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They look bad because they are bad, Mr Cull
Monday, 10 September 2018, 11:05 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The labelling of new council league tables as “ selective figures ” by Local Government New Zealand President Dave Cull is totally wrong and a sad snub to transparency and accountability by the head of the sector, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union ... More >>
2018 Local Government League Tables Published
Sunday, 9 September 2018, 3:51 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
2018 Local Government League Tables Published 9 SEPTEMBER 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The New Zealand Taxpayers' Union , in partnership with the Auckland Ratepayers Alliance , have today published this year's Ratepayers' Report – online local government ... More >>
Shane Jones is destroying jobs, not creating them
Friday, 7 September 2018, 12:07 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Shane Jones’ spending in Kawakawa will destroy jobs, not create them, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . More >>
Curran’s excuse for $1,000 limo service is bogus
Thursday, 6 September 2018, 5:02 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The claim that a $1,000 limo service was Clare Curran’s ‘ cheapest option ’ for transport in Queensland appears to be bogus, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union . More >>
Huge increase in funding for politicians
Wednesday, 5 September 2018, 2:46 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Huge increase in funding for politicians screws scrum against taxpayer 5 SEPTEMBER 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE More >>
Meka Whaitiri should turn up to Parliament
Monday, 3 September 2018, 4:28 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Meka Whaitiri needs to turn up and do her job like the rest of us 3 SEPTEMBER 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Meka Whaitiri should turn up to Parliament and do the job she’s paid to do, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union. More >>
Councillors must accept pay hikes? Not true
Friday, 31 August 2018, 6:01 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Councillors must accept pay hikes? Not true. 31 AUGUST 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE After the Taxpayers’ Union challenged Councillors and Mayors across the country to refuse their latest pay hike, Remuneration Authority Chair Fran Wilde today emailed ... More >>
Appointment of Pharmac Board Chair is political cronyism
Friday, 31 August 2018, 2:11 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Minister of Health’s decision to appoint former Labour Cabinet Minister Steve Maharey as Pharmac Board Chair without advertising for the role, and in contradiction of official advice to reappoint the existing chair, is a dangerous display of cronyism, ... More >>
Taxpayers’ Union welcomes fuel tax members’ bill
Friday, 31 August 2018, 1:01 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming National MP Jami-Lee Ross's members' bill abolishing Regional Fuel Taxes. More >>
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 >>
