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Taxpayers’ Union launch inaugural "Jonesie Waste Awards"

Wednesday, 10 October 2018, 11:58 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

Today at Parliament the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union presented the inaugural Jonesie Waste Awards, recognising the best of the worst in government waste revealed in the last 12 months. The full details of the 2018 Jonesies are available as a report, ... More >>

Meeting Budget Responsibility Targets Applauded

Tuesday, 9 October 2018, 3:00 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

Minister of Finance Hon. Grant Robertson and the Government should be congratulated for remaining on track to meet their self-imposed debt targets, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . More >>

Government should back National’s call for fuel tax repeal

Tuesday, 9 October 2018, 9:24 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

The best solution to the fuel price crisis is the immediate repeal of national and regional fuel tax hikes, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . More >>

Helen Clark is costing taxpayers a fortune

Monday, 8 October 2018, 10:48 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

As if $870,000 from the film commission and NZ on Air wasn’t enough, MFAT is now using taxpayer money to host swanky events promoting My Year With Helen , a documentary about Helen Clark’s failed bid to head the UN. Taxpayers' Union spokesman Louis ... More >>

Cost of Greens’ proposal to remove benefit sanctions

Monday, 8 October 2018, 9:35 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

A new report from the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union shows the success of benefit sanctions, explains why efforts to make life on a benefit easier simply encourage a culture of welfare dependency and fraud, and exposes that more than one third of ... More >>

No political smokescreen will hide Callaghan’s spending

Friday, 5 October 2018, 1:03 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

Callaghan Innovation’s complaints about the volume of information requests from the Taxpayers’ Union do nothing to justify the agency’s culture of waste – including $3 million spent on entertainment, flights and accommodation in one year. More >>

Penny Bright a fearless champion for transparency

Friday, 5 October 2018, 10:22 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director Jordan Williams wishes to express his sadness with the passing of government transparency advocate Penny Bright. He says, “While our politics are poles apart, Penny had a fearless drive for more transparency and ... More >>

Government weaponises Human Rights Commission for politics

Wednesday, 3 October 2018, 12:06 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

The Government’s appointment of a Jeremy Corbyn loyalist as Chief Human Rights Commissioner is political weaponisation of a position that should be neutral, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union. Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke ... More >>

Plummeting business confidence shows need for tax cuts

Tuesday, 2 October 2018, 11:48 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

With NZIER’s quarterly survey showing a further deterioration in business confidence , the Government needs to commit to cutting taxes, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . Taxpayers’ Union spokesperson Louis Houlbrooke says “Unless the Government ... More >>

Taxpayers’ Union welcomes Bridges’ “no new taxes” promise

Monday, 1 October 2018, 5:35 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

This morning, National Leader Simon Bridges made a clear promise of “no new taxes” in a first-term National Government – a promise that has been welcomed by the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . More >>

Comparison of benefit policy to America’s Cup is delusional

Monday, 1 October 2018, 3:08 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson’s comparison of the cost of her Party’s policy to increase benefits and remove sanctions to that of hosting the America’s cup is completely delusional, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . Taxpayers’ ... More >>

Christchurch City Council Spends $51,000 On Milk

Friday, 28 September 2018, 11:15 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

Christchurch City Council spent $350,208 on entertainment, gifts, and catering in 2017 – including $51,572 on milk, reveals the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . More >>

Tobacco excise recommendation is a victory for evidence

Tuesday, 25 September 2018, 12:31 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

The decision of the Tax Working Group to recommend no further increases in tobacco excise should be applauded, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union. More >>

Taxpayers win from Speaker's proposed urgency reforms

Tuesday, 25 September 2018, 12:29 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is praising Speaker Trevor Mallard’s push for reform of Parliamentary urgency. More >>

Taxpayers now turn to Hipkins to stick with Vic

Monday, 24 September 2018, 7:20 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

Chris Hipkins should refuse to sign off on Victoria University’s planned name change, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union. Taxpayers’ Union spokesman (and Victoria alumnus) Louis Houlbrooke says, “Education Minister Chris Hipkins is now the only ... More >>

Capital taxes threaten prosperity

Friday, 21 September 2018, 11:38 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

Either of the Tax Working Group’s proposed taxes on capital would damage investment, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union. Taxpayers’ Union Economist Joe Ascroft says, “One of New Zealand’s key economic challenges is the lack of entrepreneurial ... More >>