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...
Auditor-General’s scrutiny of COVID-19 spending welcomed
Source: Taxpayers Union
11 FEBRUARY 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union has welcomed the Auditor-General’s challenge for greater transparency in the Government’s COVID-19 response...
More questions for Ricardo Menéndez March
Source: Taxpayers Union
10 FEBRUARY 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASELast night journalists verified a tip-off received by the Taxpayers’ Union that Green Party MP Ricardo Menéndez March...
Is a New Zealand MP stuck in MIQ?
Source: Taxpayers Union
9 FEBRUARY 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe Taxpayers’ Union understands that a New Zealand Member of Parliament is currently in managed isolation having travelled overseas over...
Oranga Tamariki Chairman Matthew Tukaki’s attacks on Simon Bridges and others warrant resignation
Source: Taxpayers Union
Oranga Tamariki Chairman Matthew Tukaki’s attacks on Simon Bridges and others warrant resignationFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe social media attacks on Simon Bridges by...
Taxpayers’ Union calls on all unions to pay back wage subsidy
Source: Taxpayers Union
5 FEBRUARY 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is repaying the COVID-19 Wage Subsidy and is calling on other unions and...
Diplomacy 101: A helpful and not at all patronising guide for our Australian friends
Source: Taxpayers Union
A masterclass by Hon Damien O’Connor, Minister of TradeThe enhanced free trade agreement with China has passed and I was ready to...
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...
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...
We can’t afford to wait two months for vaccine rollout
Source: Taxpayers Union
3 FEBRUARY 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEResponding to the Government approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says: “With...
Heads must roll at Dunedin City Council over lead in water
Source: Taxpayers Union
3 FEBRUARY 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe Taxpayers’ Union is calling for heads to roll at Dunedin City Council after residents were left unaware...
Tauranga Commissioners must commit to caretaker mode
Source: Taxpayers Union
3 FEBRUARY 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe Taxpayers’ Union is calling on the Tauranga City Council’s commissioners to follow constitutional convention and run the Council in...
