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New Plymouth District Council’s eye-watering flight expenses
Thursday, 11 July 2019, 12:59 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union can reveal that New Plymouth District Council was the fourth highest-spending council in the country when it game to air travel in the 2017/18 financial year. The Council spent $285,391 on flights, $256,235 of which was domestic, ... More >>
Tim Shadbolt’s mayoral expenses revealed
Wednesday, 10 July 2019, 2:07 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union can reveal that Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt has spent $147,243 on his ratepayer-funded purchase card since late 2016 (the beginning of this term in local office). More >>
Taxpayers to Vice-Chancellor: Enough is enough
Wednesday, 10 July 2019, 11:32 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is calling for the resignation of Victoria University Vice-Chancellor Grant Guilford over his deceitful use of a ‘rebrand’ to push a name-change agenda that has already been rejected by students, alumni, and the ... More >>
Ombudsman report ignores whistle-blower and key allegations
Tuesday, 9 July 2019, 3:47 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the report published this afternoon , the Taxpayers’ Union ’s Jordan Williams says: “While the Ombudsman’s report makes no criticism of the Taxpayers’ Union , it has totally ignored key aspects his Office had committed to investigating: ... More >>
New vehicle tax leaves poor on the scrapheap
Tuesday, 9 July 2019, 9:51 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The proposed penalty on ‘gas guzzling’ vehicles is a painful, regressive tax, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director Jordan Williams says, “Let’s be very clear: this is a tax on Otara vehicles to subsidise ... More >>
Councils must reject the “Nanny’s Charter”
Friday, 5 July 2019, 5:04 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is calling on councils across the country to reject the Childcare Allowance just introduced by the Remuneration Authority, allowing councillors and local board members to claim up to $6,000 per year from ratepayers ... More >>
Porirua’s Canadian art exchange typifies wasteful travel
Thursday, 4 July 2019, 8:28 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is questioning Porirua City Council’s decision to spend $9,218 on flights to Canada for an ‘indigenous art exchange’. The spending details have been released as part of a Taxpayers’ Union investigation into 2017/18 ... More >>
Taxpayers’ Union may welcome opt-out unionism
Wednesday, 3 July 2019, 11:29 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding a proposed opt-out union membership system, New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director Jordan Williams says: More >>
Kiwi taxpayers should not prop up corrupt socialists
Tuesday, 2 July 2019, 1:35 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the Foreign Affairs Minister’s announcement of $1.5 million in humanitarian funding for Venezuela, New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director Jordan Williams says: “Winston Peters must confirm that not a cent of this funding will be handled ... More >>
Taxpayers cut out of Lord of the Rings filming negotiations
Tuesday, 2 July 2019, 10:45 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Government has failed to consider the interests of taxpayers in negotiating New Zealand as the filming location for a new Lord of the Rings series, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, ... More >>
Axe ACT's Tax
Monday, 1 July 2019, 4:40 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to ACT’s proposed levy on plastic bags, New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director Jordan Williams says: “This is a surprising lurch to the left from ACT. Have they forgotten that tax is theft?” More >>
The most absurd 'climate emergency' declaration yet
Thursday, 27 June 2019, 4:31 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Queenstown-Lakes District Council’s ‘climate emergency’ declaration is the country’s most absurd yet, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, “This is absurd hypocrisy from ... More >>
Cabinet reshuffle: Yet another working group?
Thursday, 27 June 2019, 3:51 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is disappointed to see the Government appoint yet another working group, this time in charge of housing. New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director Jordan Williams says, “Kiwibuild was always a flawed policy. Taking it ... More >>
Findings on unrepentant Makhlouf are damning
Thursday, 27 June 2019, 11:12 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the release of the State Services Commission’s findings into Treasury Secretary Gabriel Makhlouf, New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says: More >>
Time nearly up on Makhlouf investigation
Monday, 24 June 2019, 11:31 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
State Services Minister Chris Hipkins must confirm that the State Services Commissioner is on track to announce the results of his investigation into Gabriel Makhlouf by this Thursday, 27 June, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union. Taxpayers' Union ... More >>
Proposed 17.5% flat tax would cause economic boom
Monday, 17 June 2019, 8:09 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The ACT Party’s 17.5 percent flat tax policy would cause an economic boom and finally bring New Zealand into line with our international competitors' corporate tax rates, says the Taxpayers’ Union . More >>
Container deposit scheme is just another tax
Thursday, 13 June 2019, 4:52 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
A container deposit scheme from the Government would just function as a new tax, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . More >>
Payment to ‘The Limery’ is a loan, not a grant
Thursday, 13 June 2019, 3:04 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
On Wednesday the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union issued a statement about the Provincial Growth Fund’s $355 million loan to ‘The Limery’ in Wairoa. More >>
Taxpayers’ Union praises James Shaw for videoconferencing
Wednesday, 12 June 2019, 4:58 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union has congratulated Climate Change Minister James Shaw for his integrity and frugality. In response to questions from Todd Muller in the House today , Mr Shaw confirmed he has been conducting climate change meetings via video ... More >>
More speed cameras, lower speed limits: a recipe for revenue
Wednesday, 12 June 2019, 11:07 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The combined effect of separate proposals to lower speed limits and install more speed cameras (with higher fines) will be to suck motorists dry, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, “A wide ... More >>
