RNZ’s Refusal To Name The Five Million Dollar Man, Beggars Belief
by New Zealand Taxpayers' Union · SCOOPThe Taxpayers’ Union says it beggars belief Radio New Zealand is refusing to name who arranged an unauthorised and illegal $5 million overdraft.
“Not content with pulling the middle finger to prudent financial management, Radio New Zealand is now blowing a raspberry to transparency,” says Taxpayers’ Union spokesman, Jordan Williams.
“The Taxpayers’ Union has today filed it own official information request. If RNZ fails to comply with freedom of information law and supply the information, the Taxpayers’ Union will likely seek judicial intervention to enforce the Official Information Act.”
“It is vital this information finds its way to the public, who fund RNZ, and are entitled to know who is in the wrong.”
“If any case deserves public scrutiny, transparency, and accountability, it is this. Incompetence – and illegality – within taxpayer funded organisations thrives in the dark.”
“If the Ombudsman won’t act, we will. If necessary, we’d take this one to court for injunctive relief – to require RNZ to cough up.”
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In 2018, the Taxpayers’ Union issued proceedings against Christchurch City Council to enforce the local government equivalent of the Official Information Act, and successfully obtained the cost to Christchurch ratepayers for a $1.24 million touch screen wall in the city’s central library.
The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is an independent and membership-driven activist group, dedicated to being the voice for Kiwi taxpayers in the corridors of power. Its mission, lower taxes, less waste, more transparency, is supported by 200,000 subscribed members and supporters.
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