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...
Today's the last day at the office for the year, and this email is to sign-off for the year and recap on what has (unfortunately, for taxpayers!) been a busy 10 days. 'Twas the week before Christmas: The economic bad news continues... 🚨🎄 Last week's quarterly GDP stats were worse...
Responding to today’s release of the third quarter GDP figures by Statistics New Zealand, Taxpayers’ Union Policy and Public Affairs Manager, James Ross said that “New Zealand’s back in recession after a second quarter of negative growth, but with the economy shrinking by 1% in just a single quarter the scale...