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New paper highlights how vaping Smokefree 2025 closer
Friday, 10 September 2021, 11:26 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
A new white paper on international best practice towards vaping regulation features a case study on New Zealand, with data showing how increased vaping uptake has correlated with significant progress towards our Smokefree goal. The white paper is published ... More >>
New Paper Highlights How Vaping Brings New Zealand Closer To Smokefree 2025
Friday, 10 September 2021, 6:08 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
A new white paper on international best practice towards vaping regulation features a case study on New Zealand, with data showing how increased vaping uptake has correlated with significant progress towards our Smokefree goal. The white paper is published ... More >>
DHB workers urged to continue acting as whistle blowers
Wednesday, 8 September 2021, 11:58 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Auckland DHB workers should disregard a patronising memo from bosses warning them against speaking to media, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, “The suggestion that DHB staff speak to media to find ’15 ... More >>
Government should refund excise on lockdown beer going down the drain
Wednesday, 8 September 2021, 10:43 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is backing calls for the Government to refund excise tax on keg beer that has spoiled due to COVID-19 lockdowns. Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, “Many kegs opened prior to lockdown will have deteriorated to such an extent ... More >>
Wellington Council show nastiness in ticketing CBD parked vehicles in level 3
Monday, 6 September 2021, 2:52 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Wellington City Council is showing its nasty side in ticketing parked vehicles in the CBD during lockdown, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union , with the practice out of line with other metropolitan centres that have rightly told parking wardens ... More >>
Proposal to hike taxes on working superannuants is daft
Thursday, 2 September 2021, 12:41 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers' Union is condemning a proposal to tax superannuants' additional income at a flat rate of 39 percent. "Rising superannuation costs are a real problem, but piling on more taxes that punish productivity is not the ... More >>
Robertson's Stunning $3b Admission Shows Potential For Taxpayer Savings
Wednesday, 1 September 2021, 4:03 pm | Taxpayers' Union
"Grant Robertson now estimates that he can claw back $3 billion in funding allocated from the COVID response fund. That's a stunning admission of how he misdirected taxpayer money," says New Zealand Taxpayers' Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke. ... More >>
Congestion Charging Inquiry Proposes Raiding Commuters' Wallets
Saturday, 28 August 2021, 4:08 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the release of the Transport Select Committee inquiry into congestion charging , New Zealand Taxpayers' Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says: "Every cent of revenue raised by congestion pricing must be returned to motorists, such ... More >>
FENZ has no excuse for its ladder truck debacle
Thursday, 26 August 2021, 3:40 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The failure of Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) to procure enough operational ladder trucks for Auckland and Wellington is "a galling failure to prioritise spending", says the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union . Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke ... More >>
Minister unable to answer how much rainy day fund remains
Tuesday, 24 August 2021, 3:03 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding the Minister of Finance’s inability to answer a question posed by TVNZ’s Jessica Mutch McKay at today’s 1pm press conference regarding exactly how much is left in the COVID-19 response fund, Jordan Williams of the Taxpayers’ Union ... More >>
Higher fuel levies are coming: so why introduce a ute tax?
Tuesday, 24 August 2021, 1:59 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Government's decision to lift the price cap on carbon credits exposes the lunacy of the new tax on petrol vehicles, says the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union . Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, "The Government seems to understand that it ... More >>
Government spends $183,000 advertising 'Clean Car Discount'
Friday, 20 August 2021, 10:56 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Transport Agency (Waka Kotahi) has spent $183,751 advertising its Clean Car Discount, reveals the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union. An official information response shows the advertising campaign was developed by Clemenger BBDO and ran for ... More >>
You can’t beat COVID with art therapy
Tuesday, 17 August 2021, 2:12 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Government’s appropriation of COVID-19 response funds for ‘creative spaces’ shows how bizarre its ‘Arts and Culture COVID Recovery Programme’ has become, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke “Creative ... More >>
Taxpayers fund diatribe accusing National MP of racism
Monday, 16 August 2021, 12:45 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
New Zealand Taxpayers' Union is condemning Creative NZ for funding a poem that characterises a National MP as a far-right colonialist lamenting “natives refusing to die off”. The poem is part of a Newsroom series funded by Creative NZ to the tune of $21,150 ... More >>
New Zealand Taxpayers Just Got Played By Amazon
Friday, 13 August 2021, 10:35 am | Taxpayers' Union
Responding to news that Amazon’s Lord of the Rings production will abandon New Zealand for its second season, New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says: “Frankly, we’ve been played. The Government justified throwing $162 million ... More >>
Busybody Councillors Bear Blame For Legal Costs Over Library Event
Monday, 9 August 2021, 4:06 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Responding to reports of Palmerston North City Council’s $30,000 legal bill as it sought to block a group from hosting an event at a public library, New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says: “How can the council possibly ... More >>
Health Research Council Throwing Millions At Woke Nonsense
Monday, 9 August 2021, 2:02 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is challenging the value of the latest round of research grants funded by the Health Research Council. Union spokesman Jordan Williams says, “Compared to last year’s grants, we’ve noticed a big shift towards ... More >>
Reintroduction Of Health Performance Metrics Is A Taxpayer Victory
Friday, 6 August 2021, 11:34 am | Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the Health Minister’s introduction of national health indicators , New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says: “We’ve been calling for this and frankly it’s incredible that the Government has taken so long. ... More >>
Grant Robertson: Taxpayer Hero? Union Urges U-turn On SkyPath
Tuesday, 3 August 2021, 2:11 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Responding to reports that the Finance Minister is considering scrapping the planned $785 million cycle bridge, New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says: “Grant Robertson has clearly paid close attention to the Curia poll commissioned ... More >>
Revealed: Andrew Little's "former" Gang Member Claim Was Wrong
Tuesday, 3 August 2021, 10:22 am | Taxpayers' Union
A new interview with Hard2Reach director Harry Tam confirms that he is a lifetime patched member of Mongrel Mob Notorious. New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Jordan Williams says: “This revelation means Andrew Little has some explaining ... More >>
