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New Zealand Economy In Freefall While The Government’s Books Burn
Thursday, 19 December 2024, 8:08 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Government needs to take its spending problem seriously to balance the books. Continuing to fiddle whilst the books burn is not a fiscal strategy - Willis missing her targets has the country on course for disaster. More >>
Now We Know Why Nicola Willis Didn’t Want Experts In The Room: Changes OBEGAL Calculation To Appear Less Irresponsible
Tuesday, 17 December 2024, 1:52 pm | Taxpayers' Union
“Nicola Willis is guilty of manipulating the fiscal indicators in the same way then Opposition Finance Spokesperson Nicola Willis jumped up-and-down about when Grant Robertson changed the way Net Core-Crown Debt was calculated to make the numbers ... More >>
Media Should Make Point Of Speaking To The CTU This Afternoon On HYEFU
Tuesday, 17 December 2024, 11:03 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Banning the CTU, the Taxpayers’ Union, and groups like Business NZ and the Federated Farmers is not a strategy to get back to surplus. At best, it’s a cheap PR ploy to attempt to control the media narrative. More >>
“Sanity Prevails” – Major Shakeup To Local Government, Major Win For Ratepayers
Monday, 16 December 2024, 5:26 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“For years now the Taxpayers’ Union has been lobbying for the changes announced today – it’s certainly a massive win for us, and a massive win for all ratepayers”, said Sam Warren, Local Government Campaigns Manager for the Taxpayers’ Union. More >>
From The Couch To The Koru Lounge: IRD Paying For Remote Workers’ Flights To Office
Friday, 13 December 2024, 2:54 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The revelations, which predate recent changes to public service working-from-home policies, highlight how lax oversight has allowed such wasteful spending to flourish. More >>
Willis Falls Down Under Scrutiny
Friday, 13 December 2024, 11:25 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“If the Government is serious about cutting waste and returning taxpayers’ money, they need to start spending less instead of spending more on an already bloated bureaucracy." More >>
Will Taxpayer Bailouts Of Failing Skifield Never End?
Thursday, 12 December 2024, 11:53 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“It’s time for the abuse of taxpayer money to stop, and start investing in things that will actually benefit hardworking Kiwis.” More >>
Govt Needs To Step In To Stop Council Screwing The Democratic Scrum And Appointing Unelected Members To Stack Committees
Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 5:10 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
"This is a fundamentally undemocratic move. By shifting so much power to the Committee, Drysdale is screwing the scrum so that he has extra votes in the pocket." More >>
Craig Rennie's Bad Behaviour Shouldn't Penalise The Taxpayers' Union
Monday, 9 December 2024, 6:03 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
"It appears the Taxpayers' Union is being singled out to try and 'balance' the decision to bar Craig Rennie from attending. But his bad behaviour is totally irrelevant in terms of whether our economist and staffers should be allowed to attend." More >>
ACT & Te Pāti Māori Gain In Final Taxpayers-Union Curia Poll For 2024; Centre-right Commands Comfortable Majority
Monday, 9 December 2024, 4:32 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The poll, conducted 1 to 3 December, has both National and Labour down 4.6 points from last month, National at 34.2% and Labour at 26.9%. More >>
Equal Taxation For All Businesses Despite Charitable Status A Move In The Right Direction
Wednesday, 4 December 2024, 12:00 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
"Businesses should be treated in exactly the same way by the tax system. Exempting a business’ profits from taxation because it is set up to fund charitable or religious activities is not the correct approach.” More >>
Revealed: Southland’s $32,000 Wild Wallaby Chase
Tuesday, 3 December 2024, 3:47 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“One week alone saw $19,249.89 spent, with a staggering $13,000 on staff and a further $6,000 towards contractors – and that's before Council and MPI costs are added." More >>
‘Should Come With An R-rating’ - Council’s $400k Logo Refresh Raises Eyebrows
Tuesday, 3 December 2024, 11:55 am | Taxpayers' Union
$100,000 of ratepayers' money has already been put towards this logo – which should probably come with an R-rating, Local Government Campaigns Manager, Sam Warren says. More >>
“Same Old Labour” Clearly Not Ready To Return To Treasury Benches
Monday, 2 December 2024, 11:00 am | Taxpayers' Union
“Labour has never met a tax it didn’t like” said Taxpayers’ Union Spokesman, Sam Warren. More >>
Shane Jones Throws More Taxpayer Money At Mussel Farm Dumpster Fire
Thursday, 28 November 2024, 5:53 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“Shane Jones has continued to lobby for tens of millions of dollars from the pocket of taxpayers to be handed to a management team who have already managed one mussel business into failure.” More >>
‘$254k Blunder’ Dunedin Chief Executive Must Go For Costly Behaviour
Thursday, 28 November 2024, 5:50 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“Two issues are concerning – Graham’s extremely costly behaviour, and the utter lack of transparency surrounding the report into her, which alone cost more than $132,500” said Local Government Campaigns Manager, Sam Warren. More >>
Taxpayer Gamble On SolarZero Could Cost Country Nearly $60 Per Household
Thursday, 28 November 2024, 3:16 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“When the government tries to gamble with taxpayers’ money, private companies line their pockets and taxpayers get the risk. Government picking winners doesn’t work.” More >>
Desperate Need For Growth After OCR Slash
Wednesday, 27 November 2024, 2:19 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Slashing interest rates is half a solution at best, and sticking plasters won’t put New Zealand back on the right course. More >>
Peters Right To Call For More Foreign Investment
Wednesday, 27 November 2024, 11:07 am | Taxpayers' Union
Cut anti-competitive red tape, lift the ban on foreign companies owning the plots of land their businesses are based on, and drop one of the highest corporate tax rates in the world. That’s how you attract investment, Taxpayers’ Union Policy ... More >>
Wellington City Council Fails Again
Wednesday, 27 November 2024, 10:40 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“The Golden Mile isn’t just a “nice-to-have”, it’s a project that local businesses actively don’t want. In a time of financial crisis, the Mayor’s wasting $1,750 for every household in the city to kill the CBD” More >>
