The GDP part of the equation is what went down.
https://tradingeconomics.com/new-zealand/gdp-growth
Hence, the ratio is worse. So, some revision of basic maths could be helpful.
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The GDP part of the equation is what went down.
https://tradingeconomics.com/new-zealand/gdp-growth
Hence, the ratio is worse. So, some revision of basic maths could be helpful.
Fuel prices hit all time high of $3.15 a litre in Auckland
Time for govt to cut levies/duty again
Gotto wait for the polls first so make sure we all continue to poll anyone but Labour.
Then, can be sure that the 25c excise cut will not only stay but be cut further.
Plenty of fat for this prolific wasteful spend & tax Ardern government to use up first.
Prime example - NZ Transport Agency has increased the number of PR staff from 33 to 88 (167%) since Labour took office. And 65 of them are paid over $100k a year.
It's all about the SPIN with Ardern - forget about the delivery of quality services and results.
Not to mention spending like this from the 88 PR staff who obviously have nothing else better to do :
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politi...HWY56CKJ52XI4/
$5,000 for each of 2 of these big fat ZERO signs :
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/8...NGH3EHO6GE.png
Out of control spending from these A-hats
Since 2017, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency has more than doubled its PR team from 32 staff to 88.
Since 2019, the transport agency has spent $145 million on consultants, covering things like the environment and planning, versus just $200 million on actual construction.
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/polit...medium=twitter
I think we're all heartily sick of successive govt's spending on consultants which really started with National when govt agencies had their staff cut, resulting in a huge loss of experience & what they call 'institutional knowledge'. Many of these people went on to become 'Consultants' who were then hired back by the same govt agencies at 3X the cost, as outside consultants to assist understaffed & under resourced departments with completing projects.
Lets not overlook, John Key's National govt spent $216 million on consultants over 3 years from 2009, for investigative & design work (i.e. not construction) done on roads of national significance.
Remember, a vote for Labour is a vote for te Pāti Maori.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/tauran...BTTWBM6C7MVTQ/
Tauranga unsafe for a Maori candidate? BS on a grand scale given previous two Tauranga MPs were Maoris. The hypocrisy is beneath contempt.
More colour on Waka Kotahi out of control spending and Ardern’s all care but no responsibility or accountability approach towards taking care of taxpayers’ funds :
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/polit...ed-or-not.html