Author: Peter Williams
Peter Williams
I’ve taken the decision to step up and support the Taxpayers' Union again. We need to fight for democratic control of ratepayer assets, and do the job the media will not. Are you with me? 👉 Support the campaign to protect democratic accountability of local water assets.
OPINION: Peter Williams. Any politician who refuses to front on a particular media outlet essentially because he or she is afraid of being made to look foolish is, frankly, a coward and not competent to be in a position of responsibility. It’s into that category that we must now place the current Prime Minister. We know that Jacinda Ardern was already a certified member. Christopher Luxon has cancelled his regular appearances on TVNZ Breakfast after being hopelessly ill-prepared for a predictable barrage of aggressive questioning on a trivial topic from Tova O’Brien. He is also a regular decliner of interview…
OPINION: Peter Williams The following was written in Peter’s capacity as Taxpayers’ Union board member In 2022, I joined the Board of the Taxpayers’ Union to fight Nanaia Mahuta’s plan to confiscate community-owned water assets and put them into ‘co-governed’ Three Waters entities. And with the Luxon-led Government being elected with such a clear mandate, I thought we had won. So it gives me no pleasure to give you the bad news. Co-governance of local water is back. And it rests on you and me to stop it. I am asking you to join me in supporting the Taxpayers’ Union…