The Ministry of Health is proposing to cut some of its most skilled and experienced staff in a change proposal released today, less than three weeks before Christmas.

By PSA
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The Taxpayers' Union is slamming yesterday's quiet announcement on the IRD's Policy website that the Government intends to treat company loans to shareholders as income, resulting in a double taxation and the most dramatic tax grab on SMEs since the Muldoon era.

By New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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The Taxpayers' Union is seeking a meeting with the Inland Revenue Department for them to explain their system error left thousands of New Zealanders with incorrect tax bills.

By New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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"More than 11,000 residents, would-be residents, former residents, and village operators have participated in this review, and have been waiting many months for its completion, so it's good to finally see the next step in the process," says ACT Housing spokesman Cameron Luxton.

By ACT New Zealand
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Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage has released its Long-term Insights Briefing (LTIB) 2025, Culture in the Digital Age, exploring how digital technologies will change the ways New Zealanders create, share and protect their stories in 2040 and beyond.

By Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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The Taxpayers' Union is calling for greater transparency and a hard cap on exit payouts in the public sector after taxpayers have funded an eye-watering $837,000 bill for golden handshakes this week alone.

By New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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Te Ara Ahunga Ora Retirement Commission welcomes the Government's decision to progress long‑awaited reforms to the Retirement Villages Act 2003, following five years of sector review, public consultation, and advocacy for improved protections for residents.

By Retirement Commission
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Long awaited reforms to the retirement village sector will better protect residents and their families who have sometimes waited too long to be paid out for vacated and unsold village units, says the Retirement Villages’ Residents’ Council.

By Retirement Villages' Residents' Council
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The Taxpayers' Union is calling for a law change to prevent the payout of golden handshakes to public servants paid more than MPs, after yet another health boss has walked away with a $350,000 payout despite leaving voluntarily.

By New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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Twenty-five new infrastructure proposals have been endorsed in the second round of the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission's Infrastructure Priorities Programme (IPP), bringing the total to 42 independently assessed priorities.

By New Zealand Infrastructure Commission
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The New Zealand Taxpayers' Union can reveal through an Official Information Act request that risk aversion is undermining the principle of free and frank advice within the public service.

By New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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The PSA welcomes the Public Service Commission undertaking an external review of its controversial Facebook advertising campaign during October's health strikes.

By PSA
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Last month, we received a request from Camilla Belich MP to inquire into the decision by Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission (the Commission) to purchase social media advertisements about the industrial action taken by public sector unions on 23 October 2025.

By Office of the Auditor-General
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Recently announced changes around procurement have come into effect today, with an added measure to ensure the revised rules remain effective.

By BusinessNZ
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The introduction of the Privacy Act 2020 was a big step forward in protecting New Zealander's privacy, but five years on (1 December), it needs further changes to respond to today's needs," Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster says.

By Office of the Privacy Commissioner
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The New Zealand Taxpayers' Union is slamming the revelation that Waka Kotahi NZTA has so far spent $24.2 million on consultants, including a $535‑an‑hour consultant as part of the ever‑delayed National Ticketing System.

By New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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In 2024, we wrote to the Ministry of Health about its contract with I Am Hope to deliver youth mental health services under its Gumboot Friday initiative.

By Office of the Auditor-General
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The Taxpayers' Union has today released a new paper, How to Cap Rates Now, providing a benchmark for the Minister of Local Government to use in formulating the rates cap policy promised by Christmas.

By New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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"I have made the decision to locate the National Erebus Memorial at Cracroft Reserve in Ōtautahi Christchurch," announced Leauanae Laulu Mac Leauanae, Secretary for Culture and Heritage.

By Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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Unions representing workers from essential health, education and public services have written to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to urge him to resolve impasses with their respective collective bargaining.

By New Zealand Nurses Organisation
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In response to the latest story about Maruameno Kapa‑Kingi's expenses, the Taxpayers' Union is repeating its call for proper transparency over MPs' expenses by asking Parliament to Open the Books.

By New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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Responding to the Newsroom piece published today revealing that Nicola Willis has, again, requested public service bosses to examine their spending to see where savings can be made, the Taxpayers' Union says Ministers need to do their job and 'take back control' for the sake of taxpayers.

By New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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