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Kiwi Taxpayers Deserve Free Tickets To Avatar 2
Thursday, 28 April 2022, 1:27 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
With the official title and teaser trailer for Avatar 2 now unveiled, the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is calling on 20th Century Studios to acknowledge the contribution of New Zealand taxpayers with free tickets. A 25 percent rebate for local spending ... More >>
Boilers For Big Biz: Megan Woods’ Claims Don’t Stack Up
Wednesday, 27 April 2022, 2:43 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is challenging Energy Minister Megan Woods’ claim that million-dollar ‘decarbonisation’ grants for the likes of ANZCO, DB Breweries, and Southern Paprika are necessary for those businesses to upgrade energy ... More >>
Peter Williams Joins Taxpayers’ Union Board
Wednesday, 27 April 2022, 1:32 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming Peter Williams as a board member. Peter has nearly fifty years of experience in the media as a TVNZ news presenter, sports writer, and radio host. Peter says, “It's appropriately coincidental that ... More >>
Cash Rate Hike: Robertson Must U-turn On COVID Spending
Wednesday, 13 April 2022, 2:40 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the 50-basis-point hike in the Official Cash Rate, New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says: "This move is a delayed effect of the Government’s big-spending, money-printing response to COVID-19." "The ... More >>
NZTA Plans To Whack Motorists, Towies, And Taxis With Higher Fees
Wednesday, 6 April 2022, 4:37 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Transport Agency's proposed changes to motor vehicle licensing and registration fees will whack productive New Zealanders with higher costs, warns the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union. Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, "NZTA is ... More >>
Spanish Taxpayers Thanked For Saving New Zealand $99 Million
Wednesday, 30 March 2022, 2:32 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is thanking the taxpayers of Barcelona and Catalonia for taking the $99 million America’s Cup defence off Kiwi taxpayers’ hands. Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, “Funding for a millionaires’ boat race was never ... More >>
Three Waters Co-governance Should Be Shelved Until Co-governance Consultation Completed
Wednesday, 30 March 2022, 9:19 am | Taxpayers' Union
If the Government’s consultation on co-governance was genuine, Three Waters would be put on ice until it’s completed, says the Taxpayers’ Union . “You can’t have a consultation on co-governance while at the same time implementing co-governance ... More >>
Goff’s UK Appointment Would Be Astonishing While Corruption Investigation Continues
Monday, 28 March 2022, 11:54 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
It would be an astonishing snub to the UK if Cabinet signs off on a diplomatic appointment for Phil Goff while he is still being investigated for corruption by Serious Fraud Office, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . Union spokesman Jordan Williams ... More >>
Revealed: How DIA Spent $2 Million On Furniture
Thursday, 24 March 2022, 6:05 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers' Union can reveal how the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) spent $2,047,388 on furniture in just 18 months . Last month, National MP Melissa Lee grilled the DIA for an apparent furniture blowout in 2020/21, but now we learn ... More >>
Taxpayers’ Union Urges National To Support ACT’s Tax Relief
Tuesday, 15 March 2022, 1:54 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“ACT’s tax amendments up for vote today present a real test for the National Party,” says New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke. “The proposals ACT has put up are substantial, but hardly over the top. Reinstating interest ... More >>
Fuel Excise Relief Is A Great Victory For Taxpayers
Monday, 14 March 2022, 4:27 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union has welcomed the Prime Minister’s announcement of fuel tax relief . Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, “The Prime Minister deserves credit for reading the room and responding to spiking living costs with ... More >>
Mahuta's Attack On Democracy In Tauranga Shows She Cannot Be Trusted On Three Waters
Friday, 11 March 2022, 4:44 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta’s decision to cancel this year’s elections in Tauranga shows she cannot be trusted to deliver water services that are accountable to ratepayers, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . The Taxpayers' Union is ... More >>
While Petrol Prices Soar In NZ, Ireland Takes Action With Tax Relief At The Pump
Thursday, 10 March 2022, 10:45 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Government should follow in Ireland’s footsteps with reductions in petrol excise tax, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, “With average petrol prices leaping up to $3 a litre and expected to increase ... More >>
Revealed: Sport NZ Spends $4.7 Million Conducting Surveys
Wednesday, 9 March 2022, 8:44 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers' Union is challenging Sport NZ's $4.7 million dollar spend on surveys since 2018. In the space of four years, Sport NZ has spent $4.7 million conducting monthly 'Active NZ' surveys interrogating New Zealanders on what kind of physical ... More >>
Commerce Commission Right To Point Finger At Regulatory Taxes
Tuesday, 8 March 2022, 10:25 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming the Commerce Commission’s report on competition in the grocery sector, spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says: “The recommendations to cut the regulatory taxes preventing more competition are exactly what the Taxpayers’ ... More >>
Labour Has No Excuse To Reject National's Feeble Tax Reset
Monday, 7 March 2022, 12:57 am | Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the National Party's proposal to adjust income tax brackets for the last four years of inflation, New Zealand Taxpayers' Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says: "This small adjustment to tax brackets is more of a 'tax reset' than a ... More >>
Memo To Local Government Leaders: Stay Away From Milbrook Resort
Thursday, 3 March 2022, 1:51 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is dismayed at yet another local council leader forking out $30,000 for a leadership retreat at Milbrook Resort. Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, “In the wake of a 12 percent rate hike, the last thing New ... More >>
Apology To Shanan Halbert MP
Wednesday, 23 February 2022, 4:39 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is issuing an apology to Shanan Halbert for unfair criticism in a previous statement. Union spokesman Jordan Williams says, “After we criticised Shanan Halbert for failing to isolate after a COVID test in accordance ... More >>
Govt MP Appears To Put Politics Ahead Of Community Safety And COVID Compliance
Wednesday, 23 February 2022, 3:15 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Reacting to evidence on social media that suggests Government MP Shanan Halbert has failed to self-isolate while waiting for a COVID test in breach of the Government’s requirements, New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Jordan Williams says: “If ... More >>
OCR Hike Makes Tax Relief More Urgent
Wednesday, 23 February 2022, 3:07 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the 0.25% hike in the official cash rate, New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says: “Higher mortgage rates are set to squeeze the budgets of households already hammered by rising living costs.” “The Reserve ... More >>
