Taxpayers' Union Releases Fudge Taking Swipe at Nicola Willis

Taxpayers' Union releases fudge taking swipe at Nicola Willis

By RNZ The Taxpayers’ Union has launched a campaign targeting Finance Minister Nicola Willis and calling out what it says is the Government’s “growing habit...

Union slams 'shameless' Willis fudge campaign

The Taxpayers' Union has released this packaged fudge with an image of Finance Minister Nicola Willis. Photo: RNZ The Taxpayers' Union has launched a campaign targeting Finance Minister Nicola Willis and calling out what it says is the government's "growing habit of sugar-coating fiscal truths".

Taxpayers' Union releases fudge taking swipe at Finance Minister Nicola Willis

The Taxpayers' Union campaign features the slogan 'A treat today - A tax tomorrow'.

Ruth Richardson v Nicola Willis, and the mother of all epochal debates

Two National finance ministers, three decades apart, are locking horns. But just how different is the political environment of today to the time of the juggernaut? Most politicians, when they depart, sink swiftly into the footnotes. Some, however, never really go away, knocking around the house like ghosts, mythologised and caricatured, variously made saints and scoundrels. So when reports emerged of a new campaign from the Taxpayers’ Union lobb…

Ruth Richardson fighting Nicola Willis is confusing because you both want them to lose

It’s happening – Ruth Richardson accepts Nicola Willis debate challenge After initially turning down a challenge from Finance Minister Nicola Willis to “come out of the shadows” and debate her directly, Ruth Richardson has changed her tune. A debate could be on the cards as soon as next week, after the release of the half yearly economic fiscal update (HYEFU). The Taxpayers’ Union has been planning an attack campaign on Willis from the right, a…