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Give Us A Break: Inflation Figures Demonstrate Need For Tax Relief And Public Spending Restraint
Thursday, 20 April 2023, 10:58 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Commenting on today’s inflation figures announcement, Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Callum Purves, said: “The overall rate of inflation remains stubbornly high despite an aggressive tightening of monetary policy by the Reserve Bank. The ... More >>
Misleading Comments By Biosecurity New Zealand On Otago Wallaby Cull Called Out
Wednesday, 19 April 2023, 12:30 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is calling out Biosecurity NZ for what appear to be misleading statements suggesting that the Otago wallaby cull cost ($2.76 million for 18 animals or $153,000 per wallaby destroyed) is justified on the basis that the number “in ... More >>
Taxpayers Should Be Hopping Mad At $153,000 Kill Cost Per Wallaby In Otago
Monday, 17 April 2023, 6:41 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Taxpayers should be hopping mad at $153,000 kill cost per wallaby in Otago The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union can reveal that taxpayers and Otago Regional Council ratepayers have forked out $2.76 million and more than 26,000 hours of work for a wallaby control ... More >>
Three Waters 2.0: Still Undemocratic, Still Unaccountable, Still Expensive
Thursday, 13 April 2023, 12:14 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Commenting on the Government’s Three Waters announcement, Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Callum Purves, said: “After all the promises of a refocus on Three Waters, a rebrand and more entities fail to hide the fact that the Government’s water reforms ... More >>
Local Government Minister Yet To Meet With Three Waters Critics
Tuesday, 11 April 2023, 12:23 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayer’s Union is still waiting for Local Government Minister, Kieran McAnulty, to respond to the invitation to meet and discuss improvements to the Government’s controversial Three Waters programme. The Minister agreed to meet with concerned ... More >>
Māori Party Holds The Balance Of Power
Saturday, 8 April 2023, 4:34 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Labour holds its marginal lead as it rises 1.4 points on last month to 36.9% while National is up 1.7 points to 36.5%. ACT rises 0.2 points to 9.5% and the Greens are up 1 point to 6.7%. The smaller parties were the Māori Party 2.9% (+1.5 points), ... More >>
Further OCR Hike Demonstrates Need To Curb Government Spending
Wednesday, 5 April 2023, 1:55 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the Reserve Bank's higher-than-expected OCR hike, New Zealand Taxpayers' Union Campaigns Manager, Callum Purves, said: “The latest OCR increase will compound the challenges those needing to renew their mortgages in the next few months will ... More >>
MPs Must Not Be Excluded From Official Information Act Reform
Tuesday, 4 April 2023, 2:56 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is calling on the Government to reform the Official Information Act (OIA) to include the Parliamentary Service as an organisation covered by the Act. While the focus in recent days has rightly been on the disclosure of ... More >>
Taxpayers' Union Welcomes Lobbying Review
Monday, 3 April 2023, 4:43 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Commenting on the Prime Minister’s lobbying announcements, Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Callum Purves, said: “We welcome the commitment to explore policy options for the regulation of the lobbying sector. While the ability for different ... More >>
Access To Information Fundamental For Accountability
Thursday, 30 March 2023, 12:07 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is calling on Te Whatu Ora to immediately prioritise republishing key health reporting data after it was revealed that it was taken down nearly three weeks ago. Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Callum Purves Says: ... More >>
Ministerial Power Grab Must Be Stopped
Wednesday, 29 March 2023, 6:55 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union condemns the Government’s decision to allow only one day for written submissions on the Severe Weather Emergency Recovery Legislation Bill. The proposed legislation would allow a minister to exempt, modify, or extend ... More >>
ETS Must Be Allowed To Do Its Job Of Reducing Net Carbon Emissions
Wednesday, 22 March 2023, 6:32 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the Ministry for the Environment’s announcement of a review into New Zealand's Emissions Trading Scheme, Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Callum Purves, says: “While a review of New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme is long ... More >>
New Report: City Rail Link Project Throws Good Money After Bad
Wednesday, 22 March 2023, 2:14 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
A new report published by the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union exposes the bad decision-making that led to a 61% cost blowout in Auckland’s City Rail Link and shows that the costs of the project now significantly outweigh any benefits. ‘The City Rail Link: ... More >>
Public Sector Managers Growing At Twice The Rate Of Frontline Workers
Tuesday, 21 March 2023, 4:55 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Figures unearthed by the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union reveal that the growth in public sector managers is almost twice that of frontline social, health and education workers. Since 2017, the frontline workforce for social services, health and education ... More >>
Government Should Not Be Spending Taxpayer Money To Lobby Itself
Monday, 20 March 2023, 3:00 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union has slammed the revelation that government agencies and State Owned Enterprises are spending hundreds of thousands of taxpayers’ dollars on lobbying firms as revealed by Radio NZ this morning. Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, ... More >>
Local Government Minister Should Meet Taxpayers’ Union On Three Waters
Monday, 20 March 2023, 1:45 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is pleased to hear that the Minister of Local Government, Kieran McAnulty, has invited concerned mayors to the Beehive to discuss the Three Waters reforms but believe he should meet with the country’s largest ... More >>
GDP Figures Highlight The Need For Tax Relief
Thursday, 16 March 2023, 10:52 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Reacting to the Q4 2022 GDP figures released by Stats NZ Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Callum Purves, says: “Today’s figures demonstrate why the Government needs to double its efforts to deliver better value for money and stop piling cash ... More >>
Avatar Producers Should Pay Back Taxpayer Subsidies
Tuesday, 14 March 2023, 12:51 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union congratulates Wētā FX on their success at the Oscars with Avatar: The Way of Water but is disappointed that it is tainted by the millions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies that franchise has received. Taxpayers ... More >>
Hard-working Kiwi Taxpayers Deserve Indexation Too
Monday, 13 March 2023, 7:51 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Today’s announcement that the Government is adjusting superannuation and main benefits for inflation highlights the need for a principled approach to income taxes. “While those receiving taxpayer support get an adjustment, hard-working New Zealanders ... More >>
$1 Billion Savings Welcome – But Policy Campfire Doesn't Go Far Enough
Monday, 13 March 2023, 7:49 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union has welcomed the Prime Minister's announcement of $1 billion of savings from dropping unpopular policies, including that ‘cash for clunkers’ scheme, but has said that this does not go far enough. Taxpayers’ ... More >>
