Revealed: The jobs destroyed by the Green School handout
Source: Taxpayers Union
2 SEPTEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union can reveal that the $11.7 million payment to the Green School will result in 25...
Government housing package “ignores elephant in the room”
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
25 March 2021
The Government’s housing package announced this week doesn’t do enough for families in grave housing stress, nor...
Government report shows children made to suffer unnecessarily
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
13 May 2021
Grim reading: that’s the Child Poverty Action Group’s assessment of the Child Poverty Related Indicators Report released...
Government needs to tell SkyPath Trust where to go, not write a cheque for...
Source: Taxpayers Union
13 FEBRUARY 2019FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEA payment of $1.8 million of taxpayers’ money to a private lobby group, apparently for intellectual property of the...
How can we ask families to stock up for a week when they don’t...
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
A range of Cabinet Ministers have bee encouraging us all to stock up on supplies so that they will...
Op-ed: Asset tax will hit far more than six percent of New Zealanders
Source: Taxpayers Union
The following is an op-ed by Islay Aitchison, Research Officer at the Taxpayers’ Union and spokesperson for the Campaign for Affordable Home...
Government leaves disadvantaged children to face “most severe” COVID-19 effects
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
15 December 2020
Children and their families are likely to face “significant and wide-ranging” negative effects from COVID-19, according to...
Blueprint for human rights or liberal wish list?
Source: Taxpayers Union
29 OCTOBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Human Rights Commission (HRC) has released its ‘Ko Ō Tika, ko Tō Reo/ Your Rights, Your Voice’ report urging...
CPAG commends removal of the Subsequent Child Policy, says it’s the right thing for...
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
30 September 2021
The Child Poverty Action Group is today commending the Government’s decision to remove the Subsequent Child Policy, calling it...
Taxpayers’ Union welcomes SFO investigation of NZ First donations
Source: Taxpayers Union
Taxpayers’ Union welcomes SFO investigation of NZ First Foundation donations10 FEBRUARY 2019FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe Taxpayers’ Union welcomes the Electoral Commission’s referral of...
Tenancy protection lifts wellbeing for vulnerable families
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
06 August 2020
Whānau and families will sleep better at night knowing their homes can’t be taken away from them...
REPORT: Reformed fire service delivers cost blowout
Source: Taxpayers Union
Report: Reformed fire service delivers costs, not promised savings5 FEBRUARY 2019FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe 2017 amalgamation of urban and rural fire services has...
