The Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming the Prime Minister’s announcement that National will campaign on lifting the Super age, saying it is a sensible step toward getting the books back in order.Taxpayers’ Union spokesperson Tory Relf said:“The Prime Minister has clearly recognised that, with government debt approaching $300 billion by the...
Responding to reports that Waitaki District Council considered but rejected consulting ratepayers on a 9 percent rates increase option, instead only presenting options of 19-45 percent, Taxpayers’ Union spokesperson Tory Relf said:“Waitaki ratepayers have already been smashed with a 34.8 percent rates hike over the last three years, now they...
Responding to revelations today that the ex-CEO of Auckland’s City Rail Link thinks the expected $5.5 billion final cost could have been halved, Taxpayers’ Union spokesperson, Tory Relf, said “if even remotely accurate, such a waste of ratepayers’ and taxpayers’ money warrants a full inquiry into how public funds were...
Reacting to report in The Post revealing KiwiRail’s ferry project’s $14.4 million consultant spend, including $1 million on recruitment services alone, Taxpayers’ Union spokesperson Tyler Groenewald said:“$14.4 million on consultants and not a single ferry to show for it is the definition of a project that’s run aground before a single hull...
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming the Government’s decision to disestablish the Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) as the first step toward reducing unnecessary bureaucracy.Taxpayers’ Union Investigations Coordinator, Rhys Hurley, said:“This is exactly the sort of quango reduction taxpayers voted for. One less bureaucracy, one less board, and one less...
Ratepayers’ Report 2026: Council League Tables Launched by Taxpayers’ Union Council Payroll Blowout: Big Five Spend $1.3 Billion on Staff Auckland Council Bay of Plenty Canterbury Gisborne Hawke’s Bay Manawatū-Whanganui Northland Otago Southland Taranaki Top of the South Waikato Wellington West Coast Ratepayers’ Report FAQs are available...
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The Taxpayers’ Union is encouraging political and government insiders to ‘dob in’ examples of government waste and extravagance. Experience of taxpayer groups overseas suggests that many of the best tips come from within government, particularly bureaucrats frustrated with waste and inefficiency.
Cap rates. Cut waste. Respect ratepayers. Rates are out of control. The average rates bill has increased more than 43 percent since 2022 The UK and Australia have ALREADY INTRODUCED capped rates. It’s time for New Zealand to do the same
The Government have proposed to take billions of dollars' worth of drinking water, waste water, and storm water assets off the hands of local councils and put them under the control of four new unelected, co-governed entities. These reforms must be scrapped.
In 2025, we are releasing a series of briefing papers outlining what the Government needs to do so they can "Go for Growth". We'll be sharing a series of tax policy ideas and savings that will boost our economy. Economic growth isn't the silver bullet to all New Zealand's problems, but it comes close! Only with growth can we afford world class public services, to...
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