Posted in NEWS by Tory Relf | September 3, 2026
The Taxpayers’ Union will tomorrow launch billboards on Whitmore Street, in view of the Beehive, and Bunny Street as pressure grows on Public Service Commissioner Sir Brian Roche over his refusal to front up on Nic Blakeley’s rejected resignation.The billboards will put the accountability...
Read more about Billboards to turn up heat on Roche as Blakeley campaign goes publicPosted in NEWS by NZTU Media | July 29, 2026
Responding to MBIE uncovering a further $6 million in costs associated with its failed Biometric Capability Upgrade, Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director Jordan Williams said:“Finding another $6 million down the back of the couch is not a rounding error. It exposes a shocking lack of...
Read more about Heads must roll after MBIE finds another $6 millionPosted in NEWS by NZTU Media | July 22, 2026
The Taxpayers’ Union will join striking MBIE workers by picketing outside the Ministry’s head office today, highlighting how its botched $35 million immigration project cost the equivalent of a $6,000 pay rise for every MBIE employee.Porky the Waste Hater, the Taxpayers’ Union’s mascot,...
Read more about Porky joins MBIE picket over $35 million wastePosted in NEWS by NZTU Media | June 16, 2026
The New Zealand Taxpayers' Union says revelations that public servants knowingly misled a Minister, deliberately avoided Cabinet scrutiny, and wasted millions of taxpayer dollars on a failed immigration project expose a culture of arrogance and impunity within the public service.Reports indicate officials withheld information...
Read more about Heads must roll after officials caught plotting to bypass Ministerial oversightPosted in NEWS by NZTU Media | June 16, 2025
The Taxpayers’ Union can reveal through an Official Information Act response that the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has lost or had stolen 280 taxpayer-funded iPhones and iPads over the last three financial years.With 258 missing iPhones and 22 iPads, that is almost two...
Read more about REVEALED: MBIE’s $137k iPhone FiascoPosted in SUBMISSIONS by Tory Relf | December 13, 2024
This proposal creates an Approved Information Sharing Arrangement between Inland Revenue Department and Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment to expand the sharing of sensitive taxpayer and business data. It would cover multiple categories of information, including financial data, company records, and contact details....
Read more about Information Sharing Between IRD & MBIEPosted in NEWS by New Union | June 17, 2015
Porky, the Taxpayers’ Union government waste mascot, this morning visited the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment to award a Government Waste Certificate of Achievement to David Smol, the Ministry's Chief Executive, for the Ministry’s extraordinary lavish office fit out. After some waiting, Mr Smol failed to...
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