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Bureaucrats ‘Burdened’ From The Need To Show Up To Work
Thursday, 26 September 2024, 2:46 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Taxpayers don’t pay bureaucrats full-time salaries for part-time work, but that’s clearly what they’ve been getting over the last few years. More >>
ANZ Bank CEO’s Shameless Self Interest: This Is Why People Hate Bankers
Wednesday, 25 September 2024, 11:50 am | Taxpayers' Union
“New Zealand’s low wage economy is a direct result of under-capitalisation of the private sector and too much money going into unproductive assets and family homes,” said Jordan Williams, a spokesman for the Taxpayers’ Union. More >>
Andrew Coster Has Lost The Plot
Wednesday, 25 September 2024, 9:52 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
"For someone now crying tears about being 'dragged into political debates', it is weird that he was literally leading Morning Report just a few months ago in advocating for minimum pricing of alcohol." More >>
No Time Like The Present To Shine Light On MPs’ Expenses
Tuesday, 24 September 2024, 5:53 pm | Taxpayers' Union
“If the Government’s talking about dragging New Zealand’s Parliament into the modern age, then why aren’t we seriously discussing making the Parliamentary Service subject to the same transparency rules as the rest of the public sector? More >>
Getting Public Sector Staff Back Into The Office A Step Towards Fixing Bureaucratic Inertia
Tuesday, 24 September 2024, 2:10 pm | Taxpayers' Union
We welcome calls made for agencies to bring staff back to work. It's a pragmatic step towards reducing the bureaucratic inertia plaguing countless agencies since work-from-home became common under Covid restrictions. More >>
Tararua District Council Blames Mythical “Systems Failure” For Rates Snafu
Tuesday, 24 September 2024, 12:10 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Local Government Campaigns Manager for the Taxpayers' Union, Sam Warren, said “It was not a systems failure – it was a human failure. Humans design systems and these systems should be designed so that they operate without error. More >>
Revealed: Gisborne’s ‘Better Off’ Funding Is Three Waters Continued Waste
Monday, 23 September 2024, 11:51 am | Taxpayers' Union
Although Gisborne District Council remains one of the few councils to keep rates increases below 10% – at 6.5%, the storm-battered region could have better allocated this funding to prevent these rises. More >>
TVNZ Trying To Find Savings A Bit Too Late
Monday, 23 September 2024, 11:30 am | Taxpayers' Union
Just last month TVNZ reported a $85 million loss for the year, leaving the public asking why these changes haven’t been made sooner. More >>
Govt Spends More Than $27 Million On Low Emission Subsidies For Heavy Vehicles
Monday, 23 September 2024, 10:11 am | Taxpayers' Union
“This announcement is another example of reckless government spending. If the government truly wants to reach net zero, a simple cost benefit analysis would tell them that putting this amount of taxpayer dollars towards subsidising vehicles is a complete ... More >>
Wellington Regional Council Spends More Than $2.8 Million On “Cosmetic Upgrades” For Naenae Subway Station
Thursday, 19 September 2024, 4:23 pm | Taxpayers' Union
“This latest spending spree includes $29,000 on a “public consultation questionnaire” and more than $159,000 on entrance signs. How big and bright are these signs being installed for them to cost the same amount as a brand new Porsche? More >>
Wellington City Council Reversing Decision On Airport Sale
Thursday, 19 September 2024, 2:03 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Instead of making a fiscally prudent decision that serves as a pathway for the future, the Council is now left thinking about squandering the opportunity. Between future ramifications and current short term costs, this would only further pinch the pockets ... More >>
The Reserve Bank Engineered Recession
Thursday, 19 September 2024, 11:36 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Reserve Bank must accelerate its program of reducing the official cash-rate in the light of continuing weakness in the economy and an expectation that third quarter CPI will fall under 2.5%. More >>
More Than 6,500 Kiwis Demand Answers From IRD At IRD-Leak.nz
Wednesday, 18 September 2024, 7:06 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
This is the biggest breach of taxpayer privacy in New Zealand’s history, and we are only hearing crickets. Why hasn’t the Minister fronted on this yet, is he on holiday? More >>
IRD Data Leak: Taxpayers' Union Launch Tool For Taxpayers To Find Out Whether Their Personal Data Has Been Exposed
Tuesday, 17 September 2024, 9:59 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Instead of respecting taxpayer privacy, IRD extracted the data from the tax system, shared it with their 'marketing department' and deliberately sent it onto social media companies. More >>
MFAT Spending Still Failing To Make The Grade As $5m Spent On Private Schools
Monday, 16 September 2024, 2:33 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union reveals MFAT has spent nearly $5 million on private school fees for employees, sparking criticism amidst rising tax burdens and calls for government savings. More >>
IRD Betrays Taxpayers By Leaking Personal Information
Monday, 16 September 2024, 2:01 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Concerns arise over IRD allegedly sharing sensitive taxpayer data with tech giants, prompting calls for accountability and privacy protection from the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union. More >>
Metlink Spends More Than $1.3 Million On Seven Toilets
Monday, 16 September 2024, 1:54 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
At an average cost of over $185,000 per toilet, it makes you wonder – are the seats made of gold? More >>
Wellington City Council Taking Ratepayers For A Ride With $563k Bike Rack
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 11:23 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“These latest figures on the costs of Wellington City Council’s latest bike rack have truly humbled the Taxpayer’s Union. Imagine a Council so incompetent it can make its previous $84k bike rack blowout look almost reasonable in comparison. More >>
South Taranaki Proves Luxon Right
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 11:22 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers Union can reveal through the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act that South Taranaki District Council’s new cultural centre (Te Ramanui O Ruaputahanga) has blown out from a starting point of $8 million ... More >>
Wellington Mayor Making Excuses For Rates Hikes
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 11:17 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau was reported in this morning’s The Post as saying spending was jumping across all councils because rates had been "artificially low for decades". More >>
