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Taxpayer-funded Bailouts For Failing Businesses A Slippery Slope
Tuesday, 20 June 2023, 2:28 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Reacting to the news that the Government is set to become a part owner of the Ruapehu ski fields, Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager Callum Purves said: “The Government should not be getting involved with propping up businesses that cannot stay afloat ... More >>
Government ‘Help’ For Cost Of Living Not Credible When Hiking Fuel Taxes
Monday, 19 June 2023, 4:40 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is slamming today’s Government announcement that it is ‘helping’ families with the cost of living crisis by tweaking childcare subsidies and Kiwisaver for those on paid parental leave. Responding to today’s PostCab announcement, ... More >>
ETS Must Be Allowed To Do Its Job Of Reducing Net Carbon Emissions
Monday, 19 June 2023, 11:20 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the publication of the Ministry for the Environment’s consultation document, New Zealand's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Callum Purves, said: “The beauty of the Emissions Trading Scheme is that ... More >>
Back Doctors Over Bureaucrats To Prioritise Patients
Monday, 19 June 2023, 11:01 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Commenting on reports in today’s New Zealand Herald that Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand has introduced a new Equity Adjustor Score that requires patients to be prioritised on the basis of geographic location, deprivation and ethnicity alongside ... More >>
Government’s High Taxes And Big Spending Are Stunting Economic Growth
Thursday, 15 June 2023, 11:32 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Commenting on this morning’s GDP figures , Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Callum Purves, said: “While the impacts of the severe weather events earlier in this year will have damaged primary production, the Government needs to shoulder ... More >>
Te Pūkenga Payout Highlights Why Public Sector Golden Goodbye Culture Must End
Wednesday, 14 June 2023, 11:22 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Commenting on news that the former Te Pūkenga chief executive, Stephen Town, was paid out close to $200,000 , Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Callum Purves, said: “The Government’s polytechnic merger was always a bad idea and one driven ... More >>
Tim Shadbolt's Request For A Ratepayer-funded Statue Of Himself Beggars Belief
Wednesday, 14 June 2023, 11:18 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Commenting on former Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt’s request for a ratepayer-funded statue of himself, Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Callum Purves, said: “It beggars belief that Tim Shadbolt thinks this is an appropriate use of Invercargill ... More >>
Centre Right Would Form Government While Greens See Bump In Support
Saturday, 10 June 2023, 2:22 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
SATURDAY 10 JUNE 2023 NEW POLL: Centre Right would form Government while Greens see bump in support National increases 0.1 points on last month to 35.7% while Labour drops 0.9 points to 32.9%. ACT is unchanged on 12.7% while the Greens are up 2.7 ... More >>
Taxpayers’ Union Welcomes ACT Policy Announcement To Reduce Red Tape
Sunday, 4 June 2023, 4:12 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Commenting on ACT’s ‘Policing Red Tape and Regulation’ policy announcement, Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Callum Purves, said: “Red tape and regulation are some of the biggest hand brakes on New Zealand’s prosperity. They make it more ... More >>
Taxpayers’ Union Kicks Off Roadshow, First Government Backdown On RMA Reform
Tuesday, 30 May 2023, 12:52 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
On the same day the Taxpayers’ Union kicked off the Hands Off Our Homes: Stop Central Planning Committees roadshow, David Parker has shown his first backdown in relation to one of the most controversial aspects of his RMA reforms. Taxpayers’ ... More >>
Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director To Lead World Taxpayers Associations
Friday, 26 May 2023, 10:07 am | Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union extends its congratulations to its Co-founder and Executive Director, Jordan Williams, who was elected Chair and President of World Taxpayers Associations (WTA) at this week's WTA General Meeting in Prague, Czech ... More >>
OCR Hike Demonstrates Need To Rein In Government Spending
Wednesday, 24 May 2023, 2:08 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Commenting on the Reserve Bank’s decision to increase the Official Cash Rate (OCR) by a further 25 basis points, Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Callum Purves, said: “Continuing high levels of inflation have clearly forced the Reserve Bank ... More >>
Taxpayers' Union Launches Nationwide Hands Off Our Homes! Roadshow
Monday, 22 May 2023, 3:05 pm | Taxpayers' Union
After the success of the Stop Three Waters roadshow last year, the Taxpayers’ Union is hitting the road once again for a four-week, nationwide roadshow to hear and highlight the concerns of ratepayers and councils threatened by the Government’s ... More >>
Grant’s Gaming Gamble Is Corporate Welfare For Well Connected Friends
Thursday, 18 May 2023, 2:33 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union has condemned the Government’s decision to allocate $160 million in rebates to the gaming sector over the next four years – calling it ‘corporate welfare’. Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Callum Purves, said: “It was ... More >>
Government Is Greenwashing: $182.5 Million More In Climate Subsidies That Won’t Reduce Net Emissions By A Single Gram
Thursday, 18 May 2023, 2:31 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is calling out Government Greenwashing in its justification of spending at least $182.5 million of taxpayer dollars over the next four years on environmental subsidies that will fail to reduce net emissions. Taxpayers’ Union ... More >>
So Much For No New Taxes. Government Hikes Trustee Tax Rates
Thursday, 18 May 2023, 2:31 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union has condemned the Government’s announcement that it will increase the trustee tax rate to 39 cents in the dollar to align it with the highest personal income tax rate. Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Callum Purves, said: ... More >>
Cost Of Living Be Damned! Fuel Tax Hike From July Will Hit Lower Income And Rural New Zealanders Hardest
Thursday, 18 May 2023, 2:30 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union has slammed the Government’s decision to hike fuel taxes from July. The 25 cent reduction in petrol excise (29 cents with GST) and the equivalent reduction in diesel road user charges will be scrapped at the end of June. Taxpayers’ ... More >>
Two Tax Hikes, And An LED Light Bulb. Nothing For Middle New Zealand In This Budget
Thursday, 18 May 2023, 2:27 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Commenting on today’s budget announcement, Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Callum Purves, said: “With the exception of rolling out free ECE to two years and dropping prescription co-payments, there is almost nothing that the average taxpayer ... More >>
Labour Should Be Stealing Taxpayer-friendly Policies From Opposition Parties
Monday, 15 May 2023, 8:05 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Reacting to today’s policy announcements from National and the alternative budget from ACT, the Taxpayers’ Union is calling on the Labour Party to copy the best parts of these proposals and show some fiscal restraint. Taxpayers’ Union Executive ... More >>
Phillip Mills Gets The Hypocrite Of The Week Award
Saturday, 13 May 2023, 4:47 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is calling on Phillip Mills – of Les Mills – to pay back the $4.5 million his company took in wage subsidies before spouting off about how much he wants to, he says, pay more to the Government. The Taxpayers’ Union has ... More >>
