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Don’t Make Congestion Charging A Cash Cow

Thursday, 3 April 2025, 12:59 pm | Taxpayers' Union

Congestion charging is great in theory to ease traffic and improve productivity, only if it’s managed properly and not used as an excuse to double-dip and squeeze more money out of motorists. More >>

Trump Imposes Ten Percent Tariff On New Zealand Exports

Thursday, 3 April 2025, 11:51 am | Taxpayers' Union

New Zealand has long prided itself on being a champion of free trade, with some of the most open markets in the world. Imposing retaliatory tariffs would be a step backwards, harming New Zealand’s economy and inviting further trade restrictions ... More >>

Kiwirail Exposed For Trying To Secretly Flush $8 Million Taxpayers’ Dollars Into Cook Strait

Wednesday, 2 April 2025, 3:15 pm | Taxpayers' Union

KiwiRail has a culture of demanding more and more taxpayers’ funds and this is just another example of KiwiRail flushing money into Cook Strait. Taxpayer money needs to stop flowing overseas and stay in the pockets of New Zealanders. More >>

Majority Of Kiwis Agree—Parents Should Provide School Lunches

Wednesday, 2 April 2025, 10:29 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

This poll confirms what we've all been saying: New Zealanders expect parents, not the Government, to feed their kids. It's time to phase out this expensive and wasteful programme. More >>

Revealed: Queenstown To Drain $60.7 Million On New Council HQ

Wednesday, 2 April 2025, 9:25 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

Queenstown’s plan to merge four Council offices into one was originally budgeted at $51 million, but it's now blown out by nearly $10 million. Ratepayers are being asked to foot the bill for a project that's spiralling out of control and is completely More >>

Jordan Williams' Departure From The Taxpayers' Union

Tuesday, 1 April 2025, 4:11 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

Taxpayers' Union Co-founder David Farrar says, "As New Zealand’s main voice for fiscal responsibility, I am confident that the Taxpayers' Union will continue to thrive under new leadership. I wish Jordan all the very best in his new role." More >>

Golden Parachute For Failure: Kāinga Ora Boss Pockets $1m On The Way Out

Monday, 31 March 2025, 7:56 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

This whole saga shows just how broken New Zealand’s employment laws are. Boards can’t sack incompetent CEOs without writing them a goodbye cheque and a love letter. More >>

Sell The Interislander Before Taxpayers Go Down With It

Monday, 31 March 2025, 4:05 pm | Taxpayers' Union

“If the Government cared about value for money, it would separate the Interislander from KiwiRail and let private operators do what they do best—run safe, efficient, unsubsidised services.” More >>

Tauranga City Council Says 'goodbye' To Democracy - Again

Friday, 28 March 2025, 1:15 pm | Taxpayers' Union

Hiding behind vague pseudo-legal claims that unelected appointees with voting powers are a requirement of both the Resource Management Act and the Treaty won’t work More >>

Wellington Water Finally Facing The Music

Friday, 28 March 2025, 1:12 pm | Taxpayers' Union

Wellington Water has been a basket case – literally pouring ratepayers’ money down the drain and treating them like an unlimited fountain of cash. More >>

Same Subsidies, Different Logo: Stop Babying CHPs With Taxpayer Cash

Friday, 28 March 2025, 10:49 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

The Government has announced $150 million in cheap taxpayer-backed loans for Community Housing Providers (CHPs)—propping them up with training wheels instead of letting them ride with private capital. Commenting on this, Taxpayers’ Union spokesman ... More >>

The Bureaucracy Is Still Bloated — This Ain’t No Fiscal Diet

Thursday, 27 March 2025, 2:59 pm | Taxpayers' Union

“The Government needs to go full cold turkey and ditch the extra public servants. Trimming a little off the top won’t cut it. Nicola must show she’s serious in Budget 2025 and bring staffing at least back to 2017 levels." More >>

REVEALED: Ministry Funnels $3.8 Million To Eco-Lobbyists

Tuesday, 25 March 2025, 1:24 pm | Taxpayers' Union

Taxpayers’ Union Investigations Coordinator Rhys Hurley said: “This isn’t environmental protection—it’s a taxpayer-funded activist slush fund.” More >>

RMA Reform Plans Are A Win For Common Sense Consenting

Monday, 24 March 2025, 5:26 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

“The RMA has long been a bureaucrat’s dream and a developer’s nightmare. It’s been a lead weight around New Zealand’s neck — throttling housing, blocking infrastructure, jacking up costs and stifling growth.” More >>

REVEALED: Cultural Consultants Cash In $1.365m While Dunedin Rates Soar

Monday, 24 March 2025, 3:19 pm | Taxpayers' Union

“The Government has rightly decided to scrap Councils’ focus on social and cultural ‘wellbeings’ and get them back to getting the basics right first, and it’s time Dunedin Council followed suit.” More >>

Wellington Council’s $21,000 Hīkoi Portaloo Flush-Fund

Friday, 21 March 2025, 4:12 pm | Taxpayers' Union

The Council have never funded protest facilities before—why now spend tens of thousands playing politics when organisers have always managed before to pay their own bills? More >>

REVEALED: Taxpayers Need To See The Backside Of ACC Subsidising Rear-End Mishaps

Thursday, 20 March 2025, 4:46 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

In the 2023/24 financial year alone, ACC shelled out $125,348 for these mishaps—a sharp increase from the previous year’s $50,093. Worse still, claims have already hit $117,799 in 2024/25, putting Kiwis on track for yet another record-breaking year ... More >>