing fears that they could cost more than Labour’s election spending spree. When questioned by Jack Tame on TVNZ’s Q + A yesterday ... More >>
Grant Robertson’s Apparent Hole Doesn’t Exist - At Least As It Relates To Three Waters Alternative
Monday, 2 October 2023, 2:28 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Grant Robertson’s claim that there is a ‘hole’ in the funding as of a result of scraping Three Waters is nonsense on stilts. Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, says: “Grant Robertson is trying to frame opponents of Three Waters ... More >>
Labour's Grocery Store Subsidies Will Not Reduce New Zealand’s Food Prices
Monday, 2 October 2023, 11:59 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the Labour Party’s announcement that they intend to subsidise grocery stores to try and enable competition in New Zealand’s grocery sector, Taxpayers’ Union Policy Adviser, James Ross, said: “There is a lack of competition in New ... More >>
National In Danger Of Swapping One Middle-Class Subsidy For Another
Sunday, 1 October 2023, 7:48 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Commenting on the National Party’s re-affirmation of their pledge to scrap the Clean Car Discount, Taxpayers’ Union Policy Adviser, James Ross, said: “Under Labour’s Ute Tax, families, farmers and tradies have been subsidising the lifestyle ... More >>
Taxpayers’ Union Slams National’s Alternative Fiscal Plan
Friday, 29 September 2023, 1:13 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is slamming the plan released by the National Party today saying it barely touches the sides in terms of cutting waste, and realigning the sector to live within the country’s means. Taxpayers’ Union spokesperson Jordan ... More >>
Taxpayers’ Union Calls Hipkins’ GST Bluff – Releases The Modelling And Challenges Hipkins To Do The Same
Thursday, 28 September 2023, 4:13 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Following recent concerns raised by the Taxpayers’ Union that Labour’s GST-exempt policy would leave a revenue hole of up to $411m because, as Labour have claimed, more people may eat fresh fruit and vegetables if they were cheaper, yesterday Chris ... More >>
Ministry Of Education Still Failing To Deliver For Kiwi Kids
Thursday, 28 September 2023, 2:45 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the release of the OECD’s latest Education at a Glance report, Taxpayers’ Union Policy Adviser, James Ross, said: “Since 2018, investment received by the Ministry of Education has increased by nearly 75%. Despite this, outcomes for our ... More >>
Grocery Supply Code Will Drive Food Prices Even Higher
Thursday, 28 September 2023, 1:32 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Commenting on the Grocery Supply Code of Conduct coming into force, Taxpayers’ Union Policy Adviser, James Ross, said: “The grocery supply code of conduct has completely missed the root causes of New Zealand’s sky-high grocery prices. Lack ... More >>
Labour’s Fiscal Plan Doubles Down On More Spending, High Taxes And Runaway Debt
Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 1:21 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the Labour Party’s Fiscal Plan, Taxpayers’ Union Head of Campaigns, Callum Purves, said: “Labour’s current economic plan of overtaxing hard-working New Zealanders just to waste money on middle-managers, consultants and vanity projects ... More >>
Hipkins Completely Misunderstands His Own Party’s GST Costings
Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 12:23 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Chris Hipkins’ claim this morning that Labour’s costings for removal of GST off fruit and veg account for behavioural changes are completely untrue. Responding to Mr Hipkins’ attacks on the Union, spokesman Jordan Williams said: “We couldn’t ... More >>
