Posted in NEWS by NZTU Media | November 15, 2023
The Taxpayers’ Union is calling on the Electoral Commission to prosecute and fine the individual or organisation responsible for playing Te Pāti Māori’s campaign song at a polling booth on Election Day under s 197 of the Electoral Act 1993.Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Connor Molloy,...
Read more about Taxpayers’ Union calls for prosecution of person who played campaign song at polling boothPosted in NEWS by NZTU Media | October 4, 2023
Responding to news that the OCR has remained at 5.5%, Taxpayers’ Union Policy Adviser, James Ross, said: “Kiwis struggling under the cost-of-living crisis will be hurting today after hearing that the Official Cash Rate (OCR) is still frozen at 5.5%. Worse still, with inflation...
Read more about Kiwis Still Paying the Price for Years of Government MismanagementPosted in NEWS by NZTU Media | October 3, 2023
A new Taxpayers Union – Curia poll in the Tāmaki electorate shows ACT’s Brooke van Velden mounting a strong challenge to incumbent National MP, Simon O’Connor. The two major candidates for the seat are locked in a statistical tie with 35% of respondents indicating they will...
Read more about NEW POLL: Statistical tie between National and ACT in race for TāmakiPosted in NEWS by NZTU Media | October 2, 2023
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is calling on New Zealand First to release costings for each of their policies citing fears that they could cost more than Labour’s election spending spree. When questioned by Jack Tame on TVNZ’s Q + A yesterday about the...
Read more about New Zealanders still waiting on NZ First to demonstrate economic credibilityPosted in NEWS by NZTU Media | October 2, 2023
Grant Robertson’s claim that there is a ‘hole’ in the funding as of a result of scraping Three Waters is nonsense on stilts. Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, says: “Grant Robertson is trying to frame opponents of Three Waters - including the...
Read more about Grant Robertson’s apparent hole doesn’t exist - at least as it relates to Three Waters AlternativePosted in NEWS by NZTU Media | September 27, 2023
Responding to the Labour Party’s Fiscal Plan, Taxpayers’ Union Head of Campaigns, Callum Purves, said:“Labour’s current economic plan of overtaxing hard-working New Zealanders just to waste money on middle-managers, consultants and vanity projects clearly isn’t working. With the highest level of Government spending...
Read more about Labour’s Fiscal Plan Doubles Down on More Spending, High Taxes and Runaway DebtPosted in NEWS by NZTU Media | September 22, 2023
Responding to news that the Ministry for the Environment intends to cut back hundreds of jobs, Taxpayers’ Union Policy Adviser, James Ross, said: “Since 2017, Government spending has increased by nearly 70%. Expenditure at the Ministry for the Environment alone was forecast to be...
Read more about It Shouldn’t Take an Election to Get Government to Cut WastePosted in NEWS by NZTU Media | September 22, 2023
A new Taxpayers' Union – Curia poll found that New Zealanders preferred Christopher Luxon and Nicola Willis (46% of respondents) to Chris Hipkins and Grant Robertson (37%) as the most trusted team to deal with the cost of living crisis. 17% of respondents were unsure.This...
Read more about NEW POLL: Kiwis prefer Luxon/Willis over Hipkins/Robertson to tackle cost of living crisisPosted in NEWS by NZTU Media | September 22, 2023
Commenting on the updates to ACT’s alternative budget, Taxpayers’ Union Policy Adviser, James Ross, said: “The only true tax cut is a spending cut, and we welcome ACT’s commitment to tackling the damage caused by 6 years of Labour’s dangerous overspending. Public Spending has...
Read more about Taxpayers' Union Welcomes ACT's Revised Alternative Budget, Calls for Commitment to Further Lower and Flatten Taxes When Finances AllowPosted in NEWS by Dan Merry | September 21, 2023
Responding to National’s four step plan to boost international enrolments across Tertiary Education Institutions, Taxpayers' Union Deputy Campaigns Manager, Connor Molloy said:“At a time when universities all over the country are reporting crushing deficits and announcing hundreds of redundancies, it is paramount that...
Read more about Taxpayers’ Union Welcomes National’s Plan to Revive the International Education Sector