Pages tagged “Press Release”

  1. Are the National Party serious about good fiscal management or not?

    Posted in NEWS by May 1, 2023

    The Taxpayers’ Union is slamming the National Party’s commitment to continuing government contributions to the NZ Super Fund, despite growing public debt and economic headwinds. Taxpayers' Union Executive Director Jordan Williams says: “Let’s be very clear what this policy involves: the National Party are saying...

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  2. Taxpayers’ Union welcomes ‘no new taxes’ budget pledge but devil will be in the detail

    Posted in NEWS by April 27, 2023

    Taxpayers’ Union welcomes ‘no new taxes’ budget pledge but devil will be in the detail Commenting on the Prime Minister’s pre-budget speech, Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Callum Purves, said: “While the cyclone recovery will be costly, hiking taxes on hardworking New Zealanders during a cost of...

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  4. A lesson from Northern Ireland: Where co-government often means no government at all

    Posted in NEWS by April 24, 2023

    This month marks the 25th anniversary of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement that brought peace to Northern Ireland. It ended a decades-long conflict between Irish Republicans and British Unionists. As a relative newcomer to New Zealand and someone who spent time working in Northern Irish politics,...

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  5. Misleading statements used to justify another $16 million in corporate welfare for big business

    Posted in NEWS by April 21, 2023

    Misleading statements used to justify another $16 million in corporate welfare for big business The Taxpayers’ Union is calling out Minister of Energy and Resources, Megan Woods, for her claim that the Government Investment in Industry Decarbonisation Fund (GIDI) will reduce New Zealand’s emissions. Announcing the...

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  6. Waka Kotahi’s fee changes a blatant tax grab and additional barrier to upskilling

    Posted in NEWS by April 20, 2023

    Waka Kotahi’s fee changes a blatant tax grab and additional barrier to upskilling Changes to motor vehicle licensing and registration fees will whack productive New Zealanders with higher costs while Waka Kotahi (New Zealand Transport Agency) continues to grow its backroom bureaucracy warns the New Zealand...

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  7. Give us a break: Inflation figures demonstrate need for tax relief and public spending restraint

    Posted in NEWS by April 20, 2023

    Commenting on today’s inflation figures announcement, Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Callum Purves, said:“The overall rate of inflation remains stubbornly high despite an aggressive tightening of monetary policy by the Reserve Bank. The fact that non-tradable inflation is at its highest level since the series...

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  8. Misleading comments by Biosecurity New Zealand on Otago wallaby cull called out

    Posted in NEWS by April 19, 2023

    The Taxpayers’ Union is calling out Biosecurity NZ for what appear to be misleading statements suggesting that the Otago wallaby cull cost ($2.76 million for 18 animals or $153,000 per wallaby destroyed) is justified on the basis that the number “in no way represented the number...

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  9. Taxpayers should be hopping mad at $153,000 kill cost per wallaby in Otago

    Posted in NEWS by April 17, 2023

    The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union can reveal that taxpayers and Otago Regional Council ratepayers have forked out $2.76 million and more than 26,000 hours of work for a wallaby control programme that killed just 18 wallabies.The Otago component of the National Wallaby Eradication Programme administered by...

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  10. Local Government Minister yet to meet with Three Waters Critics

    Posted in NEWS by April 11, 2023

    The Taxpayer’s Union is still waiting for Local Government Minister, Kieran McAnulty, to respond to the invitation to meet and discuss improvements to the Government’s controversial Three Waters programme. The Minister agreed to meet with concerned mayors last month but has not responded to the Union’s...

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