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Revealed: Government's Media Pay-off For APEC Puff Pieces
Thursday, 20 January 2022, 2:55 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers' Union is condemning the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's decision to pay media outlets $93,578 for 'sponsored content' about APEC 2021. The spending information was made available in a response provided under the ... More >>
Former Minister Of Finance Joins Taxpayers’ Union Board
Wednesday, 19 January 2022, 12:07 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming Hon Ruth Richardson onto its Board of Directors. “The quantity and quality of public expenditure again rears its head – it’s time to reapply the discipline of fiscal responsibility.” -Hon Ruth ... More >>
Government's Festival Favouritism Comes Back To Bite Taxpayers
Thursday, 30 December 2021, 6:47 pm | Taxpayers' Union
"As we pointed out last month , the festival sector has been a beneficiary of favouritism from this Government," says Taxpayers' Union spokesman Jordan Williams. "The Government singled out the festival sector for support with its ... More >>
Mahuta’s Anti-privatisation Push A Desperate Attempt To Muddy The Waters
Thursday, 16 December 2021, 3:12 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta’s new campaign against the privatisation of water assets is a desperate attempt to confuse Labour supporters about Three Waters, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . Union spokesman Jordan Williams says, “The ... More >>
$955 Income Tax Hike Hidden In Fiscal Update
Wednesday, 15 December 2021, 12:59 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Grant Robertson is riding inflation to execute an unjustifiable tax grab, says the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union in response to today's Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update. Speaking from the HYEFU Treasury lock-up, Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke, ... More >>
Smokefree Plan Is A Bonanza For Organised Crime
Thursday, 9 December 2021, 10:56 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Organised crime groups will be salivating at news of the Government’s Smokefree 2025 plan, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . The plan will slash nicotine content in legal cigarettes to “very low” levels and ban sales to New Zealanders ... More >>
Ihumātao Update: One Year On, We Still Don't Have A Steering Group, Let Alone Housing
Wednesday, 8 December 2021, 9:28 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
This month marks a year since the Government announced its $30 million purchase of land at Ihumātao. The decision to purchase the land was justified on the basis that it would result in the provision of housing on the site, with funding coming ... More >>
Taxpayers Are Forking Out $103 Per Laundry Service Or Shower Provided By A Government-funded Charity
Tuesday, 7 December 2021, 12:51 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Taxpayers are forking out $103 per laundry service or shower provided by a Government-funded charity, reveals the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union. According to its 2020 annual review , taxpayer-funded charity Orange Sky received $437,500 from the Ministry of Housing ... More >>
Call To Scrap Booze Tax As Hospitality Reopens
Monday, 6 December 2021, 7:19 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is calling on the Government to support the hospitality sector with a temporary suspension of alcohol excise tax paid by bars and restaurants. A petition has been launched at www.taxpayers.org.nz/happy Union spokesman Louis ... More >>
Relief For Auckland Council Venues Is Insulting
Wednesday, 1 December 2021, 12:51 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is slamming the newly-announced voucher scheme for Auckland Council venues as a slap in the face for private businesses and families that have risked financial ruin during lockdown. Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke ... More >>
Taxpayers' Union Congratulates Chris Luxon
Tuesday, 30 November 2021, 3:53 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers' Union has congratulated Chris Luxon on his successful bid for the National Party leadership. Union spokesman Jordan Williams says, "It is to Chris Luxon’s credit that he is one of the few MPs to have taken a pay cut ... More >>
Taxpayers Milked To The Tune Of $48K For Anti-dairy Propaganda
Monday, 29 November 2021, 10:55 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is challenging the New Zealand Film Commission’s funding criteria after it gave anti-dairy documentary Milked a $48,550 “finishing grant” . The film, currently screening in New Zealand cinemas, argues that the ... More >>
Taxpayer Victory: Govt’s Three Waters Ads Canned For Straying Into Propaganda
Thursday, 25 November 2021, 5:12 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming the cancellation of the taxpayer-funded Three Waters ad campaign. BusinessDesk reports that the Government’s $3.5 million Three Waters ad campaign has been canned early due to concerns from the Public Service ... More >>
Lowlife Kainga Ora Tenants Should Be Booted Out
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 2:49 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the revelation that Kainga Ora has not evicted a single tenant since 2018 , with gang member tenants terrorising neighbours, New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says: “These ingrates need to be booted out. That ... More >>
Paying Unvaccinated Staff To Sit At Home Is Bonkers
Tuesday, 16 November 2021, 11:14 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Oranga Tamariki’s policy to give unvaccinated staff members up to a month of special leave is wasteful and will encourage staff to delay their vaccinations, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, “Under ... More >>
Wellington City Council Spends $11,000 On Māori Translation Of Spatial Plan
Monday, 15 November 2021, 3:49 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Wellington City Council spent $11,482 plus GST producing a te reo translation of the summary of its new spatial plan, reveals the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . Just 50 te reo copies were printed – resulting in a translation cost of $220 per ... More >>
Taxpayers’ Union Signs Major Glasgow Climate Declaration
Friday, 12 November 2021, 10:05 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union has signed an international declaration presented at COP26 this week , joined by more than 130 think tanks and advocacy groups from around the world. Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, “Many Kiwis ... More >>
Mahuta’s Working Group On ‘accountability’ Is Laughable
Wednesday, 10 November 2021, 5:42 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Nanaia Mahuta’s working group to advise on governance and accountability arrangements for the Three Waters Reform Programme is laughable given its make up, says the Taxpayers’ Union . “The working group was announced in response to 61 of the country's 67 ... More >>
Tax Credit Package Punishes The Productive
Saturday, 6 November 2021, 9:03 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The Prime Minister's announcement that she will once again increase abatement rates on Working For Families tax credits will punish low-earning New Zealanders who increase their productivity, says the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union . "Low-earning New ... More >>
Government Waste Honoured At 2021 Jonesie Awards
Friday, 5 November 2021, 2:13 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The fourth annual Jonesie Waste Awards were hosted at the Beehive today, celebrating the best of the worst of local and central government waste from the last 12 months. Footage of the event is available on the Taxpayers' Union 's Facebook page . The ... More >>
