Pages tagged “Taxpayer update”

  2. Taxpayer Update: Rates cap win 🧢 | Labour’s tax promise already unravels 💸 | $236m WINZ black hole 🕳️

    Posted in NEWS by August 29, 2026

    Dear Supporter, A mixed bag this week. On Sunday National recommitted to no new taxes (yay!), ACT unveiled its plan to put Parliament back in charge (stop courts stepping over the line), Labour released its, errr, "fiscal strategy" (i.e. even bigger government) and we...

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  3. Taxpayer Update: NZ on Air’s $500k encore 🎸 | TWO Taxpayer Heroes this week 🦸‍♂️

    Posted in NEWS by August 24, 2026

    Happy Saturday, It's been another busy week. Let's get into it. Common sense prevails: TWO Taxpayer Heroes in one week! 🦸‍♂️💥 Firstly, in a move designed to make us fall out of our chairs, someone in the Wellington bubble made a good decision this week. Taxpayer...

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  4. Taxpayers' Update: 🎶 Singing on your dime | 🙃 $36k for "accountability" | 💸 Te Pāti Māori's broken promise

    Posted in NEWS by August 23, 2026

    Hi Supporter, This week, the team have uncovered millions being spent on public servants singing on the clock, found out Dunedin ratepayers have paid $36,000 to discover that “accountability” is a good thing (no ... Sherlock!), and Labour has misplaced yet another tax policy. Meanwhile,...

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  5. Taxpayer Update: $303k climate junket ✈️ | Labour’s ChatGPT subsidy 🤖 | Ferry gravy train ⛴️

    Posted in NEWS by August 16, 2026

    Dear Supporter, The week that was: National Party psychodrama, while Opportunity stalking horse continues 👀 What a week. While Wellington has been consumed by the National Party's attempt to blow the arms off its own leader – only for the whole thing to blow...

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  6. Taxpayer Update: Luxon embraces higher taxes 💔 | MBIE's $35m cover-up 😳 | Councils' $1.1b art stash 🎨

    Posted in NEWS by July 28, 2026

      Hi, The big political story in the last 24 hours has been Christopher Luxon ruling out TOP. But there's a more important story this morning that's been largely missed – Luxon appears to be no longer ruling out increasing your taxes! Our new...

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  7. Taxpayer Update: OT has more staff than kids 🤯 | $32m climate crusade at prisons 💸 | 1News hides the emails 📺

    Posted in NEWS by June 7, 2026

    Dear Supporter, While the media would have voters believe the Government's budget was all about 'cuts', this week we explore how the debt continues to climb. We also highlight the hypocrisy of Television New Zealand demanding "transparency from everyone but moi", and the Dame...

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  8. Taxpayer Update: Hipkins found guilty 👨‍⚖️ | Bond markets jitter 🥶 | Fuel rationing alert system announced ⛽️

    Posted in NEWS by March 30, 2026

    Hi, What a week. Not since March 2020 have we seen the carnage in the New Zealand Government bond market as we saw in the last five days. Not good. Emergency "Alert Levels" are back! It's now official, with the Beehive signalling what everyone...

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  9. Taxpayers’ Update: MPs squirm 🥶 | Hipkins' $12.8b Fantasy 🦄 | 103 ways to cut rates ✂️ | Defence force orders woke 🫡

    Posted in NEWS by March 2, 2026

    Hi, Sometimes politicians complain about the Taxpayers' Union. 90 percent of the time, it means we're right on target in holding them to account... And this week was no different. MPs squirm as Taxpayers' Union drop truth bombs to Budget Committee 💣 The Government...

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  10. Taxpayer Update: Shock Poll 😱 | Drag queen wigs for Samoa 🇼🇸 | Cow-sheds are now 'regional infrastructure' 🐄

    Posted in NEWS by February 9, 2026

    Happy Monday, A shock poll result, MBIE's secrecy on the costs of sending staff to do degrees off-shore, news that half the Provincial Growth Fund (yeah, that one...)'s loans are in default, and the Taxpayers' Union expose Creative New Zealand spending $25,000 of taxpayer...

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