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National Party Miss Opportunity To Help Poor Kids Get Into Best Schools
Monday, 14 September 2020, 5:24 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers' Union is labeling the National Party’s policy to rejig school zoning rules as ‘timid’ and a lost opportunity to remove a fundamentally unfair policy that distorts Auckland’s housing market. Taxpayers’ Union Executive ... More >>
Living Wage For Government Contractors Expensive, Ineffective Stunt
Sunday, 13 September 2020, 2:09 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the Labour Party's promise to pay all government contractors a living wage, the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union says the policy is an expensive feel-good exercise that will hurt low-income New Zealanders more than it will help them. Taxpayers' ... More >>
Fertiliser Levy For Vegan Fantasy Would Be A Handbrake On Recovery
Saturday, 12 September 2020, 4:07 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers' Union is slamming the Green Party's "farming for the future" policy , which would introduce a levy on fertiliser and cost taxpayers $297,000,000 over three years to subsidise "regenerative and organic farming ... More >>
What The Hell Is Happening With Ihumātao?
Saturday, 12 September 2020, 2:53 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Prime Minister needs to give taxpayers an indication of her plans for the disputed land at Ihumātao before the election, says the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union . Taxpayers' Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, "It's been more than a year since occupiers ... More >>
Turn Off Sir Peter Jackson's Welfare Tap While Allegations Of Wide-scale Sleaze Are Investigated
Friday, 11 September 2020, 11:26 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
In light of the serious sexual allegations against the company, the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union is calling on the Government to halt its funding until Weta Digital — owned by New Zealand's largest corporate welfare recipient, Sir Peter Jackson ... More >>
De-coupling Of Top Personal Rate With PIE And Company Tax Rate Will See Rush To Accountants
Wednesday, 9 September 2020, 11:33 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The new tax rate announced today by Labour of 39% for high earners will raise even less revenue than Labour expects, as earners will shift income to companies and portfolio investment entities (PIEs) which are taxed at 28%. Responding to Labour’s tax policy ... More >>
Taxpayers’ Union Welcomes Judith Collin’s Endorsement Of Labour Day Replacement
Wednesday, 9 September 2020, 10:56 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming Judith Collin’s support for abolishing the outdated Labour Day in favour of Matariki. Spokesman Jordan Williams says, “An additional public holiday is a blatant tax on employers, who will be forced to pay ... More >>
Weird Lottery Idea For Civics Education Has Merit
Wednesday, 9 September 2020, 9:43 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union welcomes the New Zealand Initiative’s suggestion of using “lucky-caller” quizzes with cash prizes to incentivise New Zealanders to increase their civics knowledge. Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, “It’s ... More >>
Ardern Letting Māori Down On Bowel Cancer
Tuesday, 8 September 2020, 9:46 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“DHBs got up a lot of people’s noses by prioritising Māori and Pasifika for resources in fixing the hospital waiting lists backlog from COVID-19 but the Prime Minister was missing in action this week when there was a real evidence-based rationale ... More >>
Kiwirail’s Hosting Of NZ First Campaign Bus Totally Inappropriate
Monday, 7 September 2020, 7:35 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is slamming the decision of Kiwirail to host Winston Peters and his NZ First lackeys at its Dunedin workshops as part of the Party’s election campaign tour. Union spokesman Jordan Williams says, “In the same way as it was ... More >>
Apology And Retraction From The Taxpayers’ Union Re New Plymouth District Council
Monday, 7 September 2020, 3:12 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union retracts and apologises for earlier criticism of the New Plymouth District Council for being a funding ‘partner’ for the Green School project. The Council’s Chief Executive Craig Stevenson has clarified ... More >>
New Public Holiday Is A Tax On Employers
Monday, 7 September 2020, 2:45 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the Labour Party’s announcement that it will create a new public holiday for Matariki, New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Jordan Williams says: “ An additional public holiday is a blatant tax on employers, who will be forced ... More >>
Police Need To Be Honest About Speed Threshold
Monday, 7 September 2020, 11:11 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Police leadership are making fools of themselves by claiming that there has “never been a buffer” for speed ticketing despite previous media statements issued by the Police that confirm its existence. Over the weekend, national road policing manager ... More >>
Four-year Term Must Come With Recall Option
Sunday, 6 September 2020, 2:00 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to Local Government New Zealand’s push for a four-year electoral cycle in local government , New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says: “A four-year cycle would help to focus local councils on longer-term projects such ... More >>
Hutt South Electorate Office Deal A Rort On Taxpayers
Friday, 4 September 2020, 10:12 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is calling on the cozy deal between list MP Ginny Anderson, the Labour Party, and the NZ Professional Firefighters Union as a ‘rort on taxpayers’ and is calling for the money to be paid back. Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director, ... More >>
State Services Commissioner’s Judgement On Ardern/Bloomfield Ad Welcomed
Friday, 4 September 2020, 9:16 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming the State Services Commissioner’s view that an advertisement/video hosted on the Labour Party’s Facebook page “could create confusion about the motivations and political neutrality of the public servants ... More >>
James Shaw’s Ultimatum Demonstrates Problem With Politicians Making Individual Funding Decisions
Wednesday, 2 September 2020, 5:47 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is calling for the abandonment of grant decision making by politicians and Cabinet committees, and a return to the tradition of these being made by officials using objective and transparent criteria. The following can be ... More >>
Labour’s Misinformation Campaign Does Taxpayers A Poor Service
Wednesday, 2 September 2020, 12:12 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is calling on both major political parties to be honest and not mislead the public about both their own and their opponents' plans when it comes to public spending and debt. “Earlier today Grant Robertson repeated his accusation ... More >>
Revealed: The Jobs Destroyed By The Green School Handout
Wednesday, 2 September 2020, 7:38 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers' Union can reveal that the $11.7 million payment to the Green School will result in 25 fewer jobs in the private sector. This calculation Is made based on a new briefing paper, The jobs cost of taxpayer-funded projects ... More >>
Ratepayers Deserve The Right To Fire Their Representatives
Monday, 31 August 2020, 2:54 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
This op-ed is written by Taxpayers' Union Co-Founder Jordan Williams. Future op-eds may be sent to a limited media list. Please reply to this email if you would like to receive our future op-eds. Sir Winston Churchill said that democracy is the worst ... More >>
