Revealed: Taxpayers foot bill for Landcorp’s animal welfare fines
Source: Taxpayers Union
28 OCTOBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is today calling on Landcorp to stop reimbursing farmers fined for animal welfare offences.The Taxpayers’ Union requested...
Why is Creative NZ sponsoring left-wing opinion pieces?
Source: Taxpayers Union
18 NOVEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe Taxpayers’ Union is asking why Creative NZ is funding articles on a left-wing opinion website to pressure the Government remove...
Tax Outturn Data – October 2020
Source: New Zealand Treasury:
Tables of monthly tax revenue and receipts from collecting departments
Tax data are sometimes difficult to interpret as economic indicators, but tax...
NZTA slammed for censorship of signage at Te Hemo Gorge
Source: Taxpayers Union
30 JANUARY 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is slamming the New Zealand Transport Authority for public comments that it plans to...
An open letter to Jacinda Ardern on a People’s Vaccine
Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
ASMS, along with 41 other organisations, has backed an open letter to prime minister Jacinda Ardern, minister of foreign...
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...
Union welcomes National’s interest in isolation payment proposal
Source: Taxpayers Union
4 MARCH 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENational’s proposal to pay full wages for people self-isolating is a welcome one, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union.Union spokesman Louis...
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...
Investigation: Is it possible to commute from Hamilton to Auckland on the new train...
Source: Taxpayers Union
Is it possible to commute from Hamilton to Auckland using the new Te Huia train service?24 MARCH 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe Te Huia train service...
University of Waikato study means better economic and disaster modelling
Source: University of Waikato
A University of Waikato study has found a way to help economists better detect economic activity in cities and regions around...
Questions and answers on property investment proposals
Source: New Zealand Inland Revenue Department – Press Release/Statement:
Headline: Questions and answers on property investment proposals
Inland Revenue has compiled a set of questions and...
Council in solid position to manage COVID-19 impact on finances
Source: Auckland Council
Contingency planning in the council’s budgets mean that, while it foresees an impact on its finances as a result of the recent...
