GWRC tax screw-up should result in a sacking
Source: Taxpayers Union
29 MARCH 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESomeone at Greater Wellington Regional Council needs to lose their job over a nine-year failure to pay the correct amount...
Complaint laid with BSA re Labour Party TV ad
Source: Taxpayers Union
14 SEPTEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union has laid a complaint with the Broadcasting Standards Authority regarding the Labour Party’s first television...
Taxpayer Talk: Kelvin Clout on dysfunctional Council culture and recall elections
Source: Taxpayers Union
In this episode of Taxpayer Talk, Taxpayers’ Union Research Officer Islay Aitchison interviews Tauranga City Councillor Kelvin Clout on dysfunctional Council culture...
Jacinda Ardern’s arts agency now in damage control
Source: Taxpayers Union
Dear Supporter,Creative NZ goes into damage control
We’ve spent the last week on social media releasing examples of bizarre art projects given taxpayer...
EMBARGOED: Taxpayers’ Union unveils five policies to encourage growth and conquer debt
Source: Taxpayers Union
Taxpayers’ Union unveils five policies to encourage growth and conquer debtEMBARGOED FOR 5AM, 18 SEPTEMBER 2020The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union has released a new...
More transparency needed for government contracts and payments
Source: Taxpayers Union
29 JANUARY 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENew Zealand’s high ranking in Transparency International’s corruption perceptions index should not be cause for complacency, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union.New...
Wage increases outpace income support for children
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
05 May 2021
Families in low-paid work with three children would have received up to $1900 more over the last...
Union calls on Parliament to declare debt emergency
Source: Taxpayers Union
2 DECEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe Taxpayers’ Union is calling on MPs to declare a “Debt Emergency” to recognise New Zealand’s largest ever...
Stratford District Council’s navel-gazing over logo is embarrassing
Source: Taxpayers Union
25 SEPTEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEStratford District Council’s review of its logo is an embarrassing waste of time and money, says the New Zealand...
Complaint laid with Broadcasting Standards Authority re Labour Party TV ad
Source: Taxpayers Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union has laid a complaint with the Broadcasting Standards Authority regarding the Labour Party’s first television advertisement for...
Progress on welfare reform “unjustifiably slow”
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
30 November 2020
Child advocates are dismayed by the lack of progress in welfare reform since government-appointed experts recommended a...
Kelvin Davis: Anatomy of a prison disorder incident
Source: Taxpayers Union
13 JANUARY 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe following is a satirical op-ed produced by the Taxpayers’ Union. It is free for publication with attribution.2020 was one...