"One term of a National government has given us worse results than a once in a century pandemic" youtube.com/watch?v=CDr5V_…

Liam Hehir Tres misleading - but also completely out of context. For example, Helen Clark ran all surpluses and Ardern's government had surpluses until that small thing called a global worldwide pandemic hit - that saw all govts pivot to save lives and jobs over that period #nzpol

Not only do Labour lead govts pay down debt and invest in infrastructure and services they also on average see around double the GDP per capita over the last 40 odd years. NZ National Party cut taxes sell off assets cut services, privatise and run up debt. Safe pair of hands?

📍 National’s Drift: Polls Paint a Dismal Picture for Luxon Last night’s 1News Verian poll and Curia’s recent Taxpayers’ Union poll paint a dismal picture the National Party will be desperate to downplay but increasingly cannot ignore: the continued erosion of public confidence

Prices for basics are rising again at a rate much faster than wages, new data from Stats NZ shows. 70% of workers got a pay rise less than 3% last year and 44% got no pay rise at all. Food prices rose 4.6% overall, with the price of white bread rising 58% this year. A 🧵

If you feel like your Electricity bill is out of control – it is. Prices are up 11.5% this year alone. Prices are up 21% from 2023, with the majority of the increase happening since June 2024. Don’t worry though – the government is planning on adding to your bill with a new tax!

For households on the lowest incomes, annual inflation is 3.4%. For pensioners, its 3.8%. For the richest its 1.2%. The minimum wage goes up by less than inflation for 3 consecutive years in 26. That laser-like focus on the cost of living seems to be pointing at the wrong people

📍 Yesterday’s removal of Shadow Leader of the House Kieran McAnulty from the debating chamber brought a volatile and deeply uncomfortable chapter in Parliament to a close—not because order had been restored, but because the question of accountability had been left unresolved.

This Govt is cruel and down right evil. A $2000 fine if a homeless person doesn't move on when told to by the police or 3 months gaol. If they had $2000 they wouldn't be sleeping on the street 1News Luxons Govt is criminalising poverty

Government will now arrest the homeless that they have created! Isn’t there something sick about a man as rich as the Prime Minister, who has accessed every single subsidy and tax break he can, even personally benefitting from capital gains taxes he changed, criminalising the

Auckland Council confirms National reduced social housing accommodation in Auckland from 890 places to 39 in one year, and cut emergency housing grants by 70-80% ($20m) #auckland #Aotearoa #newzealand

Flagrant and significant abuse of power by the National government.

📍 At his post-Cabinet press conference in the Beehive on Monday, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon delivered yet another masterclass in saying almost nothing — and somehow made it worse with every answer. Asked the most basic question — whether the United States and Israel’s

I just signed - will you join me? our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/dema…

Covid-19 Royal Commission: #NZ had one of the best social & economic outcomes in the OECD coming out of it. Our response saved at least 19,000 Kiwi lives Winston urged vax ASAP, Seymour offered tax credits for it & National told Labour to borrow more This is how it went down -

Former Marsden Point Manager wants to see NZ go fully renewable and transition to electric transportation. He cites South Australia reducing electricity prices by 30% rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

Essential reading: “If I were making this call today, I’d be ring-fencing diesel for domestic food production: arable crops, vegetables, minimum livestock operations for domestic meat, dairy & transport to get it to market. Winter crop planting decisions are being made now.” ⬇️