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Car smoking ban kicks can down the road on real solutions
Sunday, 10 February 2019, 4:59 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is not fooled by today’s band-aid announcement banning smoking in cars with kids in them, and is challenging the Government to use the law change to reform the restrictions that currently apply to reduced harm tobacco ... More >>
Māori punished with world's highest rate of tobacco excise
Tuesday, 5 February 2019, 12:14 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Political grandstanding at Waitangi is undermined by successive governments' policies of punishing Māori with the world's highest rate of tobacco excise, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union upon the release of its new report, Ka Tukuna Atu, Ka ... More >>
No, the Provincial Growth Fund has not created jobs
Tuesday, 5 February 2019, 11:36 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Reports that the Provincial Growth Fund has created 54 jobs are false, as it doesn't account for the jobs lost due to the taxes required to fund Shane Jones' handouts, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke ... More >>
Taxpayers face Waitangi week walloping
Monday, 4 February 2019, 11:54 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
This Waitangi period is shaping up to be one of the most expensive ever for taxpayers, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director Jordan Williams says, “So far this Waitangi period, the Government has announced $100 ... More >>
Grant Robertson misses the point on bracket creep
Thursday, 31 January 2019, 11:49 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Grant Robertson’s response to Simon Bridges’ tax bracket indexation announcement indicates that he misses the point of the policy, says the New Zealand Taxpayers Union . Taxpayers’ Union Economist Joe Ascroft says, “It’s contradictory for ... More >>
Victory as National commits to ending bracket creep
Wednesday, 30 January 2019, 3:02 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is celebrating a victory for taxpayers in the war against ‘bracket creep’, as National Leader Simon Bridges commits to ongoing adjustment of tax brackets for inflation. Taxpayers' Union Executive Director Jordan Williams ... More >>
Backdown on meat tax welcomed
Wednesday, 30 January 2019, 11:03 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the Government ruling out a proposed meat tax and saying that Julie-Anne Genter's comments were a 'stupid figure of speech', New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says: “If it wasn’t for a swift backlash from the ... More >>
PM must firm up against ‘meat tax’
Tuesday, 29 January 2019, 12:20 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
A meat tax, as proposed by the Lancet Commission and University of Auckland academics , is economically illiterate and must be ruled out by the Prime Minister, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . More >>
Tomorrow, Cabinet must protect NZ’s economic freedom
Monday, 28 January 2019, 3:45 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the Heritage Foundation’s ranking of New Zealand as third in the world for economic freedom , New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says: “New Zealand’s consistently high performance on indexes of economic freedom ... More >>
Hollywood cheques suggests Steven Joyce never left
Saturday, 26 January 2019, 7:08 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to revelations that the Government rejected advice to cap film subsidies after meeting with Sir Peter Jackson, New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says: “Labour’s failure to curb National’s out-of-control film subsidies ... More >>
Taxpayers’ Union recognises rightful Venezuelan leader
Thursday, 24 January 2019, 11:37 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union stands in solidarity with the Venezuelan people today as they courageously protest an authoritarian, socialist government. Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, “For too long, Venezuelans have suffered ... More >>
Kiwibuild homes should be put on critically endangered list
Wednesday, 23 January 2019, 3:27 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
There are more Maui dolphins than Kiwibuild homes, points out the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . More >>
Rob Hosking remembered
Wednesday, 23 January 2019, 3:11 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
With sadness, the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union responds to the death of Rob Hosking. The Union ’s Chairman Barrie Saunders says, “This news marks a terrible loss. Through his wit, insight, and tremendous institutional knowledge, Rob earned his ... More >>
'Tar baby’ report exposes Kiwibuild as welfare for the rich
Wednesday, 23 January 2019, 9:41 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the release of the New Zealand Initiative ’s new report, Kiwibuild – Twyford’s Tar Baby , New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says: More >>
Oxfam report is fake news says Taxpayers' Union
Tuesday, 22 January 2019, 11:50 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
While Oxfam claims inequality is increasing and uses its latest report to push a political campaign, the official data shows the complete opposite, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . More >>
Taxpayers rorted in Stephen Barclay saga
Friday, 18 January 2019, 3:12 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the resignation of Kiwibuild Chief Executive Stephen Barclay, New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says: More >>
Mayor endangers ratepayers by caving to Toyota’s threats
Friday, 18 January 2019, 12:24 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to Palmerston North Mayor Grant Smith’s suggestion that Toyota used threats to garner a $391,000 grant from ratepayers, New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director Jordan Williams says: More >>
Revenue neutrality a no-brainer for a fair capital gains tax
Friday, 18 January 2019, 10:23 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Tax Working Group’s expected recommendation to cut income tax to offset the burden of capital gains tax is a no-brainer if the new tax is to be fair to New Zealanders, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . More >>
New petition calls on Toyota to repay secret $391,000 grant
Thursday, 17 January 2019, 1:02 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union has launched a petition calling on Toyota New Zealand to pay back the $391,000 grant secretly given by Palmerston North City Council, for which the Council and Toyota refuse to explain. More >>
Tax relief would end never-ending strikes
Wednesday, 16 January 2019, 10:22 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Implementing tax relief would relieve the pressure of low take-home pay and resolve much of the current industrial action, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union. Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director Jordan Williams says “It’s understandable that junior ... More >>
