Child Poverty Monitor 2020 shows ‘bold action’ required to turn tide on child poverty
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
02 December 2020
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) welcomes the 2020 Child Poverty Monitor report and agrees with the finding that ‘bold...
Extending bright line test effectively a Capital Gains Tax
Source: Taxpayers Union
1 DECEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe Taxpayers’ Union is calling out Finance Minister Grant Robertson’s refusal to rule out extending the 5-year bright line test, labelling...
Consultants getting rich off Ihumātao signals a bigger bill for taxpayers
Source: Taxpayers Union
1 DECEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union says that eye-watering consultancy fees surrounding Ihumātao are only a hint of the horrendous bill to come...
Ministers need to explain surprise new priorities
Source: Taxpayers Union
30 NOVEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is calling on all Labour Government ministers to release a list of their top policy...
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...
Creative NZ fights COVID-19 with poems attacking National, ACT
Source: Taxpayers Union
25 NOVEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEIn the lead up to the 2020 general election, Newsroom was awarded $21,150 “towards commissioning weekly NZ book reviews, short...
Heads should roll over IRD’s undermining of Kiwisaver
Source: Taxpayers Union
25 NOVEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is calling for the sacking of Inland Revenue bosses responsible for costly delays in transferring Kiwisaver contributions...
Green MP applauded for brave stance on accommodation supplement
Source: Taxpayers Union
23 NOVEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is applauding new Green List MP Ricardo Menéndez March for his brave criticism of the...
Wellington Mayor’s tent-pitching undermines democracy, ratepayers, and property rights
Source: Taxpayers Union
23 NOVEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is denouncing Wellington Mayor Andy Foster’s involvement with an occupation at Shelly Bay.Union spokesperson Louis Houlbrooke...
A decade on, it is time for closure on Pike River
Source: Taxpayers Union
18 NOVEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe tenth anniversary of the Pike River mining tragedy is the right time to seal the mine, honour the...
Unitec fraud penalty is pathetic
Source: Taxpayers Union
18 NOVEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union has slammed the sentence of a former senior Unitec manager as pathetic.Union spokesperson Louis Houlbrooke said: “Kimberley...
Wellington’s forecast rate hike completely unacceptable – strident action needed
Source: Taxpayers Union
18 NOVEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEA forecast 23 percent rate hike, or any double digit hike for that matter, must be ruled out by Wellington City...
