The New Zealand Taxpayers' Union can reveal that the $11.7 million payment to the Green School will result in 25 fewer jobs in the private sector. This calculation was made based on a new briefing paper, The jobs cost of taxpayer-funded projects, released by the Union today. Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, "Our...
This op-ed is written by Taxpayers' Union Co-Founder Jordan Williams and was published in the print edition of The Northland Age on 3 September 2020. Sir Winston Churchill said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to...
Did you see the news break yesterday that the Police are abolishing their 10km/h speed tolerance nationwide? That means that from today Police will be issuing fines for going as little as 101km/h on the open road – even when passing another vehicle! This Government has put up fuel taxes...
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union can reveal that the NZ Super Fund spent over $15,000 on “COVID-19 well-being parcels” from designer supermarket Farro Fresh for the Fund’s highly-paid staff over lockdown. Taxpayers’ Union spokesperson Louis Houlbrooke says: “At a time when global markets were plummeting, and the fund’s investment portfolio...
Labour uses Ashley Bloomfield for the election campaign On Saturday the Labour Party posted a new ad on its Facebook page. The ad was filmed in the Ministry of Health's contact tracing centre and included a number of public servants, including Dr Ashley Bloomfield (see the still image above). This is...
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union, its sister group, the Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance, and Rodney-based ratepayer group Northern Action Group, are today launching a joint campaign and proposal paper calling for the introduction of recall elections across local government, including District Health Boards. To support this campaign, click here to email the Labour and...