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Government Must Ban Public Sector Golden Handshakes
Thursday, 20 August 2026, 2:50 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“Taxpayers and ratepayers should not be forced to reward failure. The Government needs to shut the loopholes and end public sector golden handshakes for good,” said Taxpayers’ Union spokesman, Rhys Hurley. More >>
Fletcher’s $228m Profit Exposes $60m Taxpayer Stitch-Up
Thursday, 20 August 2026, 11:56 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Taxpayers were told this handout was needed to keep Golden Bay Cement afloat. A month later, its corporate parent is announcing hundreds of millions in profit. Nicola Willis has some explaining to do. More >>
Labour Must Rule Out The Inflation Tax
Tuesday, 18 August 2026, 10:19 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Ruling out taxing utes or Netflix is the easy part. If Labour really wants to rule out tax hikes, it should stop inflation quietly pushing workers into higher tax brackets. More >>
Lyttelton Port Company Needs Full Disclosure
Tuesday, 18 August 2026, 10:02 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Passing the Local Government (Port Companies Accountability) Amendment Bill would give workers, unions and ratepayers the tools to hold port bosses to account. More >>
ACT Show You Don’t Need To Mash The ‘New Tax’ Button
Friday, 14 August 2026, 7:21 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
"ACT just needs to lay out what fat they're trimming to find the cash, and make sure the budget doesn’t quietly bloat again next May,” says Taxpayers’ Union spokesman James Ross. More >>
REVEALED: Climate Bureaucrats Burn $303,000 Jet-setting To Brazil’s COP30 Junket
Thursday, 13 August 2026, 1:08 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“The irony of six highly paid foreign affairs officials flying business class to this ‘green’ gathering wont be lost on anyone. Are these the flights the Minister of Foreign Affairs was so determined to save from budget cuts?" asks Rhys Hurley. More >>
Labour Kneecaps Investment, Then Subsidises ChatGPT
Tuesday, 11 August 2026, 2:46 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
"If Labour really wants small businesses to invest and grow, it should abandon its plan to scrap Investment Boost, which would kneecap productive investment," says Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Austin Ellingham-Banks. More >>
What Does Opportunity Know That Treasury Doesn’t?
Tuesday, 11 August 2026, 11:11 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
By Opportunity’s own claims, its tax package would cost New Zealanders more than $1,800 per household a year. More >>
ACT’s ‘No New Taxes’ Pledge Puts Pressure On National To Make The Same Promise
Monday, 10 August 2026, 11:34 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“ACT has given taxpayers a no-nonsense commitment to no new taxes. Now the pressure is on Luxon to ditch his Sir Keir Starmer routine and do the same,” said Taxpayers’ Union spokeswoman, Ella Dickson. More >>
Exclusive Polling: National Voters Demand A No-Tax-Hikes Promise
Monday, 10 August 2026, 10:59 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“National can’t have it both ways. You can’t campaign against Labour’s tax hikes while leaving yourself a giant escape hatch for raising taxes on ‘someone else’,” said Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director Jordan Williams. More >>
Nothing New In National’s Fiscal Rules – But ‘No New Taxes’ Promise Conspicuously Absent
Sunday, 9 August 2026, 6:46 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Every dollar of the Government’s much-vaunted ‘savings’ has been recycled into new spending. More >>
NEW POLL: Coalition Clings On While Labour Slump And TOP Soar To 6 Percent
Friday, 7 August 2026, 12:50 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Greens drop 0.3 points to 10.1 percent, New Zealand First drop 1.7 points to 9.1 percent, and ACT gain 0.4 points to 7.3 percent. Te Pāti Māori drop 1.9 points to 1.5 percent, their worst result since March 2023. More >>
Labour Doubles Down On New Zealand’s Productivity Crisis
Thursday, 6 August 2026, 3:25 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Labour productivity growth has averaged barely 0.2 percent a year since 2019. Businesses cannot boom when governments make it more costly to invest in machinery, tools, and technology. More >>
Jordan Williams To Stand Down From Taxpayers' Union
Thursday, 6 August 2026, 3:17 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
On the passage of the referenda legislation - expected next year, if National is returned to Government - Mr Williams says he will stand down to fight for electoral change and increased accountability full time. More >>
Health NZ Spent Nearly Half A Million Dollars On Single Ad Campaign
Wednesday, 5 August 2026, 1:42 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Harrison, who remained suspended from the Ministry of Justice on full pay for years, was paid $3,000 to appear in the 30-second advertisement. More >>
11-Year Unemployment High Demands Fiscal Reset
Wednesday, 5 August 2026, 12:23 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“Unemployment at an 11-year high is a clear warning that stronger business confidence has yet to translate into jobs, particularly for young New Zealanders.” More >>
Public Service Diversity Bureaucracy Is A Taxpayer-Funded Vanity Project
Tuesday, 4 August 2026, 9:11 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
MBIE has recently presided over catastrophic project failures, blown budgets and appalling financial controls. Its priority should be rebuilding competence and accountability, not commissioning more workshops on unconscious bias. More >>
Mike Hosking Is Right: Human Rights Commission Has Lost Its Way
Monday, 3 August 2026, 12:16 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
"Human rights are to be equally applied to every NZ'er. When the Commission starts campaigning to preserve race-based distinctions in legislation, it invites questions about whether it is fulfilling its statutory role,” says Jordan Williams. More >>
Let Wellington Ratepayers Decide Amalgamation
Thursday, 30 July 2026, 11:09 am | Taxpayers' Union
Whether councils support amalgamation or oppose it, the people who pay the bill must have the final say. More >>
COVID Inquiry Must Be The Blueprint For Permanent Reform
Wednesday, 29 July 2026, 12:32 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Taxpayers' Union spokesperson Tyler Groenewald said the Inquiry should mark a turning point in how governments manage taxpayers' money. More >>
