Responding to the New Zealand Herald’s front-page coverage of Finance Minister Nicola Willis’s pre-Budget speech, Taxpayers’ Union Communications Officer, Alex Emes, said: “Nicola Willis has taken a step in the right direction – but let’s not kid ourselves.

By New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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The Government has announced the total disenfranchisement of people incarcerated in New Zealand prisons.

By People Against Prisons Aotearoa
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Swift action to remove a regulatory roadblock in the way of medical innovation, global events and tourism has been applauded by BusinessNZ.

By Business NZ
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The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union can reveal through a Official Information Act request that the total cost through the Members of Parliament (Former Prime Ministers Travel Services) Determination 2017, that former Prime Ministers car entitlements of $296,009.87 in purchases and $14,061.99 in fuel and maintenance.

By New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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On the news Health NZ paid for outgoing Chief Executive Margie Apa to attend a governance course — after she’d already resigned.

By New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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New figures from the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) show the Government thinks it can sanction its way out of poverty, and in doing so, has completely misunderstood the issue.

By Child Poverty Action Group
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The Taxpayers’ Union is calling out spin over the Reserve Bank’s newly signed five-year funding agreement, warning that despite talk of “funding reductions”, the deal still locks in a major increase compared to the previous period.

By New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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The Taxpayers’ Union is responding to the Government latest supposed “Going for Growth” announcement, which will restrict Government departments and agencies to only using New Zealand wool.

By New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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Federated Farmers is welcoming the announcement that from 1 July all government agencies will be directed to use woollen products when building or refurbishing.

By Federated Farmers of New Zealand
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On the news of the Government’s decision to wind down the New Zealand Green Investment Finance Ltd (NZGIF), which has cost taxpayers $400 million.

By New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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Port Marlborough is pleased to acknowledge the Government’s announcement with the news that cabinet has confirmed the plan for two new rail ferries to enter service in 2029.

By Port Marlborough
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The Employers and Manufacturers Association (EMA) strongly supports the government’s direction of travel around the two new acts for reforming New Zealand’s resource management laws.

By Employers and Manufacturers Association
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BusinessNZ welcomes the Government’s commitment to reforming resource management laws, based on the principle of the enjoyment of property rights.

By Business NZ
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The Government’s announcement today of legislation to finally repeal and replace the Resource Management Act (RMA) is a long-overdue, much-needed win for New Zealand’s productivity.

By New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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The Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier has published his half-yearly data on Official Information Act (OIA) and Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act (LGOIMA) complaints.

By Office of the Ombudsman
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Changes to Foreign Investment Fund (FIF) rules will help keep investment and international talent in New Zealand, and attract even more.  BusinessNZ Chief Executive Katherine Rich says the existing rules have been a major barrier for foreign investors.

By Business NZ
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The roll back of the Living Wage for those indirectly employed by the Government is just another heartless decision at a time when the cost of living remains a challenge for so many.

By PSA
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The government continues to streamline infrastructure delivery in New Zealand, with the latest announcement on changes to the Public Works Act putting another piece in place ahead of this week’s investment summit.

By Employers and Manufacturers Association
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The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is today launching the first in a series of briefing papers aimed at tackling the country’s long-standing under-capitalisation and low productivity.

By New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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An email released under the Official Information Act has revealed that Ministry of Education officials were well aware of performance issues by multinational company Compass before it was awarded the revamped school lunch programme last September.

By Women's Rights Party
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Today’s release of two reports into the protection of personal information show agencies must be better at privacy, says Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster.

By Privacy Commissioner
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The Taxpayers’ Union says that the Stats NZ Chief Executive, Mark Sowden, should be sacked, not allowed to quietly leave at the end of his term following the findings of an inquiry into data breaches released by the Public Service Commission today.

By New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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