Report confirms Rotorua waste monument’s safety risks – Council erects safety fencing
Source: Taxpayers Union
Report confirms Rotorua waste monument’s safety risks – Council erects safety fencing21 JANUARY 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe Taxpayers’ Union has now seen the engineering report provided...
John Edwards’ endorsement of Marcus Lush political campaign shows lack of integrity
Source: Taxpayers Union
20 JANUARY 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe Taxpayers’ Union is slamming the latest example of the Privacy Commissioner’s politicisation of his office, following his...
ACC payout for illegal overstayer: Minister must explain
Source: Taxpayers Union
19 JANUARY 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEACC Minister Carmel Sepuloni must confirm whether the Government supports ACC’s apparent policy to make payouts for illegal overstayers, says...
Samoa humiliates NZ with progress on vaccine rollout
Source: Taxpayers Union
15 JANUARY 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEResponding to news that Samoa is set to begin its vaccine rollout next month, New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman...
Orr’s 3pm Friday apology for data snafu anything but upfront
Source: Taxpayers Union
15 JANUARY 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe Reserve Bank Governor’s apology and claim he will ‘own the issue’ is laughable given the lack of...
Land value based rates charges get thumbs up from Taxpayers’ Union
Source: Taxpayers Union
Land value based rates charges gets thumbs up from Taxpayers’ Union14 JANUARY 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe Taxpayers’ Union welcomes the call by Wellington...
Council must release engineering safety report on Hemo Gorge monument lean
Source: Taxpayers Union
14 JANUARY 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe Taxpayers’ Union is calling on Rotorua Lakes District Council to urgently release the engineering report on the...
SATIRE: Kelvin Davis: Anatomy of a prison disorder incident
Source: Taxpayers Union
2020 was one heck of a year – excuse my strong language – and I definitely need this six-to-eight-week taxpayer funded holiday...
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...
Rotorua’s monument to Government Waste structurally insecure?
Source: Taxpayers Union
11 JANUARY 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe Taxpayers’ Union is alarmed to learn that Rotorua’s Hemo Gorge Sculpture, labelled a ‘monument to waste’ by locals,...
Taxpayers to Privacy Commissioner: this is not what we pay you for.
Source: Taxpayers Union
11 JANUARY 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is labelling the Privacy Commissioner’s crusade for government regulation over Facebook and Twitter’s de-platforming practices as ‘bizarre’ and...
Fees-free polytechnic drain should see university subsidies scrapped
Source: Taxpayers Union
8 JANUARY 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe finding that fees-free tertiary education is leading students away from polytechnic study should see the policy scrapped and all university...
