Posted in NEWS by NZTU Media | June 23, 2025
A new nationwide poll commissioned by the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union shows New Zealanders do not believe the Cook Islands should continue to enjoy automatic access to New Zealand citizenship, healthcare, and education if its government pursues a foreign policy contrary to New Zealand’s...
Read more about Cook Islands Shouldn’t Get Automatic NZ Privileges if Foreign Policy Splits, say KiwisPosted in NEWS by NZTU Media | December 7, 2023
The Taxpayers' Union is dismayed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MFAT) outrageous expenditure on its delegation to the COP 27 climate conference. New information revealed under the Official Information Act shows that the total travel and accommodation cost to the taxpayer was an eye-watering $201,496.59....
Read more about Emission Impossible: MFAT's Pricy Climate Trip Defies Eco-LogicPosted in NEWS by New Zealand Taxpayers' Union | June 11, 2017
Further to our earlier exposés of aid money being wasted on countries spending it on space programmes and the millions going to subsidiaries of the Clinton Foundation, we can now reveal that under the current Government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade has given $215,000 to North...
Read more about Revealed: MFAT giving taxpayer money to North KoreaPosted in NEWS by New Zealand Taxpayers' Union | January 16, 2017
With news that the Clinton Foundation is laying off 22 staffers due to the discontinuation of the Clinton Global Initiative, we have revealed that the Australian Government is cutting all financial ties with the Clinton Global Health Initiative. In 2014 Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop announced that...
Read more about Australian Government pulls plug on Clinton Foundation fundingPosted in NEWS by New Zealand Taxpayers' Union | January 11, 2017
The Taxpayers’ Union can reveal that the Government has budgeted to give another $5.5 million dollars of taxpayers’ money to the controversial Clinton Foundation, despite Mrs Clinton’s failed US Presidential bid and controversy over improper ties between the Clinton Foundation, the State Department and donations...
Read more about Government set to give Clinton Foundation another $5.5 millionPosted in NEWS by New Zealand Taxpayers' Union | December 15, 2014
New Zealand taxpayers have forked out $9 million to pay for a four-day UN conference in Samoa that included hiring the luxury P&O Pacific Jewel cruise liner. New Zealand covered the accommodation and operating costs, of September’s Small Island Developing States. We not aware of New...
Read more about Cruisin' on the taxpayerPosted in NEWS by New Zealand Taxpayers' Union | February 5, 2014
Last month 3 News reported that Australian Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop, was investigating ways to recoup costs to the taxpayer of providing assistance to Australian members of the Arctic 30: “Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Australian taxpayers were entitled to ask why they should be covering...
Read more about Consular cost supporting political 'Arctic 30' political activists