Did Mallard spend a million bucks of our money to prevent another visit to...
Source: Taxpayers Union
8 DECEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe Taxpayers’ Union is calling on Speaker Trevor Mallard to confirm the size of the settlement paid in...
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,...
[Embargoed] Revealed: Creative NZ sent $631,000 overseas in just 12 months
Source: Taxpayers Union
Revealed: Creative NZ sent $631,000 overseas in just 12 monthsEMBARGOED FOR 5AM 22 JANUARY (TOMORROW)The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union can reveal that...
Kāpiti council must not fall into $4.6 million Provincial Growth Fund trap
Source: Taxpayers Union
19 FEBRUARY 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is warning Kāpiti Coast District Council against falling into the trap of spending millions on a new...
TAXPAYER VICTORY: Team NZ takes the cup
Source: Taxpayers Union
17 MARCH 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union congratulates taxpayers and Emirates Team New Zealand for the successful defence of the America’s Cup.Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke...
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...
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’s 13.5% rate hike should see library sale back on the table
Source: Taxpayers Union
5 MARCH 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is condemning Wellington City Council’s refusal to consult on the privatisation of the central library as undemocratic.“Wellingtonians threatened...
Message board erected in Rotorua highlighting monumental waste
Source: Taxpayers Union
27 JANUARY 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENew Zealanders approaching the Hemo Gorge roundabout from the south will from today be greeted by an electronic message...
[Embargoed] Revealed: The jobs destroyed by the Green School handout
Source: Taxpayers Union
EMBARGOED FOR 5AM, 2 SEPTEMBER 2020The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union can reveal that the $11.7 million payment to the Green School will result in...
The purpose and principles of the social security act: Getting it right
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
It helps when you are going somewhere to know where you are going and why. Hence it is important...
Dozens of NGOs urge Jacinda Ardern: Raise welfare by Christmas
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
09 November 2020
Over 50 prominent organisations have joined together to urge the government to raise income support by Christmas,...
