Hi, The politicians might still be sitting under their Pohutukawa trees eating ice creams, but like rust, government waste never takes a day off. It's only week two of 2025, but here's what we've found so far... MBIE's New Year's Resolution: The Ministry of Silly Walks Sitting up Straight...
REVEALED: Ministry of Regulation senior managers’ $260k golden payslips The New Zealand Taxpayers Union can reveal through an Official Information Act request (see below) that the new Ministry of Regulation paid their Establishment Unit senior managers up to $257,941 each. This follows earlier reporting that the average salary at the organisation was...
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union can reveal through an Official Information Act request (see below) that the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has sent $500,012 on consultants for posture training and workstation assessments in the last three years.Commenting on this, regular desk user (self-trained) and Taxpayers’ Union Policy and Public Affairs Manager,...
More than 100 local businesses and major property owners have called on the Gore District Council to put its new district plan on hold, saying it is inconsistent with a directive from Central Government to do away with nice-to-haves.“The district plan is well overdue for an update – but it would...
The New Zealand Taxpayers Union can reveal through an Official Information Act request that ACC has paid out $217,674 for 255 claims into police dog bites over the last four years.This information includes 595 bites with 68 to the arm and 59 to the lower leg.Commenting on this, Taxpayers’ Union Policy and Public...
The New Zealand Taxpayers' Union can reveal through an Official Information Act request (see below) that over the last six months, the Ministry of Māori Development has recorded 217 instances of staff accessing explicit material blocked by their web-filters.Commenting on this, Taxpayers’ Union Policy and Public Affairs Manager, James Ross, said:“Taxpayers don’t...