Tauranga Commissioners’ proposal for 22% rate hike stirs action
Source: Taxpayers Union
10 MARCH 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe Taxpayers’ Union is committing to creating a Tauranga Ratepayers’ Alliance following the alarming news from the unelected Council...
PR: Maori mythology, and Governor temper tantrums, have no place at the Reserve Bank of...
Source: Taxpayers Union
Maori mythology, and Governor temper tantrums, have no place at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand17 FEBRUARY 2019FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe extraordinary events reported by...
Hutt South electorate office deal a rort on taxpayers
Source: Taxpayers Union
Hutt South electorate office deal a rort on taxpayers 4 SEPTEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe Taxpayers’ Union is calling on the cozy deal between list...
EMBARGOED: Taxpayers’ Union unveils five policies to encourage growth and conquer debt
Source: Taxpayers Union
Taxpayers’ Union unveils five policies to encourage growth and conquer debtEMBARGOED FOR 5AM, 18 SEPTEMBER 2020The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union has released a new...
Op-ed: Asset tax will hit far more than six percent of New Zealanders
Source: Taxpayers Union
The following is an op-ed by Islay Aitchison, Research Officer at the Taxpayers’ Union and spokesperson for the Campaign for Affordable Home...
Ministers need to explain surprise new priorities
Source: Taxpayers Union
30 NOVEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is calling on all Labour Government ministers to release a list of their top policy...
Land value based rates charges get thumbs up from Taxpayers’ Union
Source: Taxpayers Union
Land value based rates charges gets thumbs up from Taxpayers’ Union14 JANUARY 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe Taxpayers’ Union welcomes the call by Wellington...
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’...
Rod Stewart and Tourism NZ just shafted taxpayers
Source: Taxpayers Union
18 MARCH 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe Taxpayers’ Union has been left dumbfounded by Tourism NZ’s decision to spend $918,000 on a video of Rod Stewart...
Overdue tax bracket indexation still on the cards
Source: Taxpayers Union
5 AUGUST 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming confirmation from the National Party that income tax bracket indexation remains party policy. However, suggestions...
Under Labour everyone who earns up to $300,000 a year will pay more tax...
Source: Taxpayers Union
Labour have just announced a new tax rate of 39% on incomes over $180,000. This is in contrast to Australia that has...
Creative NZ fights COVID-19 with “Indigenised Hypno-Soundscapes”
Source: Taxpayers Union
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is questioning the value of the Arts Continuity Grant, a COVID-19 response fund which has so far...
