Posted in NEWS by NZTU Media | November 4, 2025
The Taxpayers’ Union is slamming news of another taxpayer-funded payout, this time to Reserve Bank Deputy Governor Christian Hawkesby, calling it the second golden handshake revealed in as many months.Taxpayers’ Union spokesperson Tory Relf said:“This is déjà vu for taxpayers. Just weeks after Adrian...
Read more about Second golden handshake in two months: Minister Collins must actPosted in UNLISTED ARCHIVE by NZTU Media | January 26, 2024
As Christchurch residents look down the barrel of a 15.8% rates hike, the Council is considering putting in a bid to host the Commonwealth Games in 2030. The 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham cost $1.5 billion, in Australia the state of Victoria pulled out...
Read more about PETITION: CHRISTCHURCH MUST NOT WASTE MONEY ON HOSTING COMMONWEALTH GAMESPosted in UNLISTED ARCHIVE by NZTU Media | January 17, 2024
Too often Government agencies mislead the public and disrespect taxpayers by claiming that many public services are ‘free’, when they are in fact taxpayer-funded. We say that the fib by officials is both misleading, and corrosive to public trust in our institutions. Sign the...
Read more about PETITION: STOP GOVERNMENT AGENCIES FROM MISLABELLING TAXPAYER-FUNDED SERVICES AS ‘FREE’Posted in NEWS by NZTU Media | August 7, 2023
With the Government books now in crisis, the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is calling on Grant Robertson to slash wasteful spending and reduce the number of back-office bureaucrats before it is too late.“Revelations that the Minister of Finance has been calling public service officials into his...
Read more about Petition launched calling on Grant Robertson to slash government wastePosted in NEWS by NZTU Media | February 1, 2023
Let our Schools Decide: Taxpayers’ Union launches petition The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union has launched a petition calling for schools to have the authority to make their own decisions about emergency closures based on local circumstances rather than be beholden to bureaucrats in Wellington. Taxpayers’ Union...
Read more about Let our Schools Decide: Taxpayers’ Union launches petitionPosted in UNLISTED ARCHIVE by New Zealand Taxpayers' Union | February 12, 2020
Napier City Council is reportedly negotiating a nearly $1 million payout for departing CEO Wayne Jack. Departing CEOs do not need or deserve massive payouts – especially when they've lost the confidence of councillors. If Napier City Council is unhappy with Wayne Jack's performance...
Read more about Petition: Say no to the golden handshake for Napier City Council’s CEOPosted in NEWS by Jordan Williams | July 10, 2017
The Dunedin Mayor’s pitch to local councils in his campaign to be elected the new president of Local Government New Zealand is nuts. Despite the vast majority of ratepayers considering the move silly, Dave Cull wants to use ratepayers’ money to lobby the government to force cat...
Read more about Don't claw the catsPosted 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 Jordan Williams | February 16, 2015
You spoke and they listened! Steven Joyce has announced that no taxpayer money is going to be used to support SkyCity’s convention centre. Instead, SkyCity are going back to the drawing board to come up with a cheaper design. Fantastic. In just a few days...
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