1/ Here's an eye watering list of @nzlabour & @jacindaardern's bad policies, over spending, & general cock ups.
Inflation is at 7.2%, the highest in three decades, so you pay more for everything .
Rents have increased by $140 per week on average – that’s $7280 a year.
Inflation is at 7.2%, the highest in three decades, so you pay more for everything .
Rents have increased by $140 per week on average – that’s $7280 a year.
2/ Weekly mortgage interest payments are $300 higher or $15,600 more per year (RBNZ & REINZ).
The government is now collecting $33 billion more in tax every year.
Aucklanders are paying a 10c per litre Regional Fuel Tax every time they fill up.
Farmers and tradies buying
The government is now collecting $33 billion more in tax every year.
Aucklanders are paying a 10c per litre Regional Fuel Tax every time they fill up.
Farmers and tradies buying
3/ utes to do their jobs now pay a Car Tax of up to $5000
The government extended the bright-line test to 10 years after explicitly promising not to – a Capital Gains Tax by stealth.
The government removed mortgage interest deductibility for landlords (a Tenant Tax) which
The government extended the bright-line test to 10 years after explicitly promising not to – a Capital Gains Tax by stealth.
The government removed mortgage interest deductibility for landlords (a Tenant Tax) which
4/ utes to do their jobs now pay a Car Tax of up to $5000
The government extended the bright-line test to 10 years after explicitly promising not to – a Capital Gains Tax by stealth.
The government removed mortgage interest deductibility for landlords (a Tenant Tax) which
The government extended the bright-line test to 10 years after explicitly promising not to – a Capital Gains Tax by stealth.
The government removed mortgage interest deductibility for landlords (a Tenant Tax) which
5/ officials told them would likely increase rents.
Labour is planning a Jobs Tax where everyday Kiwis earning $60,000 will pay $834 more every year.
$650 million in corporate welfare to subsidise businesses to cut emissions they would have done anyway.
$586 million to
Labour is planning a Jobs Tax where everyday Kiwis earning $60,000 will pay $834 more every year.
$650 million in corporate welfare to subsidise businesses to cut emissions they would have done anyway.
$586 million to
6/ restructure the health system during a global pandemic, including $168 million for a separate Māori Health Authority.
$370 million to merge TVNZ and RNZ.
$100 million on a business case for the Lake Onslow project.
$65.9 million on Auckland Light Rail without a single
$370 million to merge TVNZ and RNZ.
$100 million on a business case for the Lake Onslow project.
$65.9 million on Auckland Light Rail without a single
7/ kilometre having been built.
$51 million on the cancelled Auckland cycle bridge, including $600,000 on an empty waterfront office!
$35 million subsidising people to buy Tesla’s.
$24 million on Kainga Ora office renovations.
$2.75 million for the Mongrel Mob to run a
$51 million on the cancelled Auckland cycle bridge, including $600,000 on an empty waterfront office!
$35 million subsidising people to buy Tesla’s.
$24 million on Kainga Ora office renovations.
$2.75 million for the Mongrel Mob to run a
8/ meth rehab programme.
New Zealand’s global competitiveness ranking has fallen from 16th to 31st.
50,000 more people are on the Jobseeker Benefit, despite businesses crying out for workers.
Instead of lifting 100,000 children out of poverty by 2020, 400 more children are
New Zealand’s global competitiveness ranking has fallen from 16th to 31st.
50,000 more people are on the Jobseeker Benefit, despite businesses crying out for workers.
Instead of lifting 100,000 children out of poverty by 2020, 400 more children are
9/ living in poverty (RNZ, Stats NZ).
The state housing waitlist has grown by over 20,000 applicants.
480 Kiwi families live in cars, up 350% in the last five years.
$1 million is spent every day housing people in motels and other emergency accommodation.
Just 1.4% of the
The state housing waitlist has grown by over 20,000 applicants.
480 Kiwi families live in cars, up 350% in the last five years.
$1 million is spent every day housing people in motels and other emergency accommodation.
Just 1.4% of the
10/ 100,000 promised KiwiBuild houses have been built.
Let’s Get Wellington Moving has delivered only a set of new traffic lights and a pedestrian crossing (no, really).
Less than half of Kiwi kids are regularly attending school, and over 100,000 are chronically absent.
Let’s Get Wellington Moving has delivered only a set of new traffic lights and a pedestrian crossing (no, really).
Less than half of Kiwi kids are regularly attending school, and over 100,000 are chronically absent.
11/
The number of kids not receiving any education at all has doubled to 8,500.
Two-thirds of students failing a basic NCEA writing assessment, with just 64% passing the reading standard, and 56% passing numeracy.
The average Emergency Department wait time is just under 5
The number of kids not receiving any education at all has doubled to 8,500.
Two-thirds of students failing a basic NCEA writing assessment, with just 64% passing the reading standard, and 56% passing numeracy.
The average Emergency Department wait time is just under 5
12/ hours - the worst in a decade.
More than 200,000 Kiwis are sitting on a health-related waitlist.
People waiting longer than four months for their first appointments with hospital specialists has grown from less than 1000 under National to almost 30,000 under Labour.
More than 200,000 Kiwis are sitting on a health-related waitlist.
People waiting longer than four months for their first appointments with hospital specialists has grown from less than 1000 under National to almost 30,000 under Labour.
13/ No change in access to mental health services despite spending $1.9 billion .
A shortage of at least 4,000 nurses but the Government still refuses to put nurses on the fast-tracked straight to residency visa path.
There are 2,676 more gang members, a 50% increase.
A shortage of at least 4,000 nurses but the Government still refuses to put nurses on the fast-tracked straight to residency visa path.
There are 2,676 more gang members, a 50% increase.
14/ Gangs are recruiting twice as fast as Police, with 1.7 new gang members for every new Police graduate.
There are 2,742 fewer offenders in prison but violent crime is up 21% (Corrections & NZ Police Data).
Firearm violence is the worst in decades, 1335 offences were
There are 2,742 fewer offenders in prison but violent crime is up 21% (Corrections & NZ Police Data).
Firearm violence is the worst in decades, 1335 offences were
15/ recorded in 2021 up from 981 in 2017.
518% increase in youth ram-raids.
109% increase in serious assaults .
Despite poor service delivery, NZ now has 14,000 more public servants.
New Zealand imported almost four times as much coal last year as 2017.
#nzpol
518% increase in youth ram-raids.
109% increase in serious assaults .
Despite poor service delivery, NZ now has 14,000 more public servants.
New Zealand imported almost four times as much coal last year as 2017.
#nzpol
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