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OCR Cut, But New Zealand Far From Out Of The Woods

Wednesday, 9 April 2025, 3:07 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

If Nicola Willis doesn’t put Full Capital Expensing at the heart of a cost-cutting, pro-growth Budget next month, New Zealand will stay stuck on the path of managed decline. More >>

Nicola Willis’ New Procurement Rules Won’t Pull Wool Over Taxpayers’ Eyes

Wednesday, 9 April 2025, 1:21 pm | Taxpayers' Union

“The Government need to stop trying to pull the wool over taxpayers’ eyes with low-effort spin like this, and get serious about cutting costs and boosting productivity.” More >>

Green Gravy Train Starting To Derail — But The Job’s Not Done

Tuesday, 8 April 2025, 4:40 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

“Credit where it’s due, scrapping this expensive and ineffective green slush fund is a huge win for taxpayers,” Taxpayers’ Union Spokesman James Ross said. More >>

Ōtorohanga District Council Treating Accountability Like A Threat

Tuesday, 8 April 2025, 2:52 pm | Taxpayers' Union

Local government exists to serve the public, so ratepayers have every right to see official information without wading through the spin doctor treatment. More >>

If The Government Wants To Spend Up On Defence, Show Us The Savings

Tuesday, 8 April 2025, 1:58 pm | Taxpayers' Union

While the PM has claimed ‘we can afford this’, he has yet to explain where this extra $9 billion of defence spending has been magicked up from. More >>

Tariffs Mean Need To Announce Full Capital Expensing Now

Tuesday, 8 April 2025, 1:31 pm | Taxpayers' Union

We need action—not talk. The Government should announce full capital expensing today to buck the global trend and boost New Zealand’s economy, Taxpayers’ Union Spokesman, Rhys Hurley said. More >>

‘Tauranga Doesn’t Need More Debt!’ - Borrowing Limit Increased For Tauranga City Council

Tuesday, 8 April 2025, 10:40 am | Taxpayers' Union

More to the point, why can't Council live within its means under the current borrowing limit by cutting expenditure on items that aren't essential infrastructure? More >>

‘Should Put It To A Public Referendum’ Tauranga Proceeds With Māori Wards By-election

Monday, 7 April 2025, 1:16 pm | Taxpayers' Union

“Mayor Mahé Drysdale has labelled this an exercise of local democracy. Let’s call it what it is—undemocratic by its definition.” More >>

New Poll: Centre-Right Bounce Back, Could Now Form Government

Friday, 4 April 2025, 1:21 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

The poll, conducted between 29 March and 01 April, shows National is effectively static, down 0.1 points to 33.5 percent, while Labour is down 4.3 points from last month to 29.8 percent. More >>

More Savings In Contract Changes Than Cutting Kāinga Ora Staff

Friday, 4 April 2025, 11:47 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

“But the real savings don’t come from trimming staff—they come from fixing the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) contracts so they’re bankable: safe and predictable enough for banks to confidently lend against.” More >>

Don’t Make Congestion Charging A Cash Cow

Thursday, 3 April 2025, 12:59 pm | Taxpayers' Union

Congestion charging is great in theory to ease traffic and improve productivity, only if it’s managed properly and not used as an excuse to double-dip and squeeze more money out of motorists. More >>

Trump Imposes Ten Percent Tariff On New Zealand Exports

Thursday, 3 April 2025, 11:51 am | Taxpayers' Union

New Zealand has long prided itself on being a champion of free trade, with some of the most open markets in the world. Imposing retaliatory tariffs would be a step backwards, harming New Zealand’s economy and inviting further trade restrictions ... More >>

Kiwirail Exposed For Trying To Secretly Flush $8 Million Taxpayers’ Dollars Into Cook Strait

Wednesday, 2 April 2025, 3:15 pm | Taxpayers' Union

KiwiRail has a culture of demanding more and more taxpayers’ funds and this is just another example of KiwiRail flushing money into Cook Strait. Taxpayer money needs to stop flowing overseas and stay in the pockets of New Zealanders. More >>

Majority Of Kiwis Agree—Parents Should Provide School Lunches

Wednesday, 2 April 2025, 10:29 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

This poll confirms what we've all been saying: New Zealanders expect parents, not the Government, to feed their kids. It's time to phase out this expensive and wasteful programme. More >>

Revealed: Queenstown To Drain $60.7 Million On New Council HQ

Wednesday, 2 April 2025, 9:25 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

Queenstown’s plan to merge four Council offices into one was originally budgeted at $51 million, but it's now blown out by nearly $10 million. Ratepayers are being asked to foot the bill for a project that's spiralling out of control and is completely More >>