Labour should release their fiscal plan
Source: Taxpayers Union
28 SEPTEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is calling on the Labour Party to immediately release their fiscal plan, so it can be...
Plastics innovation: Yet another corporate welfare slush fund
Source: Taxpayers Union
27 SEPTEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEResponding to Labour’s announcement of a $50 million Plastics Innovation Fund, New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says:”A...
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...
Creative NZ fights COVID-19 with “indigenised hypo-soundscapes”
Source: Taxpayers Union
24 SEPTEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is questioning the value of the Arts Continuity Grant, a COVID-19 response fund which...
Creative NZ fights COVID-19 with “Indigenised Hypno-Soundscapes”
Source: Taxpayers Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is questioning the value of the Arts Continuity Grant, a COVID-19 response fund which has so far...
Wealth tax demand: only Jacinda Ardern can rule it out
Source: Taxpayers Union
24 SEPTEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEResponding to Green Party MP Julie-Anne Genter’s statement that her Party’s wealth tax policy is a “bottom line” for a Labour-Greens...
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...
Judith vs Jacinda: The questions that should asked tonight
Source: Taxpayers Union
22 SEPTEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union has released a list of questions that should be asked at tonight’s TVNZ leaders’...
Brouhaha over Nat’s numbers highlights lack of delivery of independent policy costing office
Source: Taxpayers Union
20 SEPTEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe Taxpayers’ Union says that if Labour had done what it had promised and introduce an independent election policy costing...
Winston Peters’ tax gaff makes no sense
Source: Taxpayers Union
Winston Peters’ tax gaff makes no senseFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE19 SEPTEMBER 2020Winston Peters must have been confused this morning when he made the bizarre claim that tax...
Op-ed: An ode to Phil Twyford’s epic record of failure
Source: Taxpayers Union
The following is an op-ed from Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager Louis Houlbrooke.Phil Twyford says he will build light rail in Auckland if Labour wins...
RNZ election night panel astonishing
Source: Taxpayers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE18 SEPTEMBER 2020The Taxpayers’ Union is calling out RNZ for not having a single right wing voice amidst its chorus of left...
