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Government Sells Taxpayers Down The River
Monday, 6 July 2020, 2:52 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is sceptical that 61% of taxpayer funding for waterway clean-up just happens to be focused on the Northland electorate. Union spokesperson Louis Houlbrooke says: “The Government has announced that $162 million of taxpayers' ... More >>
Lights, Camera, Spending!
Friday, 3 July 2020, 1:36 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is questioning the scale and value of the Government’s $230m screen industry recovery package. Union spokesperson Jordan Williams says: “The official justification for this ‘recovery package’ is the impact of COVID-19 ... More >>
Law Changes Treat The Symptoms, Not The Cause Of Tobacco Black Market
Friday, 3 July 2020, 11:42 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Customs and Excise (Tobacco) Amendment Bill that came into effect Wednesday barring the import of tobacco products without a permit is putting a band aid on the gaping wound that is the tobacco black market, caused by extortionate tobacco ... More >>
Taxpayer Victory! David Clark Resigns
Thursday, 2 July 2020, 11:54 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Welcoming the resignation of Health Minister David Clark, New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Jordan Williams says: “Clearly David Clark has listened to the 2,800 New Zealanders who signed our petition calling for his sacking.” “Dr ... More >>
Vaping Bill Deserves To Fail At Second Reading
Wednesday, 1 July 2020, 1:26 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Bill, due for its second reading this week, would undermine smokers’ attempts to quit and sustain punitive taxes on low-income communities. The New Zealand Taxpayers Union is calling ... More >>
Tomorrow’s Fuel Tax Hike Is A Betrayal Of The Government’s Campaign To “Unite For The Recovery”
Tuesday, 30 June 2020, 1:04 pm | Taxpayers' Union
From tomorrow, tax will make up 56% of the price at the pump. In Auckland, the proportion is even higher – 60% – due to the regional fuel tax. More >>
Government’s COVID-19 Tracing App Fails On Every Measure
Tuesday, 30 June 2020, 10:02 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union has slammed the Government’s controversial COVID-19 tracing app as a monumental failure on every possible measure. Union spokesperson Louis Houlbrooke says: “The Government’s NZ COVID Tracer is a lacklustre yet ... More >>
Jian Yang Is Paid For By Taxpayers – He Should Front Up And Talk To Them
Monday, 29 June 2020, 3:39 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is scoffing at Opposition Leader Todd Muller's claim that his missing in action MP Jian Yang is a “man who is delivering great value” – a response to media questions about the Chinese MP’s failure to talk to English ... More >>
Wealth Tax Economic Vandalism Which Would Disproportionately Hit Job Creators And Māori Assets
Sunday, 28 June 2020, 4:43 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is slamming the Green Party’s proposed wealth tax as bureaucratic economic vandalism that would hammer job creators. Taxpayers’ Union spokesperson Jordan Williams says, "The proposed wealth tax would mean the return of the ... More >>
Speaker Should Pay His Own $80,000 Legal Bill
Friday, 26 June 2020, 4:58 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to news that Speaker Trevor Mallard’s defamation case has so far cost taxpayers $80,000 , New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbroke says: “The comments being challenged in court were way outside of the Speaker’s duties. ... More >>
Marsden Point A Blatant Attempt At Election Year Corporate Welfare
Friday, 26 June 2020, 11:29 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is calling on the Government to rule out subsidising the oil refinery operations at Marsden Point, following claims that jobs may be lost due to the refinery operations possibly being shut down. Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke ... More >>
Fees-free Policy Gets A Failing Grade And Should Be Expelled
Thursday, 25 June 2020, 2:58 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Government’s underhanded change to measuring the performance of the controversial fees-free scheme is an admission that the policy has failed. It should go, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . Union spokesperson Louis Houlbrooke says: “It ... More >>
$315,000 Spent On Gambling Report Is A Busted Flush
Thursday, 25 June 2020, 10:45 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is disappointed at the $315,000 (plus GST) of taxpayers' money wasted on a report into gambling which has the academic rigour of a Thomas the Tank Engine colouring book. This was laid bare in a critique by Wellington-based ... More >>
Light Rail Culled! Fuel Tax Hike Must Now Be Urgently Canned
Wednesday, 24 June 2020, 12:27 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is calling on the Government to immediately scrap next week’s scheduled hike to fuel tax, seeing as the light rail project it was meant to fund has been cancelled. Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, “The Government justified ... More >>
Taxpayers' Union Calls On Iwi Authorities To Foot Ihumātao Bill
Tuesday, 23 June 2020, 1:29 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Taxpayers' Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, "Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has reportedly buckled to Ihumātao occupiers, and plans to deliver a $30 million taxpayer-funded buyout of Ihumātao, and create a new taxpayer-funded quango to administer ... More >>
Update: Anti-hunting Ad Funded By DIA, Not NetSafe
Tuesday, 23 June 2020, 1:15 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Yesterday the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union stated that the “Keep it Real Online” ad campaign is funded by NetSafe. We have since been informed this is incorrect – while NetSafe consults on the campaign, the taxpayer funding comes via the Department ... More >>
Government Cannot Charge New Zealand Citizens To Return To New Zealand
Monday, 22 June 2020, 4:56 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union cautions that it is probably unconstitutional for the NZ Government to charge citizens for compulsory quarantine, but the Government can charge foreigners - including residents and those on work visas - coming over the border. ... More >>
$2m A Ride On Shane Jones’s Train Set
Monday, 22 June 2020, 3:44 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is appalled that the Government has spent $6.2 million from the Provincial Growth slush fund on upgrading a train line which has been used just three times since it re-opened . That is over $2 million a train trip. ... More >>
Taxpayers’ Union welcomes investigation into ‘Aroha’ posters
Monday, 22 June 2020, 2:57 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming the Electoral Commission’s investigation into posters of Jacinda Ardern displayed across the country without promoter statements. More >>
Netsafe’s Anti-hunting Advert A Questionable Use Of Taxpayer Money
Monday, 22 June 2020, 10:40 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union says that Netsafe’s latest television advertisement is a political use of taxpayers’ money and should be pulled. Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director Jordan Williams said, “If this advert was published by a Government agency, ... More >>
