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Suppression of debate on pay rates is outrageous
Friday, 31 August 2018, 10:08 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Rotorua Mayor Steve Chadwick's decision to block discussion of Councillors' pay in yesterday's council meeting is outrageous, says the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union . More >>
Business confidence shows need for urgent tax reform
Thursday, 30 August 2018, 5:12 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
MEDIA RELEASE Business confidence shows need for urgent 30 AUGUST 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE With business confidence falling further and firms’ perceptions of their own activity sitting at its lowest level since the GFC, tax reform to kickstart productivity ... More >>
Questions about crisis at Treasury need addressing
Thursday, 30 August 2018, 3:12 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
NZ Initiative’s Chief Economist Eric Crampton’s revelations that internal performance indicators at the NZ Treasury have collapsed are alarming and require Treasury Secretary Gabriel Makhlouf to front up, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union. More >>
Living wage at Council will do more harm than good
Thursday, 30 August 2018, 2:42 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to Christchurch City Council’s intention to pay all Council Controlled Organisation staff a living wage within the next three years, Taxpayers’ Union Economic Advisor Garrick Wright-McNaughton says: More >>
Clarification on Christchurch Mayor’s pay freeze statement
Wednesday, 29 August 2018, 12:05 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
In response to a recent Taxpayers’ Union statement , Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel’s staff have contacted the Union to clarify that the Mayor is seeking a pay freeze only for herself, and not all mayors. Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director ... More >>
Here’s to Sir Michael’s Tax Working Group
Tuesday, 28 August 2018, 3:15 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
A 'Business Advisory Council' is hardly the sort of economic kick start required to recover from declining business confidence with all eyes now on the Tax Working Group to deliver something to fire up New Zealand’s commercial sector, says the ... More >>
Mayoral support for Mayoral pay freeze
Tuesday, 28 August 2018, 11:46 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is delighted that Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel has joined the Union ’s cause to apply the pay freeze for MPs to local governmment until councils’ finances are under control. More >>
Let’s not turn the All Blacks into welfare bums
Monday, 27 August 2018, 6:40 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers Union says a taxpayer-funded handout for the All Blacks would be an absurd misuse of taxpayer money. “The NZRU is already exempt from income tax as a ‘promoter of amateur sport’. Taxpayers are doing enough favours for ... More >>
Local councillors challenged to freeze their own pay
Monday, 27 August 2018, 2:30 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union has written to every local councillor and mayor in the country, challenging them to follow the Prime Minister’s lead and freeze their pay rates until local government finances are brought under control. More >>
Wellington has a bus crisis, not a golf crisis
Monday, 27 August 2018, 11:01 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Wellington Regional Council’s idea to bail out a golf course with ratepayer money is absurd, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, “Golf should not be a core concern for Wellington Regional ... More >>
Taxpayers' Union: Fund deportations, not Skypath
Monday, 27 August 2018, 10:18 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Extreme budget constraints at Immigration New Zealand show that the Government is failing to properly prioritise the use of taxpayer money, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, “How is our budget ... More >>
$390 million for the lycra elite is a massive overspend
Thursday, 23 August 2018, 2:48 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, “$390 million for the urban lycra elite is a stunning spend up from a Government that cries poor when it comes to other, more essential public services.” “This spending is equivalent ... More >>
RNZ exposure of coalition “Horse-barrel” politics
Thursday, 23 August 2018, 11:05 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
RNZ exposure of coalition “Horse-barrel” politics sets new low 23 AUGUST 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jo Moir’s uncovering of the deal between Labour and NZ First securing taxpayer money for multiple synthetic tracks for the racing industry is ... More >>
Taxpayers' Union: Government should sell more assets
Wednesday, 22 August 2018, 12:11 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
A report by TDB Advisory showing the success of the Mixed Ownership Model demonstrates the need for more asset sales, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . More >>
Red zone bailout is disgraceful
Tuesday, 21 August 2018, 2:18 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Government’s bailout of uninsured red zone homeowners threatens New Zealand’s resilience against future disasters, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . More >>
New report a wake-up call for the lazy public service
Monday, 20 August 2018, 8:43 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
New report a wake-up call for the lazy public service 20 AUGUST 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE It’s absurd for public servants to demand more money when a new Productivity Commission report, Improving state sector productivity, shows that public sector ... More >>
Taxpayers’ Union welcomes MP pay freeze announcement
Monday, 20 August 2018, 4:18 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the Prime Minister’s decision to freeze pay and reassess the salary formula for all MPs, Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director Jordan Williams says: “This is a very welcome and wise decision from the Prime Minister, and acknowledges ... More >>
Waste levy hike has nothing to do with the environment
Monday, 20 August 2018, 10:57 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the Government signalling it is likely to increase the waste levy, New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says: “This is yet another regressive tax proposal from a government that campaigned on ‘no new taxes’.” ... More >>
Spinoff TV Memorial Bill deserves broad support
Thursday, 16 August 2018, 3:29 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
16 AUGUST 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union has endorsed Melissa Lee’s Broadcasting Amendment Bill , which would make NZ on Air more transparent about the performance of taxpayer-funded programmes. “This could be called the ... More >>
Absurd Collection Rate for Winter Energy Payment
Thursday, 16 August 2018, 11:16 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
New figures show that the Government’s so-called Winter Energy Payment is welfare for the rich, and a massive waste of taxpayer money, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . More >>
