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Government Waste Celebrated At 2022 Jonesie Awards
Wednesday, 9 November 2022, 2:23 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The fifth annual Jonesie Awards were hosted at Parliament today, celebrating the best of the worst of Government waste. New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Callum Purves says, “Every year, we host a glamourous Oscars-style awards ceremony to ... More >>
Adrian Orr Wins Lifetime Achievement Award At Prestigious Event At Parliament
Wednesday, 9 November 2022, 2:06 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union congratulates newly reappointed Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr on winning the prestigious “Lifetime Achievement Award For Excellence In Government Waste” at the Jonesies Awards Ceremony at Parliament this morning. “Mr Orr’s ... More >>
Three Waters Office Signals Higher Water Costs
Wednesday, 9 November 2022, 9:41 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayer’s Union is unimpressed, but unsurprised at the obscene cost being imposed on taxpayers for Three Waters headquarters in Auckland. “For more than a year, we’ve been warning that Three Waters will mean higher water costs ... More >>
What Cost Of Living Crisis? Adrian Orr Rewarded For Driving Up Inflation
Tuesday, 8 November 2022, 10:46 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union has condemned the Government’s decision to reappoint Adrian Orr for another five-year term as Reserve Bank Governor despite having failed to keep inflation under control. Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Callum Purves, ... More >>
Auckland & Christchurch Mayors Join Stop Three Waters Campaign
Tuesday, 1 November 2022, 10:53 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is delighted that even more of the country’s Mayors are joining the fight to Stop Three Waters. Yesterday, the Mayors of Auckland, Christchurch and Waimakariri proposed a democratically accountable alternative to the Government’s ... More >>
Review Virtue Signals The End Of Local Democracy
Friday, 28 October 2022, 11:11 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
New Zealand’s largest ratepayer groups are slamming The Future of Local Government Review panel’s proposal for a new legislative framework to embed co-governance arrangements within local councils and deconstruct democratic accountability. The ... More >>
NEW POLL: 3 In 5 Kiwis Oppose Government’s Unemployment Insurance Proposal
Thursday, 20 October 2022, 3:04 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
A new Taxpayers’ Union Curia poll released today shows a sharp increase in the number of voters who oppose the Government’s proposed unemployment insurance scheme. 60% of respondents opposed the proposal (up 18 points from when a similar question ... More >>
Nosey Parker: Government Snoops Around Kiwis’ Spending Habits
Thursday, 20 October 2022, 10:12 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is encouraging Kiwis to write to Minister of Revenue, David Parker, about the Government’s intrusive IRD project collecting personal information about spending and family dynamics of ‘high-net worth individuals’. ... More >>
Wayne Brown Shows He Has Courage, Other Mayors Must Follow
Tuesday, 18 October 2022, 2:41 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union applauds Auckland Mayor-Elect Wayne Brown for his immediate action to stop Three Waters and calls on other mayors to do the same. “Three Waters was the main issue of the recent local elections and it is heartening ... More >>
Govt Must Control Spending To Get A Grip On Inflation
Tuesday, 18 October 2022, 10:46 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“A drop of 0.1% in annual inflation rate is nothing to write home about. Inflation of 7.2% is still far too high and causing significant hardship for New Zealanders,” Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager Callum Purves says. "Of concern is that ... More >>
Consensus For Tax Cuts But We Must Learn Lessons From Truss’s Mistakes
Monday, 17 October 2022, 2:47 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union welcomes the growing consensus around tax relief going into the next election, but warns that parties must also clearly set out what savings they will make to avoid increasing debt further. At the weekend, New Zealand First ... More >>
If Public Sector CEOs Are Going To Share The Job, They Should Share The Pay
Monday, 17 October 2022, 10:24 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union says that suggestions that Te Pūkenga should have two chief executives in order to follow a co-governance model are absurd, but if they are taken seriously, should be contingent on the CEs sharing the one salary. ... More >>
Agricultural Emissions Proposal The Worst Of All Worlds
Tuesday, 11 October 2022, 11:13 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is slamming today’s announcement by the Government that agricultural emissions will attract a price set by politicians and bureaucrats by decree rather than using the market price of the Emissions Trading Scheme, calling ... More >>
Taxpayers’ Union Willing To Work With Greens In Sponsoring Bill To Stop Kris Faafoi-style Revolving Door Scheme
Tuesday, 11 October 2022, 10:35 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is committed to working with any MP – regardless of their party – to prohibit Ministers going straight from the Beehive into businesses selling access to and information about what goes on in the Beehive. The offer comes after ... More >>
Proposed January Fuel Tax Hike Is Cruel
Friday, 7 October 2022, 10:59 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayer’s Union has called the proposed hike in petrol tax in January cruel and said it should be postponed until at least the end of the cost of living crisis when inflation is back under 3 per cent. The 25-cent fuel tax reduction was announced ... More >>
Profiting From Ministerial Relationships Is The Definition Of Political Sleaze
Thursday, 6 October 2022, 12:20 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is calling out Chris Faafoi for shifting chairs from Cabinet to a lobbyist role to literally profit from relationships with Ministers, officials, and political staff. Taxpayers' Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, said: ... More >>
Apology To Simon Wilson
Wednesday, 28 September 2022, 5:50 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Simon Wilson’s criticism of the Taxpayers’ Union in Auckland mayoralty: unanswered questions for business about Wayne Brown for the Union’s outrageous failure to criticise Auckland Mayoral candidate Wayne Brown for what the Auditor General in ... More >>
OIA Review More Tabby Cat Than Tiger
Wednesday, 28 September 2022, 3:18 pm | Taxpayers' Union
While the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union commends the Office of the Ombudsman for conducting a review of the Official Information Act in practice, the Union is disappointed to find that it is largely conciliatory and uncritical. “Despite acknowledging ... More >>
Consultants Make A Fortune Out Of Timaru Ratepayers
Tuesday, 27 September 2022, 12:07 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is calling on the Chief Executive of Timaru District Council to explain what his staff actually do, given that so much of their work is outsourced. According to a report published in The Timaru Herald yesterday, Timaru ... More >>
Public Service Workforce Spend Must Be Transparent And Justified
Friday, 23 September 2022, 9:43 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union says more transparency is needed in our public service including when it comes to the amount being spent on the workforce. "News that nearly a third of public servants are earning more than $100,000.00 per annum ... More >>
