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OCR Freeze Little Comfort To Working Kiwis Struggling Under The Cost Of Government Crisis
Wednesday, 16 August 2023, 2:19 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Commenting on the Reserve Bank’s decision to keep the Official Cash Rate (OCR) at 5.5%, Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Callum Purves, said: “The Reserve Bank’s announcement today that the OCR will remain at 5.5% will be tough news for ... More >>
Paid Parental Leave Announcement Shows Attitude Of Throwing More Money At Every Problem
Tuesday, 15 August 2023, 3:21 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Reacting to Labour’s election policy announcement of providing taxpayer-funded paid parental leave for the partner of a primary carer, Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Callum Purves, said: “Rather than looking for alternative ways to improve ... More >>
Finance Minister’s Lack Of Principle Putting New Zealand’s Economy At Risk
Tuesday, 15 August 2023, 12:39 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Commenting on Labour’s plans to fund the removal of GST from fruit and vegetables through the elimination of depreciation write-offs for commercial buildings , Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Callum Purves, said: “In Grant Robertson’s own words, ... More >>
Labour GST Hole Demonstrates Policy Hasn’t Been Thought Through
Monday, 14 August 2023, 1:51 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to reports of a $240 million hole in Labour’s GST policy, Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Callum Purves, said: “This is yet another example of Labour putting politics before good policy with their GST proposal which they clearly have ... More >>
Greens' Clean Power Policy Won't Reduce Net Emissions
Sunday, 13 August 2023, 6:57 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
FRIDAY 11 AUGUST 2023 Commenting on the Greens’ clean power announcement today, Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Callum Purves, said “The Green Party's proposal reveals a clear misunderstanding of the mechanics of our Emissions Trading Scheme ... More >>
Expert Group Developing Three Waters Repeal And Replacement Bill
Friday, 11 August 2023, 8:39 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union has commissioned a Bill to repeal and replace the Government’s Three Waters scheme. Law firm Franks Ogilvie has been working on the Bill for several months, with an experienced parliamentary drafter and a Technical ... More >>
NEW POLL: Labour Crashes And Winston's Back
Thursday, 10 August 2023, 2:58 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
National increases 1.6 points on last month to 34.9% while Labour drops 4.0 points to 27.1%. ACT is down 0.2 points to 13.0% while the Greens are up 3.1 points to 12.0%. The smaller parties are NZ First on 5.8% (+2.5 points), the Māori Party on 2.5% ... More >>
Commerce Commission Must Investigate Media Collusion For Possible Cartel Behaviour
Tuesday, 8 August 2023, 3:33 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union understands from a senior media source that Stuff had invited competitors to a proposed meeting tomorrow with Broadcasting Minister Willie Jackson with the apparent purpose of agreeing to set of principles or guidelines for how ... More >>
If We Want A Prosperous Country Again, We Need To Cut Government Waste
Tuesday, 8 August 2023, 12:37 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to Damien O’Connor’s comments to the Red Meat Sector Conference that we “probably don’t have enough tax in this country […] If we want to continue to run our economy the way we have run it in the past, we are going to have to contribute ... More >>
Government Announces Fund That Will Do Nothing To Reduce Net Emissions
Tuesday, 8 August 2023, 12:18 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Reacting to the announcement that the Government intends to establish a climate infrastructure fund in partnership with Blackrock, Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Callum Purves said: “This appears to be another Government corporate welfare slush ... More >>
Petition Launched Calling On Grant Robertson To Slash Government Waste
Monday, 7 August 2023, 2:09 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
With the Government books now in crisis, the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is calling on Grant Robertson to slash wasteful spending and reduce the number of back-office bureaucrats before it is too late. “Revelations that the Minister of Finance has ... More >>
Mayor Brown’s Value-for-Money Committee Needs Teeth To Rein In Overspending
Thursday, 3 August 2023, 3:08 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Commenting on Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown’s announcement of a new Revenue Expenditure and Value Committee to tackle wasteful spending, Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance spokesman, Jordan Williams, said: “In an ideal world, wasteful spending should ... More >>
Taxpayers' Union Launches 2023 Ratepayers' Report
Thursday, 3 August 2023, 5:54 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers' Union, in collaboration with its sister group the Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance, has today published the 2023 edition of the Ratepayers' Report at www.RatepayersReport.nz The Ratepayers’ Report allows Kiwis to easily ... More >>
Vice Chancellors Need To Front Up And Explain Overstaffing
Tuesday, 1 August 2023, 10:48 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is calling for New Zealand’s Vice Chancellors to front up and justify why New Zealand’s universities are overstaffed with non academic staff. A research report released by the NZ Initiative think tank today shows that ... More >>
Waters Failing At First Hurdle
Tuesday, 1 August 2023, 9:54 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
After two years debate on water reform and countless promises of more efficiency and transparency, today’s news that the Government is refusing to disclose the salaries of the recently appointed entity CEOs is a slap in the face of the hundreds ... More >>
Another Public Sector CEO Receives Golden Goodbye From Taxpayers
Thursday, 27 July 2023, 7:01 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Reacting to news that former Toitū te Waiora CEO Donovan Clarke received a taxpayer-funded settlement valued at almost $500,000, Taxpayers' Union Investigations Manager Oliver Bryan said: "The wasteful spending that has transpired at Toitū te Waiora is ... More >>
Te Pāti Māori Tax Policy Would Ruin New Zealand
Thursday, 27 July 2023, 2:46 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Responding to today’s tax policy announcement from Te Pāti Māori, Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Callum Purves, said: “The proposals laid out by Te Pāti Māori come from a place of fundamental misunderstanding of economics and incentives. ... More >>
RMA Replacement Bills A Chaotic Mess That Must Be Paused
Thursday, 27 July 2023, 12:22 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is calling on the Minister for the Environment, David Parker, to pause the proposed Resource Management Act replacement bills until after the election to ensure that MPs have sufficient time to properly consider the changes they are ... More >>
Pre-election Books – Avoiding False Impressions
Wednesday, 26 July 2023, 12:50 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union has heard from sources that Nicky Hager is working on a book which is focused at the Taxpayers’ Union. We are aware of him approaching former members of staff asking them to breach confidences. Chairman of the Taxpayers’ ... More >>
Taxpayers’ Union Applauds Chris Hipkins’ Slimmed Cabinet
Tuesday, 25 July 2023, 12:37 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union says that Chris Hipkins is leading the way, and for the first time in a generation is delivering a slimmed down, more efficient, Cabinet. Taxpayers' Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, says: “Any expert in governance and ... More >>
