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Taxpayers’ Union Welcomes James Shaw’s Pragmatic Approach To Emissions
Monday, 1 November 2021, 4:01 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming James Shaw’s commitment to reduce net – not gross – carbon emissions. Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, “Climate change policy is a global challenge. What counts is not where cuts in emissions occur, ... More >>
The Incredible Numbers Behind Michael Woods's Tram To Māngere
Friday, 29 October 2021, 2:27 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers' Union is highlighting the incredible cost of Michael Wood's $14.6 million tram to M ā ngere in terms that anyone can understand. $14.6 billion is: $608,000,000 per kilometre $608,000 per metre $6,080 per centimetre $7,978 ... More >>
Self-interest On Display In Wellington - This Is What Gives Politicians A Bad Name
Thursday, 28 October 2021, 5:41 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is slamming the blatant self-interest on display today at the Wellington City Council after councillors voted to divvy up among themselves the pay of a departed colleague. “This is the sort of behaviour that gives local ... More >>
Handout For Big Onion Undermines Free Trade
Thursday, 28 October 2021, 3:56 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the Government's $2.8 million handout to onion growers , New Zealand Taxpayers' Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, "This is an eye-watering display of protectionist subservience to New Zealand's influential onion lobby." "It ... More >>
Major Campaign Launching To Stop Three Waters
Wednesday, 27 October 2021, 10:25 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is launching a major campaign to stop the Government’s proposed Three Waters reforms. The campaign launch comes on the same day that Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta has announced a working group to tweak the reforms ... More >>
Revealed: Government’s Favoured Unions Repaid $1.6 Million In Wage Subsidies
Tuesday, 26 October 2021, 5:15 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union has today revealed that the Labour Party’s trade unions – First Union and E Tū – have repaid the full $1.6 million they received in wage subsidies. This comes after the Union called on them to do so earlier this year. ... More >>
Using IRD Officials As Snoops Risks The Integrity Of The Tax System
Thursday, 21 October 2021, 4:02 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is slamming Revenue Minister David Parker’s use of little-known powers recently granted to the IRD to undertake a fishing expedition of wealthy New Zealanders. Responding to the reports of letters being issued to wealthy New Zealanders, ... More >>
Exclusive New Poll Reveals Opposition To Shaw’s Glasgow Trip
Thursday, 21 October 2021, 9:58 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union has today released independent Curia public polling on Climate Change Minister James Shaw’s upcoming attendance at the Glasgow climate conference. The Minister, accompanied by 14 staff, will fly to Glasgow where daily ... More >>
National Party’s $4 A Week 'Pathetic'
Wednesday, 20 October 2021, 5:34 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The temporary tax relief proposed by National Party today is pathetic and unprincipled, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . Union spokesman Jordan Williams says, “The proposed income tax cut would give workers just $4 a week. That’s pathetic – ... More >>
You Can't Beat COVID With Māori Pokemon
Wednesday, 20 October 2021, 10:27 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers' Union is challenging the value of large arts grants handed out under the Ministry for Culture and Heritage's new $60 million COVID-19 "Innovation Fund" . So far, 32 projects have received $6.2 million from the fund. Examples ... More >>
Taxpayers’ Union Asks Jacinda Ardern To Clarify Role Of Electorate Secretary Acting As Wedding Planner
Monday, 18 October 2021, 2:39 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union has today written to the MP for Mt Albert asking for more details about her electorate agent’s role in managing the Gisborne wedding venue, given the staffer is based in Auckland and wouldn’t normally travel for her job. ... More >>
Inflation Shows Desperate Need For Tax Bracket Adjustment
Monday, 18 October 2021, 11:08 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the revelation of 4.9% inflation for the last year, Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Jordan Williams says: “Skyrocketing prices are an indictment on the Government’s print, borrow, and spend economic strategy. In general, Government spending is more ... More >>
Ardern's Taxpayer-funded Wedding Planner Unlawful
Sunday, 17 October 2021, 7:46 pm | Taxpayers' Union
If the allegation contained in today’s Sunday Star-Times is correct, the Prime Minister is breaking the law in using her taxpayer funded electorate secretary as a wedding planner, says the Taxpayers' Union . Union spokesman Jordan Williams says, ... More >>
LGNZ Must Stop Its Three Waters Sock Puppetry
Monday, 11 October 2021, 2:03 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is joining elected officials across New Zealand in calling out LGNZ’s public misinformation campaign on the Government’s proposed “Three Waters” proposals to nationalise community assets into four ‘co-governed’ water ... More >>
Why Is Sean Hendy’s Modelling Group Getting $6m For Advice Treasury Is Paying $30k For Elsewhere?
Monday, 11 October 2021, 10:24 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is calling for more transparency on six million dollar man Shaun Hendy and how his unit housed within the University of Auckland received what appears to be a generous modelling contract from the Government without ... More >>
New Survey Reveals WHO At Odds With Kiwi Vapers
Friday, 8 October 2021, 1:59 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
More than two thirds of vapers believe New Zealand’s approach to vaping as a tobacco harm reduction tool is world-leading and should be promoted overseas to save millions of lives, according to a new survey conducted by research house IRI . The New Zealand ... More >>
Michael Wood Mad To Keep Burning Money On Ghost Bridge
Thursday, 7 October 2021, 4:41 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is appalled by reports that the Government is still paying a consortium of contractors to complete designs of Auckland’s scrapped cycle bridge. Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, “In June, we learned that ... More >>
Taxpayers' Union Responds To OCR Hike
Wednesday, 6 October 2021, 3:04 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the Reserve Bank's first OCR hike in seven years, New Zealand Taxpayers' Union spokesman Jordan Williams says: “Today’s OCR hike - which will see households squeezed with hire mortgage payments, is a direct result of the Government’s reckless ... More >>
LGNZ Carve Out From Freedom Of Information Requests Needs Fixing
Tuesday, 5 October 2021, 11:33 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
With more and more councils expressing concern or leaving the troubled “Local Government New Zealand” lobby group, the Taxpayers’ Union is calling on the Government to fix the anomaly which sees the controversial outfit carved out of official information ... More >>
Political Parties Cannot Be Trusted To Reform Party Funding
Tuesday, 5 October 2021, 10:45 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is warning the Government against taxpayer funding for political parties, which will be considered in a newly-announced review of electoral law . Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke presents four reasons to oppose taxpayer funding ... More >>
