Posted in NEWS by New Union | November 28, 2013
What's the difference between a 'cafe-style space' and a cafe? Not a lot, but according to the government-owned monopoly Transpower, a $1.2million 'cafe-style space' is value for money unlike asking staff to visit the dozen cafes within a few hundred metres of its Wellington office...
Read more about Waste Watch: Transpower spend $1.2million on a cafe and receptionPosted in NEWS by New Union | November 20, 2013
Following our waste-watch press release (our blog post is here), Seven Sharp picked up the story (click the picture for video on demand).
Read more about Seven Sharp on the NZTA's crazy 'Drive Social' campaignPosted in NEWS by New Union | November 5, 2013
The Taxpayers’ Union can reveal that the New Zealand Transport Authority's 'Drive Social' campaign cost taxpayers $1,492,395 on advertising, $985,019 on communications and advertising consultancy fees and $301,872 in other related costs. This website alone cost $186,142. The 'Drive Social' campaign was organised by NZTA to...
Read more about Nearly $3m for NZTA to treat drivers like childrenPosted in NEWS by New Union | October 31, 2013
The Taxpayers’ Union has welcomed Labour MP Jacinda Ardern’s announcement that if elected, Labour will scrap the Families Commission quango. Government funding for an organisation churning out reports such as ‘Eating Together at Mealtimes’, is better spent on the frontline. We support Labour’s stance. The Families...
Read more about Taxpayers’ Union welcomes Labour Party pledgePosted in NEWS by New Union | October 30, 2013
Since July 2011, the Marlborough District Council has paid $410,550 for website design maintenance and development costs. In comparison Dunedin City Council spent only $35,520 over the same time period. “The only council that spent more on web design than Marlborough was Auckland Council”...
Read more about Taxi chits probably cheaper than visiting Marlborough Council websitePosted in NEWS by New Union | October 30, 2013
1. Inappropriate Spending This may be the CEO spending up large at Hooters, personal use of taxpayer or ratepayer money, and other spending which is simply not appropriate for a taxpayer funded organisation. 2. Excessive Spending This is where the spending is on something...
Read more about What type of wasteful spending will we target?Posted in NEWS by New Union | October 29, 2013
Though we are new, we already know of examples where bureaucrats are not respecting the hard earned income of the New Zealanders who pay for their spending decisions through taxes. Over the coming weeks we will be exposing some of those examples. To stay up to...
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