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 Originally Posted by Daytr
The question is. If Labour is so bad, and I believe they are pretty bad as well, why is National not miles ahead in the polls?
Can any of you on the right answer that question without using disparaging remarks or have you know civility & is that beyond your skills & comprehension?
Here's the polls that you have been looking for?
Labour’s support has crashed to its lowest point in at least four years in the latest Talbot Mills corporate poll, tumbling five points to 31 per cent, its lowest rating in that poll since at least 2019.
National rose one point to 36 per cent, as did likely governing partner Act which is on 12 per cent.
The Greens are up one point too, on 8 per cent.
Commentary released with the poll said it is the first time National has been ahead of Labour by five points or more. It is also the first time the centre-right has been ahead of the centre-left by five points or more since the 2017 election.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politi...FY3ZKOEYGVYPU/
But before you get too depressed about Comrade Chippie & Labour, read this :
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...-pinch-of-salt
General advice for interpreting polls:
The trend is more important than any individual poll. Look at how polls trend over an extended period of time, three to four months.
The most indicative individual questions are preferred prime minister and, by some margin, right direction/wrong direction.
When it’s possible, take the time to look at how specific polling questions are phrased to see whether there’s a chance people are being led down a certain path by a question (as David Farrar says, polls are a science, but writing questions is an art).
Be wary of any internal party polling that leaks out - it’s coming into the public domain for a reason.
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Interesting that NZF are up & closing in on 5% & TOP is registering as well. Backs up what I said, many voters looking at voting out the government but not voting in National.
Luxon's preferred PM polling still on life support. He is obviously the problem for National, although I don't think Willis would be any better. She doesn't come across as that bright to me.
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Originally Posted by Daytr
Interesting that NZF are up & closing in on 5% & TOP is registering as well. Backs up what I said, many voters looking at voting out the government but not voting in National.
Luxon's preferred PM polling still on life support. He is obviously the problem for National, although I don't think Willis would be any better. She doesn't come across as that bright to me.
She is brighter than the whole Labour cabinet put together.
As they say, the trend is your friend.
Labour is down down and it takes some doing to drop from 50% on election night 2020 to 30% in less than 3 years. Ardern could not fool NZers forever and now, the same is happening with Hipkins who has achieved nothing but crises in his many portfolios.
Anyway, these polls are but a point in time - October 2023 is what matters. Watch the trend.
Last edited by Balance; 11-07-2023 at 06:10 PM.
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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellin...KMJZVZRQFJKAA/
Wellington residents overcharged for council rates
Wellington City residents have been overcharged for regional council rates over the past four years due to what has been described as an “unfortunate error”.
On average, residential ratepayers have been overcharged $30 per year and rural ratepayers $36 per year.
The opposite problem has occurred for central business district ratepayers, who have been undercharged $583 per year and businesses $160 per year.
The issue was discovered during a rates modelling exercise undertaken by Greater Wellington Regional Council and is isolated to the Wellington City area.
Regional council chief executive Nigel Corry said it stems from when the organisation changed its basis for collecting rates, setting four differentials to recover different amounts of money from certain types of land and ratepayers.
“This is an unfortunate error. While Greater Wellington issued a media release at the time about its changes to its rating policy, the direct communication to Wellington City Council staff did not sufficiently convey that there had been a change in policy.”
Wellington City Council collects the rates set by the regional councils.
Sorry Suckers - you got ripped off by WCC .. Not even the Council appear to know how it works .. Enjoy 
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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/lets-g...OQ3BW7FMKZTZI/
Let’s Get Wellington Moving: Consulting crippled the capital’s chance
Let’s Get Wellington Moving (LGWM) as we know it appears to be at death’s door and while Wellingtonians would probably be glad to see it go, it’s frustrating facing the prospect of heading back to the drawing board.
The future of the capital’s transport system is once again a political football.
National has announced it will get rid of LGWM and build a second Mt Victoria tunnel along with upgrades at the Basin Reserve at a cost of $2.2b.
Transport Minister David Parker yesterday refused to commit to seeing LGWM through to the election.
LGWM was born in 2015 out of another failure- the Basin Reserve flyover proposal.
After the flyover was rejected, LGWM was meant to be a circuit breaker that took a wider look at the city’s transport system.
It became a three-way partnership between Wellington City Council, Greater Wellington Regional Council, and Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency.
It’s this governance structure that has come to be known in some Wellington circles as a three-headed monster.
Yet another ongoing hated Shambles that the Wgtn Councils and Waka of Roading Incompetence have a hand in 
And then this Labour muddler had a fiddle:
In 2019, then Minister of Transport Phil Tywford and mayor Justin Lester announced the LGWM indicative package which had mass rapid transit going to the airport and a second Mt Victoria tunnel. Other projects like doubling the Terrace Tunnel were not included.
Twyford must have been feeling the pressure to make an announcement saying Cabinet decided to endorse the package because Wellingtonians had waited decades for transport investment.
As of June 28 of this year $59.4m has been spent on consultants and just $4.6m on construction contractors, a response to a written parliamentary question from Brown shows.
LGWM has left itself ripe for the taking or rather, dismantling.
Similar tones to the excessive squandering seen at Labour's hands on most things too
Let's NOT Get Wellington Moving appears to be the end result
Last edited by nztx; 01-08-2023 at 10:32 PM.
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A new old town not far away down the road:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/hutt-c...I7HXUO4GM7L3A/
Hutt City Council endorses Petone name change to Pito-one
might even be a Pito-two and three sometime if the Hutt County Overlords decide to get adventurous and the Head Tea maker likes the idea
Last edited by nztx; 22-11-2023 at 11:29 AM.
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And the truth comes out - the Wellington Greens mayor is an alcoholic & a drunk :
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/wel...-flawed-person
Wellington mayor Tory Whanau has admitted she has a drinking problem after another incident of drunken behaviour in public.
The admission follows questions by RNZ about what happened at an inner city bar two weekends ago.
In a written statement to RNZ, the mayor said she had a problem with alcohol.
She said that, to her "great embarrassment and shame", her drunkenness seemed to have been recorded.
Last edited by Balance; 29-11-2023 at 06:31 PM.
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So if the second public incident of her being drunk was not recorded, Tory would have happily continued to run Wellington City as a closet alcoholic and drunk?
All the excuses she gave since becoming mayor for failing to turn up for duties and functions, why did nobody ask the pertinent question?
It is impossible that all of her family, friends and colleagues were unaware that she is an alcoholic and a drunk.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...mayors-meeting
Excerpt :
Whanau’s frequent absence at civic functions – including monthly citizenship ceremonies, in which the mayor welcomes new residents – has also been noticed.
Last weekend, she pulled out of a Government House ceremony for young Duke of Edinburgh award winners, too late to have the council represented.
On the same day, dignitaries were embarrassed when she was missing from a commemoration of the 1941 Battle of Crete – important in Wellington’s relationship with Greek sister city Hania.
Councillors complain she either doesn’t turn up to public meetings, or stays just a short time.
Last edited by Balance; 29-11-2023 at 06:34 PM.
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Originally Posted by Balance
And the truth comes out - the Wellington Greens mayor is an alcoholic & a drunk :
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/wel...-flawed-person
Wellington mayor Tory Whanau has admitted she has a drinking problem after another incident of drunken behaviour in public.
The admission follows questions by RNZ about what happened at an inner city bar two weekends ago.
In a written statement to RNZ, the mayor said she had a problem with alcohol.
She said that, to her "great embarrassment and shame", her drunkenness seemed to have been recorded.
That sick btich needs help. She should just resign and let Wellington elect another mayor.
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