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Decision 2022: A Conversation With Auckland Mayoral Candidate Craig Lord
Josh Van Veen from the Ratepayers’ Alliance sat down with independent mayoral candidate Craig Lord who - after an impressive first effort in 2019 in …
4 years, 1 month ago
Peter Williams hosts Taxpayer Talk: Educator Alwyn Poole + panel
In this edition of Taxpayer Talk, the focus is on education. With literacy and numeracy standards falling dramatically across the country, long-time…
4 years, 1 month ago
Decision 2022: A Conversation With Auckland Mayoral Candidate Wayne Brown
Josh Van Veen from the Ratepayers’ Alliance sat down with independent mayoral candidate Wayne Brown to discuss why he is running and his plan to fix …
4 years, 1 month ago
Peter Williams hosts Taxpayer Talk: Author Ewen McQueen + panel
Former TVNZ broadcaster (now Taxpayers' Union Board Member) Peter Williams has taken over as host of our new weekly Taxpayer Talk podcast. In this we…
4 years, 1 month ago
Update on Water Users’ Group litigation: Jordan Williams interviews Gary Judd QC following first High Court hearing
Earlier this year, the Taxpayers’ Union financially supported a judicial review of Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta’s advice to Cabinet that h…
4 years, 1 month ago
Louis Houlbrooke's Last Day — Looking Back On The Last Five Years
After five years at the Taxpayers' Union, our Campaigns Manager Louis Houlbrooke is retiring and heading to South America. Jordan sits down with Loui…
4 years, 2 months ago
Taxpayer Talk: Does Grant Robertson's big spend-up get a passing mark?
Straight out of the Beehive's Budget Day "lock up", Jordan sits down with Cameron Bagrie of Bagrie Economics to break down the good, the bad, and the…
4 years, 4 months ago
Greg Murphy on why the Government's Road to Zero strategy is spin with no substance
In February, the Government launched its road safety strategy called Road to Zero. The strategy hopes to reduce road deaths to zero by 2030. The Gov…
4 years, 4 months ago
The Port of Auckland: a costly political football that hasn't scored success
In 2005, the Port of Auckland was delisted from the NZX and was taken over by what is now Auckland Council. Since then, the port has underperformed, …
4 years, 4 months ago
Disregarding democracy: the Government's attempt to strip away one person one vote
Last month, the Government quietly tried to pass Tamati Coffee's Rotorua District Council Bill. When electing Rotorua Councillors, it would have mean…
4 years, 5 months ago