Save the Family Farm: How a Labour coalition would end Family Farming
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NEW REPORT: Labour Coalition would put family farms in the firing line
Posted in PAPERS & BRIEFINGS by Tory Relf | June 10, 2026
The Taxpayers’ Union has launched its Save the Family Farm campaign at National Fieldays, calling on Labour and its likely coalition partners to rule out new taxes on family farms and protect the future of rural New Zealand.The campaign is backed by a new report, Save the...
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NEW REPORT: Wellbeing Budget 2026 - The $13.5 Billion Lost Surplus
Posted in PAPERS & BRIEFINGS by NZTU Media | May 27, 2026
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union can reveal new analysis showing that if Government spending had simply remained at the level set by Jacinda Ardern’s 2019 Wellbeing Budget — adjusted for inflation, GDP and population growth — the Crown accounts would currently be running an...
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How the Greens' Trust Tax Would Hit Your Home and Your KiwiSaver
Posted in PAPERS & BRIEFINGS by Tory Relf | May 4, 2026
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union has today released a new briefing paper, How the Greens’ Trust Tax Would Hit Your Home and Your KiwiSaver, revealing the policy would hit ordinary Kiwi families, not just the wealthy. Taxpayers’ Union Policy Analyst, Austin Ellingham-Banks, said: “The...
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Council Payroll Blowout: Big Five Spend $1.3 Billion on Staff
Posted in NEWS by NZTU Media | May 4, 2026
The 2026 Ratepayers’ Report – the local council league tables – shows that among New Zealand’s biggest urban councils, staffing costs have become a major burden on households. While Auckland runs the country’s largest council machine in absolute terms, three other councils stand out for punishingly...
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The Wealth Tax Fantasy
Posted in PAPERS & BRIEFINGS by NZTU Media | April 22, 2026
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union has today released a new briefing paper, The Wealth Tax Fantasy, exposing the economic risks and unrealistic assumptions behind the Green Party’s proposed wealth tax. The paper finds the policy would hit farmers, retirees, and small business owners while...
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NEW PAPER: Fiscal Reality Check: The Reckoning in Numbers
Posted in PAPERS & BRIEFINGS by NZTU Media | March 30, 2026
The Taxpayers’ Union has today released Fiscal Reality Check: The Reckoning in Numbers, exposing the scale of New Zealand’s deteriorating finances and the mounting pressure on Kiwi households.The report highlights soaring debt, no surplus this decade, rising interest costs, and weakening economic growth, now compounded...
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New report reveals fiscal reckoning as debt, deficits, and fuel-driven cost pressures collide
Posted in NEWS by NZTU Media | March 30, 2026
The Taxpayers’ Union has today released Fiscal Reality Check: The Reckoning in Numbers, exposing the scale of New Zealand’s deteriorating finances and the mounting pressure on Kiwi households.The report highlights soaring debt, no surplus this decade, rising interest costs, and weakening economic growth, now compounded...
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NEW REPORT: Green with Envy: Wealth, Death, and Trust Taxes Examined
Posted in PAPERS & BRIEFINGS by Tory Relf | March 23, 2026
The New Zealand Taxpayers' Union has today released a new report, Green with Envy: Wealth, Death, and Trust Taxes Examined, exposing the real-world impact of the Green Party's proposed $17 billion tax grab. The report finds the policies would hit far more than the...
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NEW REPORT: The Myth of Rising Income Inequality
Posted in PAPERS & BRIEFINGS by NZTU Media | March 6, 2026
A new Taxpayers’ Union briefing paper released today finds claims that income inequality in New Zealand is worsening simply do not match the evidence.Based on work by Treasury officials on income distribution from 2007 to 2023, The Myth of Rising Income Inequalityfinds inequality peaked around...
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