Satire: My heroic journey back to New Zealand
Source: Taxpayers Union
The following is a leaked diary entry written by Ricardo Menendez March MP. Gracefully returning from Mexico, the third most deadly COVID-19 hotspot,...
REVEALED: Farewell bash for Winston Peters cost taxpayers $11,000
Source: Taxpayers Union
The Taxpayers’ Union can reveal that former Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters was thrown an $11,733 farewell party by the new Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta and her Ministry. The...
“Shocking, disappointing” child poverty statistics show incrementalism isn’t working
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
23 February 2021
Incrementalism isn’t working: Child Poverty Action Group says that’s the lesson from the latest child poverty statistics...
Mahuta’s screwed Māori wards consultation should see Bill returned to committee
Source: Taxpayers Union
19 FEBRUARY 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is condemning Local Government Minister Nanaia Muhata’s decision to give local councils supporting her Māori wards...
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...
Finance Minister must rule out departure tax
Source: Taxpayers Union
18 FEBRUARY 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEResponding to the release of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s new tourism report, New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis...
Proposal to sell half of Wellington’s library doesn’t go far enough
Source: Taxpayers Union
18 FEBRUARY 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWellington Mayor Andy Foster’s proposal to sell half of the Council’s ownership of the earthquake-prone central library is...
Taxpayers’ Union submission on Māori wards bill
Source: Taxpayers Union
Below is the Taxpayers’ Union’s submission on the Local Electoral (Māori Wards and Māori Constituencies) Amendment Bill. You can also read it...
Taxpayer-funded play about COVID-19 looks to be propaganda
Source: Taxpayers Union
16 FEBRUARY 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETeasers for a new play about New Zealand’s COVID-19 response indicate that taxpayers are funding propaganda, says the New...
Op-ed: Child poverty: where’s the urgency?
Source: Taxpayers Union
Child poverty: where’s the urgency?15 FEBRUARY 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe following is an op-ed by Monique Poirier, Campaigns Manager for the Auckland Ratepayers’...
Corporate Welfare model for private media is ‘scary’ and will drive out minority voices
Source: Taxpayers Union
12 FEBRUARY 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe Taxpayers’ Union is slamming the Government’s decision to give the $50 million ‘news and journalism fund’ to...
Arrogance of America’s Cup organisers is astonishing
Source: Taxpayers Union
12 FEBRUARY 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETeam New Zealand’s threat to move the event from Auckland if it re-wins the Auld Mug regatta is astonishingly...
