The Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming the Prime Minister’s intervention to rule out the Inland Revenue Department’s proposal to apply Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) to all utes worth $80,000 or more and other work vehicles — a plan directed by Climate Change and Revenue Minister Simon Watts.

By New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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The Taxpayers’ Union is slamming IRD and Statistics NZ after the Government announced it’s scrapping the Census and replacing it with a mass data-harvest from across government departments without public consent.

By New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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The Taxpayers’ Union is calling for the complete scrapping of the “Motu Move” National Ticketing Solution following confirmation that the project is ‘not on track’ and under external review.

By New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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Research released today by the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) raises serious concerns for how human rights are being upheld in Aotearoa New Zealand.

By Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
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The Taxpayers’ Union can reveal through an Official Information Act response that the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has lost or had stolen 280 taxpayer-funded iPhones and iPads over the last three financial years.

By New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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The latest Public Service Commission workforce data shows an uptick in public service employees since December 2024.

By New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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The Taxpayers’ Union is slamming the Department of Internal Affairs for wasting nearly $23 million of taxpayer money on a failed IT upgrade for the Births, Deaths and Marriages registry — a project that’s now been abandoned with nothing to show for it.

By New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union has today updated its online Debt Clock to reflect Total Crown Borrowings, replacing the previously used measure of Net Core Crown Debt.

By New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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Guidance to help organisations protect and respect children and young people’s privacy has just been released.

By Privacy Commissioner
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By New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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Following the Budget 2025 news of changes to KiwiSaver, Retirement Commission has released a series of papers providing a full analysis of what the impacts will be for contributing members.

By Retirement Commission
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While The Salvation Army recognises there are positive steps in the 2025 Budget announcement, there is a lack of ambition to effectively meet Child Poverty reduction targets.

By Salvation Army
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E tū, Aotearoa’s largest private sector union, is condemning Budget 2025 as a direct attack on working people, particularly women in frontline care and community services.

By E tu
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Budget 2025 reveals the Government’s shame in taking more than $12 billion from New Zealand women.

By PSA
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The Retirement Commissioner welcomes news the Government is making changes to KiwiSaver which early estimates suggest will leave more New Zealanders with more money saved for their retirement.

By Retirement Commissioner
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“Budget 2025 reduces investment in our youngest New Zealanders and fails to address the urgent needs of children and families in Aotearoa New Zealand”, says Chief Executive of the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS), Alicia Sudden.

By NZCCSS
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The Taxpayers’ Union is slamming the Government’s lack of ambition when it comes to promoting growth, highlighted by the failure to implement full expensing of capital expenditure.

By New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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Commenting on Budget 2025’s failure to restrain New Zealand’s runaway Government debt, Taxpayers’ Union Spokesman James Ross said: “Debt is increasing every single year over the forecast period in Budget 2025, reaching $108,700 per household by 2029.

By New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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The Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming the decision to limit access for 18 and 19 year olds who are not working or in education to Jobseeker Support and Emergency Benefit, but is questioning why this change isn’t being implemented until July 2027.

By New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is slamming Budget 2025 as a waste of time and hype, with its team of analysts in this year’s Budget left asking ‘is that it?’ "Nicola Willis has failed,” says Taxpayers’ Union Spokesman Jordan Williams.

By New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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The New Zealand Taxpayers' Union can reveal, through an Official Information Act response 12 contractors have been continuously engaged by IRD for more than five years, costing taxpayers a total of $20.8 million over just the past five years.

By New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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ACC has now removed race-based targets from a tender to deliver injury prevention programmes.

By ACT New Zealand
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