Save the Children: Schools in Italy closed for over 3.7 million children and youth...
Source: Save The Children
More than 3.7 million children and adolescents are missing out on school following Coronavirus prevention measures taken in several Italian regions,...
Latest child poverty stats a wake-up call
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
25 February 2020
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says the latest child poverty statistics are a wake-up call and we...
Exposed: The shocking $6.2m bill to rebrand fire services
Source: Taxpayers Union
25 FEBRUARY 2019FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe $6,254,064 cost of rebranding New Zealand’s fire services is a shocking indictment on the merger of rural and...
Government hugs beneficiaries, kicks taxpayers
Source: Taxpayers Union
25 FEBRUARY 2019FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe indexation of benefits to wages means that taxpayers are treated less fairly than ever, says the New Zealand...
RNZ Concert protestors have to be joking
Source: Taxpayers Union
24 FEBRUARY 2019FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASERNZ Concert supporters who are protesting for the station to be “better funded” have to be joking, says the...
An anaesthetist with a black belt
Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists – Press Release/Statement:
Headline: An anaesthetist with a black belt
She’s a mum, an anaesthetist and she’s on ASMS’ National...
Vaping crackdown bill needs improvement
Source: Taxpayers Union
23 FEBRUARY 2019FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDetails of the Government’s newly-announced vaping crackdown may keep New Zealanders smoking and paying exorbitant excise taxes, says...
Uyghurs living abroad in NZ tell of campaign of intimidation from China
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Chinese authorities are systematically harassing Uyghurs and other Muslim ethnic groups even after they have left the country, according to new testimonies...
Adrian Orr short staffed? Tell him he’s dreaming
Source: Taxpayers Union
20 FEBRUARY 2019FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe Taxpayers’ Union is calling on MPs to reject Adrian Orr’s crocodile tears and claims he needs a...
Period poverty leads to rangatahi missing school
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
20 February 2020
Child Poverty Action Group welcomes Youth19 survey research results, and says the Government needs to do more...
Enough is enough – taxpayers aren’t stumping up, build the houses already
Source: Taxpayers Union
Enough is enough – taxpayers aren’t stumping up, build the houses already19 FEBRUARY 2019FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe Taxpayers’ Union says Fletcher Building needs to get on...
AFGHANISTAN: An additional 1.5 million children need help to survive in 2020, warns Save...
Source: Save The Children
A quarter of Afghanistan’s population – 9.4m people – will require humanitarian assistance this year. More than half of those in...
