Taxpayers pay $575 per e-mail

The Taxpayers’ Union reports:

The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union can reveal through an official information act request that Sports NZ’s “Say Thanks to Your Coach” campaign cost $171,598, with Sports NZ contributing $131,598 and Coach for Life contributing a further $40,000. The campaign featured a website for a month, which was used to send e-cards and video messages.

Commenting on this, Taxpayers’ Union Policy and Public Affairs Manager, James Ross, said:

“Sports NZ’s ability to somehow spend more than $575 per thank-you email takes the gold for government waste.

This is a great example of what waste is in the system, when some on the left insist that you can;t cut funding without impacting core services.

To spent $172,000 on a campaign that generated 298 e-mails is appalling.