Income tax is still very visible in NZ. On your payslip it lists the before-tax value, and then deductions for PAYE, student loan payments, etc. Plus wages/salary are still expressed as a before-tax rate, so you can see the disparity there too.

I get the argument, but whether or not I /want/ to pay taxes, I still have to, so why make it inconvenient? The NZ government finds plenty of other ways to make me angry and upset anyway.