Nationwide petition launched against Labour’s plan to hijack local democracy
Source: Taxpayers Union
3 FEBRUARY 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe Taxpayers’ Union has launched a nationwide petition against Labour’s plan to entrench Māori wards for local councils. Union...
Police need to be honest about speed threshold
Source: Taxpayers Union
7 SEPTEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPolice leadership are making fools of themselves by claiming that there has “never been a buffer” for speed ticketing despite...
NZ History curriculum must cover 1980s reforms
Source: Taxpayers Union
3 FEBRUARY 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe proposed New Zealand History curriculum must be amended with material on the economic reform of the 1980s, says...
Petition launched for new election at Tauranga City Council
Source: Taxpayers Union
Petition launched for new election at Tauranga City Council 27 AUGUST 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union has launched a new petition calling on the entire Tauranga...
Preventing Covid-19 health inequities: An urgent duty of care to children in poverty
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
29 October 2021
by Prof Innes Asher, Dr Jin Russell, Prof Nikki Turner & Janet McAllister
“We owe a duty of...
NZ’s rising climate emissions and Jacinda Ardern’s big chance to cut them
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand
When it signed onto the Paris Climate Agreement, New Zealand pledged to increase its net greenhouse gas emissions by 10% by...
Menéndez March’s national security claim nonsense on stilts
Source: Taxpayers Union
24 FEBRUARY 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEResponding to the revelation that Ricardo Menéndez March applied for an emergency MIQ slot not once, but twice, New...
Taxpayer-funded homeopathy courses are an embarrassment
Source: Taxpayers Union
18 FEBRUARY 2019FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is perplexed at the prospect of the continued funding of homeopathy courses by the...
Union praises Ashley Bloomfield’s turnaround on cricket tickets
Source: Taxpayers Union
11 MARCH 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEResponding to the Director-General of Health’s apology for accepting free VIP tickets to the Black Caps, New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman...
Referenda for Māori wards still an option for local councils
Source: Taxpayers Union
18 MARCH 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECouncillors across the country should join those in Whangarei revisiting the decision to introduce Māori wards for the 2022 elections,...
Taxpayer Update: Signposting waste in Rotorua | More Creative NZ madness
Source: Taxpayers Union
Dear Supporter,Happy New Year! I hope you’ve enjoyed some sunny days.Our office was shut down for the holiday period, but we still...
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...
