{"id":8,"date":"2023-10-04T20:03:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T20:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laboursfailures.com\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2023-10-23T21:28:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T21:28:34","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/laboursfailures.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour&#8217;s Failures"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8\" class=\"elementor elementor-8\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-140720a elementor-section-content-space-around elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"140720a\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"up\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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elementor-element-096bff7 rb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"096bff7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 17-10-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p id=\"viewer-foo\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">Labour is attacking the person rather than playing the ball, maybe to distract from their achievements over the past 6 years:<\/span><\/p><ul class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-ul\"><li id=\"viewer-3er80\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-reset OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Multiple recessions under Labour in this term of government (2020 &amp; 2023) and another forecast now for 2024.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-abaf3\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">30,000 more people on surgery wait list than when Labour came into power.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-7gvtp\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">25,000 on K\u0101inga Ora&#8217;s wait list currently without a house, tripling in size since Labour came into power.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-64g29\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Over the past 2 years, the average mortgage has increased by $1000 per month under this government.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-drgth\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">2023: 19,000 nurses have left the profession in the last 5 years under this Labour government. In 2017 it was under 3000 leaving compared to 5000 leaving in last year \u2013 a 60% increase in nurses leaving.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-6m2h1\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">In 2016, retail crime was 25,000 per year, in the 3 months to the end of April 2023, there were 45,046 retail crimes reported (equates to 180,000 per year) = a 620% increase. 70% of the crimes are not even being reported. In 2016, police attended 1 in every 2 crimes compared to only 1 in 10 now. In 2016 the arrests were 20 times higher, now the arrests are only 2.3% meaning that over 97% get away with it. Police retail crimes unit only has 8 staff.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-5uv6j\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour introduced state funding of pre-sentencing reports to reduce criminal sentences.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-ek33p\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">2023: NZ hospitals are short of 7136 full time workers, Auckland alone needs 1128.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-48ggd\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">August 2023: The IMF now forecasts NZ will have the second worst economic growth in the world next year, just edging out Equatorial Guinea (which has been ripped apart by civil war).<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-a93gk\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour keeps trumpeting low unemployment figures, however Carmel Sepuloni from Labour announced in parliament on 31\/8\/23 that since 2017 there are 52,404 more people on job seeker support and 34,872 on it for more than a year.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-5lf4f\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">NZ total net wealth has been falling for five successive quarters &#8211; having peaked in December 2021 at $2.43 trillion.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-32d9v\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Announced in 2017 the promise by Labour to build 100,000 homes \u2013 by September 2023 only 1834 built, or 1.8% of that promised. At this rate it would take Labour 332 years to hit their own target.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-d2f8n\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Patient organisations declare medicines crisis in New Zealand &#8211; New Zealanders&#8217; ability to access new and breakthrough medicines lags well behind other comparable OECD countries, with New Zealand dead last, ranking 32nd in a list of 32 OECD countries for public funding of medicines.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-4jdk5\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Against every economist\u2019s recommendation, Labour proceeded with election bribe to remove GST on vegetables.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-2g3st\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">MYOB survey found 64% want a change in government and only 21% backed Labour. The number of businesses backing Labour has dropped from 38% in 2020 to just 15% now.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-1bvls\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">August 2023: There are 50 accused of homicide &amp; 70 accused of kidnapping or abduction who are out in the community on bail with ankle bracelets; which can be wrapped in tin foil to bypass the monitoring allowing them to freely roam around the public.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-4nh72\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">In 2023 Labour drove NZ into the worst Current Account Balance in the OECD, just like what they did in 2008 when handing over to National.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-5lvr6\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">August 2023: Number of children waiting longer than 4 months for hospital treatment has jumped by 600%.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-dhdfh\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Te Whatu Ora staff say a year after new health regime changes only 11% have seen an improvement while over a half say things are worse.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-9k7p0\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">12.5% increase in the cost of food in the year to June 2023.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-85r9b\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">NZ has the highest OCR rate in the world, 2nd highest splash of cash per head in world over last few years.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-96thl\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">140% increase in serious assaults on what it was in 2017, 60% increase in metal health crisis callouts, 70% increase in gang membership, over 500% increase in ram raids and aggravated robberies, record levels of assaults on police while the 4th police minister in 12 months defends gang members to wear patches.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-751n6\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">10,000 school-aged kids are not even enrolled at a school. If the schools don\u2019t enrol them\u2026 The gangs certainly will.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-8oe9g\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Some GPs have a three-month wait for non-urgent appointments. Too bad if you need a medical for a driver\u2019s licence.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-cd9fk\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Number of Kiwis living in cars has more than quadrupled since 2017.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-1fqn4\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Sixty-four percent of Kiwis, across all ages, believe New Zealanders are more divided than ever.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-850r6\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">2023: 5,500 teachers quit last year in NZ.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-4qlqt\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Net debt has gone from $5.4 billion in 2019, to $78.7 billion in 2023 (1357% increase).<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-4mru7\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour has taken away all healthcare targets. Every single healthcare metric has gone backwards in the last five years, even though Labour has increased healthcare spending by 68%.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-335c2\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Tax take in 2017 was $69 billion, now it is $107 billion, an increase of $38 billion in tax every year = over $100 million in extra tax every single day! That\u2019s $17,500 in extra tax per household each year.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-adbud\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Average weekly rent in 2017: $400, in 2023 up 53% to $610. Labours Healthy Homes regulations, massive inflation affecting mortgages &amp; removing interest deductibility have pushed rent prices up record amounts while reducing properties for rent by 19% year ended June, while demand is up 35% (against reduced supply, pushing rents up even further).<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-2r0ob\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">211,00 kids living in benefit dependent homes, which is 39,000 more kids than when Labour\u2019s government began 6 years ago.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-dfvkc\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour government has increased consultant spending from $900 million the previous year to $1.25 billion this year \u2013 a massive 33% increase, even after Labour increased public service employees by 50,000 since Labour took office.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-debkq\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Stats NZ data showed a deficit of $10.5 billion between export earnings and import costs for the year ended June, the highest annual deficit since current records began in 1960.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-9gi45\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Ministry for the Environment CEO flying from Hawke\u2019s Bay to Wellington once a week.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-3ijj4\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">3,500 families live in motels paid by the tax payer, and over 400 families live in cars.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-88fh6\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Emergency Department wait times are now the worst in at least a decade, with more than one in five people waiting at least six hours for treatment.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-acbis\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Road maintenance budget is only 78% of what it was in 2012, even though population has increased.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-6gsp0\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Ram-raids on retailers have soared under Labour, with a more than 500 per cent increase within the first six months of 2022 compared to the same period in 2018. 2022 = 516 ram raids. 2023 = 400 in first 6 months therefore tracking for 800. Recent case before courts of someone committing multiple ram raids where could have been sentence to 20 years in prison resulted in only 7 months home detention with name suppression.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-324kh\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Research by Velocity shows that during 2021 only 10% of investment properties were loss making, by the end of 2022 that number rose to 90% &amp; requiring landlords to top up an average of $30,000 per year to be able to keep the property.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-aeu5r\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">In five of our police districts we have more gang members than we now have police officers.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-4vfat\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Ramping hours (Ambulances sitting outside ER waiting to get patients in) went from 3000 hours in 2019 per quarter to 9756 hours per quarter in 2023. Targets of 90% of patients should receive MRIs within 42 days \u2013 currently it is 36%, 95% for CT scans within 42 days \u2013 currently it is 57%.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-bgqvc\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Michael Hill has 165 stores in Australia, of which only one has been broken into, New Zealand has thirty-six stores with 44 break-ins.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-bt8k0\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Cultural reports to reduce prison sentences are written by 3rd parties (who don\u2019t always know the offenders) and paid by the tax payer. These have gone from 8 in 2017 to 2,400 in 2022. Harry Tam (life member of the Mongrel Mob) has created 140 of these reports and charged $3500 for each one.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-cn7al\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Patients waiting for specialists for over a year has gone up 17 fold since 2019.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-f0ms\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">More than 100,000 students were chronically absent from school.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-567f1\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">NZTA has increased staff by 60% in last 4 years (1000 extra bureaucrats).<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-divm\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">70% of NZ businesses have no confidence in this government to steer them through the economic down turn.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-340hg\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Domestic inflation is up 6.3% and has a higher weighting than trade based inflation.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-1jtpm\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">In a multi nation survey involving 12000 people, NZ is now ranked 51st out of 52 countries for best place to live, no.52 was Kuwait.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-2raa8\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">July 2023: Just 22.1% (-2.7 points on last month) of New Zealanders think the country is heading in the right direction while 64.5% (+7.1 points) think the country is heading in the wrong direction. This results in a new record low for the net country direction of -42.4% (-9.8 points).<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-40ft0\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">This was a Government elected to make housing affordable, help those less well off, reduce child poverty, and give us a kinder, more united society. On every front, it could not have failed more profoundly.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-603fq\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">316 foreign entertainers, including 64 DJs, were fast-tracked through MIQ in 2021. Taxpayers have spent $1.2 billion on MIQ \u2013 $660 for every household in the country.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-frad9\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Stating that we will be front of the vaccine queue versus being the slowest in the OECD to roll it out.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-blqbs\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">25% drop in prisoners, just \u2018let out\u2019 doing community sentences, while there has been an increase in offending against prisoner officers. Record low number of offences resulting in prison sentences in last year representing an overall decrease of 44% under Labour.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-fd7i5\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Savings report from Finders that looks at savings data across all the OECD says NZ will record the second to lowest savings in the world at -0.2% (only Poland is lower) compared to the average of +7%, showing how bad the cost of living crisis is.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-3shqi\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">For more than three decades, the Swiss Institute for Management and Development (IMD) has compiled annual rankings of competitiveness for 63 of the world\u2019s most important countries. Back in 2017 when Labour took power, New Zealand ranked #16 &#8211; ahead of Australia at #21. Five years on, New Zealand has fallen to #31, while Australia is now ranked #19. Over the past few years, we have plunged in economic performance, falling from 22nd to 47th place. Government efficiency has also deteriorated markedly from 7th to 17th place. Consumer confidence in New Zealand now stands at the lowest level since Westpac\u2019s Consumer Confidence survey began in 1988. And, perhaps most damningly, for the first time, a majority has a negative 5-year outlook on the economy.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-3taga\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Jamie Ngatata Love \u2013 3rd strike law removed by Labour resulting in his sentence for armed robbery reduced from 10 years to 18 months, with 138 previous convictions.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-faba\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Day Jacinda resigns, news pushed aside of food price inflation data released showing the highest rate of increase in more than 30 years.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-6jjgs\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Doctor GP waiting times are now 5th to bottom of OECD countries (38 countries). Access to GP\u2019s is the first thing to go in a failing health system.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-ahk3h\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Emissions have increased and the importing of coal has more than tripled for year ending June 2022 compared to year ending 2017 &#8211; all after Jacinda declared climate change is her &#8216;Nuclear free moment&#8217;.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-1g9nh\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Farm conversions into forestry in 2013 = 1, under Labour: 2022 = 31 due to carbon credits incentives, 2017 = 695 Hectares, under Labour 2022 = 18,000 Hectares. At the same time Labour calling foul on amount of slash washing away bridges etc &amp; killing a child in East Cape.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-dr82q\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Government car fleet grown 16% for past 3 years and 1000 of them are petrol or Diesel, their stated ambition on being EV by 2025 is a joke.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-6rs6r\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Public sector managers have been growing at nearly twice the rate of frontline workers since the current Government came to power.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-djehs\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Nearly 5000 New Zealand nurses have registered to work in Australia since August 2022. As of March 4th 2023, only 1 nurse has arrived from overseas to NZ.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-666h9\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Burglaries crime stats: 49% under 18 years old, 51% of those did not face court action. 112 between 0-17 arrested received a family group conference &#8211; that\u2019s it. Most was just a formal or informal warning. 94 didn&#8217;t receive any consequence whatsoever.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-24mbh\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Much of the bad luck is the result of Labour\u2019s own actions. The Reserve Bank only agreed to the inflationary $100 billion money printing programme after the Labour Government gave a taxpayer guarantee. Labour is recklessly running a deficit at a time of over-full employment. Borrow and spend always results in bust. The bank has no doubt that Labour\u2019s borrowing to spend is inflationary.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-1m99m\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">IMFs 2023 outlook forecasts New Zealand will have one of the lowest GDP growth rates and one of the highest inflation rates in the Asia Pacific region in the coming years. In their projections for GDP, NZ&#8217;s current account balance is reported as -8.6 percent of GDP, worse than Greece&#8217;s at -8.0 percent, in 2023. NZ was one of the best GDP performing countries in the world, now we are bottom half of advanced countries in the world with the worst current account deficit of all of them.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-b9sm5\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Frontline police told to \u2018consider necessity\u2019 of bail arrests as NZ\u2019s largest prison nears capacity.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-bu91m\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Core Crown Revenue since 2017 is up 334% (never taxed us more), while Core Crown Expenses has gone up 596% (day to day expenses which do not build physical assets for the Crown), net Core Crown Debt has gone up 482% (borrowing). Can\u2019t run your life like that but Labour are running a country like that.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-ehri3\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">April 2023: The number of households in emergency accommodation for more than 2 years has doubled in the last year. Over 20,000 looking for help with housing. Now at 65,000 state houses. 3 weeks was the average time in emergency accommodation in 2018, 2022 = 21 weeks, March 2023 = 26 weeks.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-dvh7v\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Passport power rankings \u2013 NZ passport has dropped out of the top 10 in the world to 17th in the world under Labour.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-erinh\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">May 2023: 68% of NZ businesses think economy is poor or very poor.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-2bmqo\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour has failed to protect our children from preventable diseases and viruses. From the end of 2017, the immunisation rate of children aged 24 months was 92.4 per cent. Compared to the end of 2022, that number has dropped to 82.9 per cent.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-47kqp\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">11\/5\/23 In an attempt to tackle the truancy crisis, the Government funded 82 new attendance officers, so far, even though considered urgent, only one is working. Only 46% of students attend school regularly.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-e8po9\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">International assessment (PEARLS) of New Zealand\u2019s year 5 reading ability \u2013 lowest score it has ever been \u2013 half of 15 year olds can\u2019t pass the standard test. Math gone from 4th in world to 27th.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-1b1bh\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">2023 May: Survey question on if you became ill whether you are confident you will receive the care required = 50.7% said no.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-egp42\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Inflation is eroding the incomes of the hundreds of thousands of families who receive Working for Families tax credits, leaving them with less support in some cases than when the Government introduced the families package in its first 100 days.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-bvs0a\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">During the cost of living crisis, Labour thinks it is a priority to spend money on changing road signs to be bilingual, meantime Labour decreased police funding to tackle out of control crime and not enough money to fix the chronic state of health care.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-djglj\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Number of attacks on police has almost doubled in last 2 years.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-d5fak\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Reported crime increased in the last year in Auckland over previous year by 26%, Wellington increased by 25%, increased Christchurch by 41%.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-f8mm8\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Patients waiting for surgery to be asked by Te Whatu Ora if they still need operations to help tackle backlog.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-aijdd\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">June 2022: When Labour got into power there were approx. 450 prosecutions each year for benefit fraud, now there is only 60 for the past year, not following up as much and prosecuting.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-e64fj\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Under Labour the number of fleeing drivers since 2020 doubled due to the failed ideology of not pursuing fleeing vehicles, resulting in a backflip on the policy. Also due to Labours soft on crime stance and reducing prison numbers by 25%, the tax payer is having to fund smoke canons and bollards to private businesses; and at the worse time, during a cost of living crisis and record debt &amp; inflation.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-fj6ts\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour failed to intervene with the closing of Marsden Point, and we now see the results. Roads are falling apart, bad batches of jet fuel are causing chaos for airlines, and food manufacturers are suffering from a shortage of CO2. And all that\u2019s been achieved is to make our national emissions accounts better at the expense of Indonesia \u2013 no emissions reduction whatsoever.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-v3k7\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">80,000 public submissions opposing Three Waters were not only ignored by Labour, they then tried to sneak entrenchment through.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-7npgt\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">In December 2022, NZ 13 year-olds recorded their worst-ever score in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-5q7gc\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labours Police Minister Ginny Andersen telling Kiwis they feel safer under Labour while crime is soaring and an overwhelming 67 per cent felt either more concerned or much more concerned about being the victims of crime compared to five years ago.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-7gjvq\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Net loss of people moving to Auz: 2014 to 2019 net migration loss of 3000 per year to Australia, from 2022 March to 2023 March that number is now a net loss of 31,630 from NZ to Auz according to the Australian bureau of statistics.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-ee56p\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">More than 200,000 New Zealanders were sitting on a health-related wait list at the end of July 2022; more than the entire population size of Hamilton.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-44o0p\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labours continuous attack on landlords now infiltrating our court decisions \u2013 tenancy tribunal will not evict tenants that owe a landlord 97 weeks\u2019 worth of rent ($62,238.90), instead allowed to stay in rental and pay it off at $30 per week over next 40.5 years.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-98uhs\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">A woman whose broken bones were put in plaster without being reset\u2026. There was no doctor on hand to do the job\u2026 So they just plastered her up as best they could.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-95cne\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">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.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-q3j8\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour ministers Ginny Andersen and former police ministers Poto Williams and Hipkins intentionally deceived and misled New Zealanders saying \u201c1800 new police officers are on the beat\u201d when 270 of them don\u2019t have arrest powers and work predominantly within stations.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-25msd\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">The IMF suggested NZs personal income and corporate tax rates could be cut and more disciplined government spending.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-9pr4t\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Nearly two-thirds of students failed the writing standard in the latest NCEA literacy and numeracy pilot.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-18udv\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Chris Hipkins held a celebration ceremony to open Puhoi to Warkworth motorway when previously mocked by Labour as a \u2018holiday highway\u2019 and campaigning against it being built.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-2bkch\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">MPs breaking rules: Michael Wood (failing to declare a conflict of interest &#8211; Auckland airport shares even after being told to sell them 12 times \u2013 conflict with light rail to airport &amp; North Shore airport decisions, then shares in Chorus &amp; Spark \u2013 conflict with including telecommunications technicians on the immigration green list, and the National Australia Bank shares \u2013 conflict into study into the banking industry), Stuart Nash (leaking Cabinet details to donors), Kiri Allan (failing to declare a conflict of interest \u2013 Meng Foon paid office &amp; donations when her ministry appointed him), Jan Tinetti (first MP in 15 years to be dragged before the Privileges Committee after admitting to misleading Parliament and clearly failed to fix the record immediately as convention demands), Meng Foon (Race Relations Commissioner failing to declare a conflict of interest after being director of a company that received more than $2 million for the provision of accommodation including emergency housing), Ruth Dyson &#8211; admitted she has not read the code of conduct governing her position as a Crown entity board member, regarding tweets promoting Labour and attacking the National Party despite a requirement she remain politically neutral.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-8mphn\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Assaults on Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand staff are up 135 percent in 2023 compared to previous year.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-f9uqk\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labours transport delivery: record number of potholes, the Cook Strait ferry breakdowns, the Wellington bus network shambles, the 1000 daily Auckland bus cancellations, the track maintenance shutting down chunks of the Auckland train network for years, cancelled more significant roading projects than started (Mill Rd, south of Auckland, Stage 2 of the Takitimu Northern Link near Tauranga, Whang\u0101rei to Port Marsden highway, the rescoping of Otaki to Levin), slowed down Auckland by allowing the dropping of speeds on 1600 roads and the $51 million spent on a cancelled bike bridge.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-5q2uu\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">In 2022 there were 9800 incidents of drivers fleeing from police, less than a third of them ended up in court.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-5mkk5\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">There\u2019s been a 120% increase in serious assaults resulting in injury \u2013 13,000 more a year.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-9275n\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Under Labour there has been a 35% reduction in prisoner rehabilitation.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-6u867\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Survey of 140 businesses in Southland region of 20+ employees: 64% are recruiting overseas, 85% are seeking staff right now. (Labour\u2019s change in immigration setting way too late to get staff when required).<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-9405g\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Four suspended staff still being paid two years after Oranga Tamariki facility closed with no end in sight as no investigation has been performed on the incident by the staff that caused the closure.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-3kp5p\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Immigration Service setup by Health NZ in October 2022 to make it as easy as possible for getting GPs into NZ have resulted in zero new GPs 8 months into it.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-4buqv\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour backed down on an element of its early childhood education (ECE) policy to get providers across the line with extending 20 hours free care to two-year-olds, because they didn\u2019t speak to anyone about it and it was unworkable for the healthcare providers \u2013 Labour \u2018just knew best\u2019.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-2vu32\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Westpac &amp; McDermott Miller Employment Confidence report has employment confidence at its lowest level in 2 years.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-89qf1\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">While NZ is running a deficit, Australia is forecasting a $20 billion surplus mainly due to allowing the extraction of natural resources.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-c1ed\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">The open letter in 2023 supporting Labour signed by various wealthy people, celebrities, and former civil servants that called for higher taxes with &#8220;We write as people who are frustrated with how much tax we pay. We want to pay more\u201d &#8211; not a single person who said they wanted to pay more had made a voluntary contribution since then.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-beu4q\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Looks like the $2.75 million tax payer dollars given to the Mongrel Mob by Labour has paid off with Mongrel Mob senior leader Harry Tam endorsing Labour and the Greens for this year\u2019s election, telling his Facebook followers Labour Dunedin MP Ingrid Leary attended one of the gang\u2019s \u2018election hui\u2019.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-8e9io\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">The number of public servants is 28% higher than in June 2017. The economy-wide employment increase was only 12%.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-bvd5j\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">More than 211,000 potholes have been reported on New Zealand state highways over the past five years, 54,000 in last year, and yet this government prioritises things like $7.5 million for 22 raised pedestrian crossings on SH2 in Wairarapa alone and spending $330,000 per speed bump.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-523iq\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Within only 2 months of the May Budget, the Crown received $2 billion less in corporate tax than what was forecast.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-dagrg\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Between July 1, 2022 and March 31, 2023, Te Whatu Ora fell 16,130 procedures short of its planned volume of 132,469. Only two of 12 areas of care met their targets.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-ae2n8\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">In 2017 when Labour took power, police were able to hit emergency response times within their 90% target, now under 50%. Because the police are so under staffed, the targets have now been pushed out 100% from 20-25 minutes to 45 minutes for emergency response within an urban area, just to make the stats look better.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-e846t\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">July 2022 there were 345,807 people on main benefits, 171,195 on Job Seeker, more than 100,000 \u2018work ready\u2019 \u2013 that is still 23,000 (30%) higher than 2019 \u2013 how is that possible with record low unemployment? 55% increase in those on jobseeker for more than a year since 2017, during a time when people are crying out for employees.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-4g0i4\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">While Labour has been fixated on trying to build a $30 billion light rail tram in Auckland, our roads are crumbling. It is going to take Auckland Transport up to a decade to clear the backlog of local road repairs, which currently sits at around 1000 kilometres.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-e7ea0\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Under this Labour government, gone from 15 (in 2017) to 234 families waiting 5 or more years for answers from Coroners Court. The number waiting more than 3 years for a family court resolution have tripled to 1165, and the average number of days to resolve criminal cases in the District Court has jumped from 114 to 176 days.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-e47e7\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Jacinda Ardern made a commitment to rule out &#8220;any new taxes&#8221;, but she broke her word \u2013 repeatedly \u2013 despite the Labour majority we have seen: Continued tax hikes by stealth through bracket creep, Introduction of the ute tax to subsidise Tesla\u2019s for wealthy people, Annual tax increases to alcohol and tobacco, The extension of the bright line test, Stopping interest deductibility for rental properties, Increasing the trust tax rate, 10c per litre Regional (Auckland) Fuel Tax. Labour was planning a Jobs Tax where everyday Kiwis earning $60,000 will pay $834 more every year. Any Government Chris Hipkins leads post-election would have to involve the Greens and the M\u0101ori Party who both want nothing less than exorbitant tax hikes and new asset taxes.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-9ga2b\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">In 1990 12 countries had wealth tax, now its down to 3 because it doesn\u2019t work. Norway increased theirs recently and it had an adverse effect with wealthy people leaving the country and total tax take actually decreasing. Meantime Labour had planned to introduce one regardless of this failed policy elsewhere and with no mandate to, then flip flopped on it.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-3lk2q\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Dawn raids continued for 2 years after Ardern promised her apology would be made \u201cin such a way that it\u2019s meaningful\u201d. Not a single person in Ardern\u2019s office ever bothered to check if dawn raids were still happening and order that they be stopped. It is incomprehensible that a Government could be so incompetent as to make such an historic apology without bothering to check whether dawn raids were still occurring and ordering them to stop.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-fkses\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">In the last half of the previous Labour-led Government, we lost an average of 30,000 people net per year to Australia, now we are starting to track towards the same number of Kiwis desponded by this government to move their life to another country.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-7kg5t\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Businesses dealing with government contracts now rate their engagement experience worse than it was 5 years ago in nearly every metric (overall experience, innovative, communication &amp; timing, decision making and perhaps most shocking of all, only half of businesses rated their contract manager as \u201cprofessional\u201d \u2013 competent to do their job).<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-42fc1\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">While Labour has been slow to allow businesses to get the migrant labour they need, they have let in many to do jobs that could have been easily filled by the 100,000+ on job seeker benefit: 60 checkout operators, 88 garden labours, 2 windows cleaners, 11 shelf fillers, 22 luggage porters etc<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-1l1rs\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Since Labour have been in government from 2017, bail granted increased 147% while there has been a 97% increase in number absconding from electronic bail.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-7m3m4\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">July 2023, Canada\u2019s inflation rate fell to 2.8 per cent, and the United States\u2019 fell to 3 per cent. Australia\u2019s inflation is 5.6 per cent, but NZs is still 6+ per cent. New Zealand is now entering its third year of out-of-control inflation \u2013 the longest period of high inflation since the early 1990s.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-fkp9f\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour\u2019s priorities have been reducing the prison population by 30%, removing three strikes, funding cultural reports for convicted crims pre-sentencing, and giving KFC to escapee youths.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-eilc2\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour keeps gloating about the NZ unemployment rate only approx. 3.5 per cent, but what they are not telling us is they are not deemed as unemployed if they are not actively seeking employment. So\u2026 the proportion of the working-age population on the Jobseeker Support benefit is 6%. When you include all other main benefits like sickness benefit, it balloons out to 11.7 per cent of the working-age population (up from 9.7% when Labour took office).<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-cjj2b\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Achievement data released shows that just 42 per cent of Year 8 students are meeting curriculum expectations in maths &amp; school attendance has fallen to an unprecedented low. This is an utter failure from a Labour Government that is spending over $5 billion more on education.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-1np0g\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">University of Otago assistant research fellow with more than 40 years\u2019 experience studying firearm use has written a PhD thesis saying the newly-launched weapon registry is a waste of money. Firearms featured in less than 1.5 percent of violent crime and under 0.2 percent of deaths. Creating a new bureaucracy costing $1 million a week seems expensive when no information has been provided to show its cost-effectiveness, a normal practice before the spending of public money on things like roading improvements and public health.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-cubt2\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">August 2023: ANZ Roy Morgan survey: consumer confidence at lows of -39%.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-66rhj\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Since the Government announced its retail crime prevention fund at the end of May last year, there have been nearly 1,000 ram raids on retailers to the end of May this year.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-4pa31\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Under Labours current reign, the Customs minister has changed 6 times, Economic Development minister 5 times, Health minister 4 times, Immigration minister 4 times, ACC minister 3 times, Police minister 6 times, Justice minister 4 times, Emergency Management minister 4 times, Ocean &amp; Fisheries minister 5 times, Work place and relations &amp; safety minister 4 times &amp; Transport minister 3 times \u2013 clearly competence is low and turnover is high.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-a43aj\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Gross debt figure is now $722.62 Billion, up 47% from 5 years ago.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-7ephn\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labours upgrade transport package in 2020 went against official warnings to leave just $48 million in contingency for a $6.8b transport package &#8211; that blunder meant a handful of those roads had to be cancelled and the rest bailed out with an additional $1.8b.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-89hmc\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">During the 2016 Mount Roskill byelection, Labour committed to funding what was then a $1.36b light rail project to the electorate (the airport bit came later). In 2020, the party decided not to attach a cost to the project in its manifesto. Nearly $100m of consultant spending later and we have a revised cost of $14.6b.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-6913j\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">The government collected $78 million more tax than forecast for the five months ended November 2022 while its expenses were up $742m on forecast.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-19o6v\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Man jailed for 2.5 years for shooting a picture of Jacinda Arden and in 2021 a farmer found guilty of breaching Regional Council Resource Management Act consents received a three-month prison sentence, when: 1. Matu Reid, who attacked his girlfriend so brutally that she needed hospitalisation, ended up with a community sentence \u2013 in spite of already being under supervision for a previous violence offence and being assessed by his probation officer as being at high risk of causing harm to others, who then went on a shooting rampage in Auckland CBD killing 2 people, 2. letting another man have home detection for raping 4 woman, 3. An unprovoked punch by a man deported from Australia on a night out in Queenstown left his victim with a fractured skull and a brain bleed, but the judge handed a community sentence and a fine, 4. Ray Marshall is killed by two brothers, the one who hit Ray in the head several times with a claw hammer got a judge who started off sentencing at 7 years in jail, then reduced it by 70% before reaching an outcome of 12 months home detention.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-71h6i\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Nationals Nicola Willis\u2019 parental leave bill to allow parents to take paid parental leave at the same time was passed by every party bar Labour. Some babies come very early. Some are twins or triplets. Some mums get bad postnatal depression. In all of those cases, it could be very helpful to the mum if the other parent is at home helping her for the first three months. Instead, Labour is telling parents what\u2019s best for them rather than letting the parents decide.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-29vsa\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">No change in access to mental health services despite spending $1.9 billion.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-f6o2l\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">May survey of 1,000 people published by the Herald. It shows two-thirds of Kiwis are more concerned they may become a victim of crime today than they were five years ago. The most revealing statistic is the diverging trend between reported crimes which increased 33 percent between 2017 and 2022, and the 26 percent decline in Police arrests, the 25 percent drop in convictions, and the 38 percent fall in prison sentences.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-47fd3\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Year to June 2023 record high of charges against people breaching ankles bracelets (2035).<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-f0f3c\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Federated Farmers latest survey results show 81% of farmers say current economic conditions are bad, and only 29% are making a profit (was 72% last year), and only 3% are optimistic that economic conditions will improve over next 12 months.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-3vq2r\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">The proportion of properties selling for less than they were bought is at its highest level since 2015.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-34cib\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Activity sales level indicator is the lowest ever, global comparisons show NZ is the lowest.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-8aog9\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour makes another major U-turn &#8211; Removal of commercial tax write-offs.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-a1hq4\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">No major road started and finished within Labours 6 years of government, new roading pledge a U-turn &amp; 6 years too late.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-35di4\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Countdown has reported a 663% increase in theft &amp; 300% increase in physical assaults over the last 6 years of Labour government. Countdown is investing $45 million in security, which increases food prices as operating costs are passed on. Foodstuffs (PaknSave &amp; New World) has already said publicly that retail crime is the \u201cworst it\u2019s ever been\u201d.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-bicoa\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Number of gang members on home detention (rather than in prison) is up 60% in the last 6 years of this Labour government. Absconding on home detention is up 90%.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-2q7in\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Firearms violence has increased under Labour.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-72q23\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Government spending has gone up 40% in 6 years and with no KPIs on the public service, what\u2019s improved? Ministry of Education budget has gone up 38% and we now have some of the worst education results and school attendance. A recent poll (including Labour voters) said education, health, welfare, criminal justice and transport have all got worse since 2020.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-2a7ei\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Number of people on electronically monitored bail has increased from 495 in 2017 to 2345 in 2013, up 474% under the 6 years of Labour government. 140% increase in police opposition to bail being ignored.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-ci9hv\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">The number of students missing from the education system has almost doubled since October 2021.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-26m89\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labours fast track immigration processing: Only 20% processed with the 10 day timeframe promised by the minister. Setup to process 3500, only got through 169 with only 1 approved within the first 4 weeks it was open.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-fp1cg\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour have increased government spending by 9% every year for the past 6 years &#8211; that\u2019s over 50% increase since 2017. The average government spending increase in the 6 years before Labour became government was 1.5% per year. As if this wasn\u2019t enough, in the 2023 Budget unveiled in May, the Government announced plans to spend an additional 32 per cent over the four years to 2027. This despite the evidence that the tax take is no longer meeting expectations. As a result, the Government is going to have to borrow an additional $15 Billion over and above what was budgeted to see it through the current shortfalls. Labour has taken our borrowing from $60b to $160b in just six years. The current account deficit of NZ, as a percentage of GDP, is now the worst of all the countries in the OECD. International Monetary Fund data projects the NZ economy to have the second-lowest GDP growth in the world in 2024, placing us in 159th place out of 160 countries.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-4516t\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">In February 2022, K\u0101inga Ora announced new policies to deal with the worst offenders, including a termination option if three serious incidents were recorded within a 90-day period. In the 18 months since the measures were announced, only three people have been kicked out of K\u0101inga Ora properties even though there has been more than 10,000 complaints.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-f1e9g\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Government rushing to spend money without knowing what taxpayers are getting in return &#8211; the Office of the Auditor-General on the $640 million of public money spent on the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF): We are not yet certain that Parliament or the public can have confidence that the investments made through the PGF reset will ultimately represent good value for money, did not see evidence of planning for, or commitment to, an evaluation of the outcomes (money channelled into marae renovations, and M\u0101ori and Pasifika businesses).<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-bt45q\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">29\/8\/23 The last week of parliament saw Labour pass many bills under urgency (usually under urgency is very rare and not very democratic and usually results in poor legislation due to it being rushed):<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-dgf5p\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth2 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-reset OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">3 waters amendment<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-7bdb8\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth2 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Crown minerals amendment bill<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-c1pqi\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth2 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Bus driver pay legislation<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-anj2u\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth2 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Local government electoral legislation bill to encourage equality Maori representation<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-9ramf\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth2 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Fuel industry improvement fuel resilience bill (because of the stuff up with Marsden Point)<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-5s79a\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth2 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Visual artists bill<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-71pkb\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth2 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Land transport road safety amendment bill<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-c8gnt\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Grant Robertson\u2019s \u2018transformative policy for the productivity of the NZ economy\u2019 announced in 2017 was fees free policy but it attracted less than two thirds of the projected student numbers so they dumped the promised extension last year.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-1j89t\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Every measure of education achievement for students leaving high school is going downhill. Of the 64,000 or so students who left school in 2022, only half attained NCEA 3 or above. A quarter of them left without NCEA 2 &#8211; considered the minimum level needed to pursue work or further study &#8211; while 15 per cent failed to even reach NCEA 1. These proportions are at their worst levels for several years, while the retention rate hasn\u2019t been so poor since 2009; more than one in five school leavers &#8211; almost 14,000 teenagers &#8211; left school before they turned 17. Fewer school leavers are enrolling in tertiary education, and as high inflation and interest rates bite into household budgets, more and more teens are working rather than schooling.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-8lubd\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">You know when a government has no idea on how to run an economy when their primary focus is on new taxes to stunt ambition rather than: inspiring business growth, reducing government spending and attracting international investment (lowest its been for some time). It\u2019s all very deja vu. I wonder how many times we have to repeat the cycle to realise the political left in this country almost always ends up in the same place. High government spending, big fiscal deficits, inflation, domestic recession, big balance of payments deficits, a squeezed middle class &#8211; and more people leaving for a better life elsewhere.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-e7sie\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour deliberately left their hidden agenda out of the last election campaign and prevented the public having any say or vote on them; including co-governance, He Puapua, officially backing &amp; rolling out the unofficial Te Tiriti o Waitangi (including the fabricated intent of \u2018partnership\u2019), 3 Waters, Maori Health Authority, TVNZ &amp; RNZ merger, speed limit reductions, removal of public vote on Maori health wards, proliferation of Maori names, The Three Strikes Repeal Bill, fair pay agreement and income insurance scheme. Even when most of these were released under stealth tactics (and most only consulted with Maori \u2013 especially constitutional transformation), they disguised the impact of change under a mountain of spin, not what New Zealanders expected when Jacinda Ardern promised that she would run an open and transparent government.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-5c8\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labours failed ideological projects like the unmitigated cluster of merging the most and least successful Polytech\u2019s into one big sea of mediocrity which is haemorrhaging money and lost over half of its top staff, cycle harbour bridge that didn\u2019t deliver anything with more than $51 million spent on it, the bright-line test extension that didn\u2019t slow house price inflation, the clean car discount to the most wealthy to buy an electric car, the Plain Language Act police, the fart tax to put one in 5 farms out of business, banning using NZ coal to use records amounts of imported dirty Indonesian coal, public interest journalism fund where the public has no interest in seeing extortion used by having to promote the unofficial Te Tiriti o Waitangi agenda &amp; falsehoods in order to get funding, the new history curriculum that divides New Zealanders into victims and villains, shutting down charter schools while school attendance rates have plummeted, cost of living payments to foreigners and dead people, preventing immigration while businesses fail due to staff shortages etc. And that\u2019s before you get to the Covid handling abomination \u2013 slowest in OECD to get the vaccines causing unnecessary extension to expensive lockdowns, MIQ lottery &amp; debt, leaked private records, tracing failures &amp; millions spent on Covid app Blue tooth tracking then never used, PCR testing meltdown, slowest in OECD to get RAT tests then confiscated private business imports of them, \u2018short &amp; sharp\u2019 lockdown imprisoning Aucklanders for 4 months, saying would never mandate the vaccine then mandating it &amp; persecutions etc.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><div>\u00a0<\/div><p id=\"viewer-3e0dh\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"><em>As a concerned (and previously proud) citizen of this great country and someone who is not associated with any political party, organisation or union, I&#8217;ve compiled a list of where Labour has taken this country over the past 6 years. The objective is to bring awareness to those who don\u2019t have the time to investigate the outcomes of this government\u2019s actions or inactions, and especially to those that don\u2019t see through the propaganda of the once neutral MSM.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f2db6e elementor-share-buttons--align-justify elementor-share-buttons--color-custom elementor-share-buttons-tablet--align-justify elementor-share-buttons--view-icon-text elementor-share-buttons--skin-gradient elementor-share-buttons--shape-square elementor-grid-0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-share-buttons\" data-id=\"8f2db6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"share-buttons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_facebook\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on facebook\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFacebook\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_twitter\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on twitter\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTwitter\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_linkedin\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on linkedin\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLinkedIn\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_reddit\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on reddit\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-reddit\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tReddit\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_whatsapp\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on whatsapp\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-whatsapp\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhatsApp\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_email\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on email\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fas fa-envelope\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fdcf3a5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fdcf3a5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-83f949a\" data-id=\"83f949a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a83667a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a83667a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"2\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Labour's spending<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-709e28b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"709e28b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"viewer-foo\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">In 2017 when Labour came to power, crown spending was $76 billion per year. Now in 2023 it is $139 billion per year, which equates to a $63 billion annual increase (over $1 billion extra spend every week!) In 2017, NZ\u2019s government debt stood at $112 billion. Today, excluding an accounting trick, that debt is now doubled at $224 billion or $115,000 per household. Meanwhile, in 2017 individual tax payers paid the government $33 billion. By 2023 this had gone up 67% to $55 billion to help fund Labours spending. Here is just some of the wasted spending (which most media swept under the carpet):<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-4e6b473 );\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><div data-hook=\"rcv-block3\">\u00a0<\/div><ul class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-ul\"><li id=\"viewer-6used\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-reset OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$2.75 million handed over to the Mongrel Mob to run a meth rehab programme. More than $100,000 of it spent on hiring a van, $239,400 spent on food &amp; catering, $157,500 for Marae hire.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-8qm3i\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Carmel Sepuloni husband, Daren Kamali, received $73,000 towards the Ulu Cavu Wig Tour of New Zealand. The project involved harvesting his 25-year-old dreadlocks to make a ceremonial wig in the ancient Fijian tradition.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-20td5\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$107,280 in taxpayer money given to a racist stage show about murdering James Cook, his descendants and &#8216;white men like [him] with pig hunting knives\u2019; ironically at the same time trying to stop \u2018hate speech\u2019.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-4lpav\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$150,000 tax payer dollars for altering gang members\u2019 tattoos to be more \u2018Woke\u2019 \u2013 e.g. removing \u2018New Zealand\u2019 and replacing with \u2018Aotearoa\u2019.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-f7c6l\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$51 million investigating the Boomer Bike Bridge to Birkenhead then scrapped it.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-ao6ii\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$21.6 million on the scrapped Income Insurance scheme.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-et0e5\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$20 million on the scrapped TVNZ RNZ merger.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-3uub8\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$800,000 on the scrapped hate speech laws.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-st21\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$21 million on consultants just for Te Whatu Ora.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-fi62j\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$21 million on consultants just for Te Pukenga.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-bf3dc\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$2.2 million on Maori Health Authority PR alone.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-dl0cn\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$72 million on Auckland light rail before anything actually physically done, $47m on consultants alone.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-8dcfj\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$12 million to provide farmer-to-farmer support to M\u0101ori landowners to milk sheep.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-1269k\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Ministry of Education spent $100,000 on wellbeing website then scrapped it as another new one replaces it.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-7ppgd\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Te Aka Whai Ora (M\u0101ori Health Authority) has spent an eye-watering $1,000,000 on their new Aro\u0101 Wellbeing website that invites users to &#8216;scroll through the forest&#8217; to &#8216;cleanse&#8217;, &#8216;breathe&#8217; and &#8216;connect&#8217;. While $300,000 was spent on the website&#8217;s design and creation, the Ministry could not provide the detail of how the remaining $700,000 was allocated as it did &#8220;not hold information on breakdown of costs into areas such as music, voice actors, and graphic design.\u201d<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-6618q\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Taxpayers shelled out $11,742.31 transporting a dead turtle from Banks Peninsula to Wellington, storing it in a freezer for 21 months, then sending it back down to where it washed up for a high-powered and fully-catered powhiri, complete with a helicopter ride and a handmade coffin constructed by public servants. No scientific research was performed at any stage.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-9deb7\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Auckland Transport builds $32,000 bus stop on Great Barrier Island with no public transport. It also needed to be relocated due to safety concerns.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-a7hds\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Taliban praise New Zealand Labour government over $3 million \u2018humanitarian\u2019 donation.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-4akfo\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Ministry of Social Development ran virtual job expos at a cost of $835,000 with only 126 attendees over 2 years &#8211; that\u2019s $6626 per person.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-5ftef\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Wallaby eradicating programme cost over $2.7 million, more than 26,000 hours of labour with only 18 Wallabies killed = $153,000 per Wallaby! Cheaper to hire a private jet per Wallaby to send back to Australia.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-ff4pn\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">When this Labour government took over, the spend on emergency housing was $11 million per year, now it is over $365 million per year.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-f2u8m\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Campaign by Labour to have shorter showers cost the tax payer $2.8 million dollars including distributing a booklet in 7 different languages.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-9hume\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">August 2023: The Covid wage subsidy is still being paid out by Labour on behalf of the tax payer to companies whose employee\u2019s test positive and are isolating for 7 days.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-8mtvq\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$160 million worth of RAT tests paid by the tax payer to be thrown out. January 2022 \u2013 April 2023 = $44.27 million just to store Covid 19 PPE &amp; RAT test warehousing. Pre 2022 Labour has no idea of what the costs were. $531 million worth of rapid antigen tests (RATs) still in stock with most unlikely to be used when private businesses could have purchased these and controlled minimal wastage. The cost to store these unused RAT tests is $100,000 per day.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-asue1\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$842,000 tax payer funds to research the experiences of ethnic women as politicians within NZs political systems.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-5gi3e\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">January 2023: The ongoing rent for an immigration office in China closed more than a year ago has cost NZ taxpayers almost $3 million. Last year, the government wrote off $284 million of losses sustained by Immigration New Zealand (INZ), and has put visa levies up by 279 percent.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-5qr21\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour have spent $10,000 tax payer dollars promoting Australian citizenship to Kiwis living in Australia.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-8d67t\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Film Commission decided to give the American producers of the kids show \u2018Power Rangers\u2019 $1.6 million of our money just to include reference to a NZ Pavlova in one of its episodes.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-796d9\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Rod Steward was funded $918,000 by Tourism NZ for a single lip synced pre-recorded video of his song \u2018Sailing\u2019 during the Americas cup. He did not appear in person or cross live.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-3lv71\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">3 weeks before cancelling the Bike Bridge to Birkenhead, Labour government leased 1092m3 of office space in Wynyard quarter Auckland CBD (some of the most expense office space in Auckland) to manage this canned project at a cost of approx. $500,000 which sat empty for almost a year.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-cmh3r\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Te Huia Hamilton-Auckland train \u2013 cost $98 million and losing money every time it runs. It is slower than taking a car and produces more emissions per person than a car, then it was banned from Auckland city after twice failing to stop on red.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-ctor8\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$438 million from a \u2018range\u2019 of crown funds including from the Covid funds to do up 358 privately owned buildings (Marae).<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-ajqe7\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$582,000 on a kid&#8217;s slide outside Parliament.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-1c9kq\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">K\u0101inga Ora&#8217;s spent $24,354,759 of taxpayer money over the past four years on itself on office renovations. While K\u0101inga Ora spends millions on itself, it admitted in its 2022 annual report just 21 percent of its homes met the Healthy Homes Standards &#8211; meaning 54,000 homes failed. While 25,000 on K\u0101inga Ora&#8217;s waitlist currently without a house.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-7f9in\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">The Department of Internal Affairs spent $1.36 million on furniture in a year where few of its staff were even in the office! ($700 for every staff member).<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-fq4of\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">The new $26 million visitor centre for Punakaiki rocks built then given away to private owners.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-bfhr8\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">September 2023: Auckland Light Rail has contracted to buy the prominent Kiwi Bacon Building for $33 million, even though National has promised to scrap plans if elected in a few weeks\u2019 time. Labour is continuing without a business case and without a confirmed route, spending $2 million dollars in consultancy fees each week.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-dquf9\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Total core crown expenses planned by Labour over next 4 years is forecast to be $578 billion, so the announcement by Labour to save $4 billion over next 4 years by reducing their massively inflated spend on contractors amounts to just 0.7% savings. When taking into account that $274 billion of that $578 billion is increased extra spend by this Labour government compared to when they came into power, then the $4 billion savings over the next 4 years amounts to only 1.5% reduction on the $274 increase they implemented.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-1u92o\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Under Labour, now double the number of civil servants getting over $400,000 per year.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-6qlv7\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour government spent millions on foreign advertising campaigns promoting tourism to NZ when the PM has closed the borders to tourists from March 2020 for 2 years.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-ggo4\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">MSD paid exorbitant sums of $2000-$3000 per week for private rental properties for use as emergency accommodation, when the median rent that would typically have been paid for those properties was between $450 and $560 a week.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-15dec\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Kainga Ora unpaid rents under National government sat at about $750,000, under Labour it is $17 million, quadrupling just in the last 3 years \u2013 this is unrecoverable debt that the tax payer has to pay.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-2p9vq\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Kainga Ora management positions have ballooned by 86% in 2 years. Annual cost of the base salary now tops $100 million. They employed 319 managers in June of 2020 @ $58 million and in November 2022 they have 594 managers @ $103 million. Average salary is $173,000 base pay \u2013 ignoring purposive pay freeze.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-268k\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$600,000 on a 30 second ad telling people to save energy, despite record energy prices.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-cd7lb\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour has a program for K\u0101inga Ora to borrow $2 billion to bid against private developers &#8211; paying over value to obtain land to build state houses on rather than letting private sector do it.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-6c1fh\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Over half a billion dollars given to Maori to go and get the free Covid vaccine (that no one else seemed to have an issue getting). When only a third of Maori children were vaccinated, they spent some of the money on buying candy floss, ice cream, hot dogs, thick shakes etc to entice them to get vaccinated, but rubbish food goes against being healthy during a pandemic. At the same time, Iwi are complaining about the Maori obesity rate and require special race-based funding for that.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-fqvfq\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour removed National\u2019s public service targets in 2018, and since then has employed 14,000 extra public servants costing $1.7 billion with no discernible positive outcomes. 28% public sector increase while best performing countries perform with up to 49% less public servants. In 2017, the Ministry of Education had 2632 bureaucrats for 2550 schools. Now there are 3900+, and we don\u2019t know what they do. Ministry of Education bureaucrats have increased 50% under Labour while front line staff (teachers) have only increased 4%.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-ckqjq\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Hastings&#8217; most expensive house sold in 2022 for $1.6 million, now used to house three teenagers for Oranga Tamariki. It was the largest price paid for a house in the city of Hastings, where the average price for a residential house was $784,000. The Crown also purchased an adjoining vacant property for $700,000 to turn into a vegetable garden and put a trampoline on. A neighbour said the cost of purchasing the properties ($2.3 million) and the subsequent four-months of renovation seemed enormous. If they\u2019d shopped around, they\u2019d have got three or four houses for that money and would have been able to house three or four times the people.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-mfhg\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">3 waters advertising campaign &#8211; Ardern\u2019s administration found itself in hot water with the Public Service Commission over its \u2018inappropriate\u2019 use of taxpayer money on a $3.5 million advertisement campaign to convince ratepayers of the benefits of its widely controversial Three Waters reforms, a review deeming the absence of factual information and \u2018misleading\u2019 exaggeration, \u2018concerning\u2019.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-2l2l7\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">MIQ didn\u2019t have to be pre-paid, so now chasing many that was never paid and don\u2019t even know some of the people\u2019s details to chase them (chasing &amp; debt collectors also at cost of tax payer). Taxpayers have spent $1.2 billion on MIQ \u2013 $660 for every household in the country.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-3on9a\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$49,999 towards an Indigenised Hypno-soundscape to take you to the \u2018imagined worlds of our Korero Purakau\u2019.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-9d611\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">20 per cent of commercial spectrum given to M\u0101ori that could have been sold, a permanent M\u0101ori spectrum entity to be established and $75 million of government funding will go towards development.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-6kdmf\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Annual spend of $34 million to \u2018enhance Te Reo\u2019.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-cv6kc\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$139 million gun buyback resulting in gun crime soaring as gangs still have the guns. Administering the scheme will cost $35 million, almost double what was budgeted. The extra money will come out of the budget for community policing. \u201cThe Auditor-General was unable to determine if New Zealanders were any safer as a result of the Government\u2019s gun buyback scheme.\u201d<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-apmd\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$55 million fund for media to follow the governments agenda. In any other country, this would be considered government interference in the fourth estate.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-51r9b\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Minister of Arts, Culture &amp; Heritage (Jacinda at the time) approved $18,000 to create and develop an online publication, arts learning resources and musical content based on children\u2019s drag theatre show \u2018The Glitter Garden\u2019.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-as6oj\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Housing agency under fire for $30,000 spent on a carving.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-66r8h\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Tax payer funded ACC ads on radio saying think before going for a bike ride as you might hurt yourself.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-em6sk\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour wrecked an industry on a Captain\u2019s Call (oil &amp; gas) and then presided over the largest imports of dirty coal we have ever seen, into a country that is sitting on huge coal reserves.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-fm9i8\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Mental health sector struggling to get funding but Arts and culture sector gets huge Govt funding boost. The Cultural Sector Emergency Relief Fund has also been provided an additional $35.5 million to fund more direct support for individuals and organisations. The limit on funding for individual organisations has been increased from $100,000 to $300,000.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-4je06\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">By February 2022, the government home ownership scheme housed just 58 families in 19 months.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-91soe\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">37,000 more kids are in benefit-dependent homes than when Labour\u2019s government began 4 years ago.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-7epqj\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Giving away most of NZ&#8217;s first purchased Covid vaccines to other countries for free (Pacific Islands).<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-6uoop\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Sport NZ has spent $4.7 million conducting surveys in the last four years (up to March 2022), interrogating New Zealanders on what kind of physical activity they do, how often, and for how long. Obsessively tracking New Zealanders&#8217; participation in yoga, gardening, and tramping may be a fun statistical exercise, but it hardly seems like a priority during a cost of living crisis.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-51kpg\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour spent $200,000 on social media listening reports \u2013 what people say online (spying on the public). They refuse to make the reports public or methodology used, 52 reports year to March 2022.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-11k42\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">In Feb 2017 there were 67,000 people on a \u2018Work Ready\u2019 benefit, at Feb 2021 that figure had doubled to over 130,000 \u2013 at the same time Labour are claiming a low unemployment rate.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-3im3i\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$32 million measles vaccine rollout only reached a mere 7 per cent of the targeted number of people putting the cost at $1300 per person. Labour was forced to destroy $8 million worth of expired measles vaccine due to their inability to manage vaccine demand. $3 million went towards &#8216;equity group&#8217; but only 28 kids in Tairawhiti vaccinated in those 2 years of the campaign.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-el7t7\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">2022 NZTA putting up fees on average 40% in one go, getting nothing more back from it \u2013 in affect a new tax.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-aqpk0\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">New Zealand taxpayers are now spending $151,000 per prisoner, per year \u2013 an increase of over $30,000 per prisoner from 2018\/19. Overall, there has been an increase of $139 million poured into the Corrections system over the period between 2018\/19 and 2020\/21, despite Labour reducing prisoner numbers.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-51u60\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">National said each job created by the Provincial Growth Fund was costing the taxpayer $484,000 &#8211; that\u2019s nearly half a million dollars.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-9snes\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">The Ministry for Pacific Peoples spent $260,000 on catering last year despite only having 127 staff members &#8211; that is over $2000 per staff member. In 2017, they had just 35 staff.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-7vv81\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">The Ministry for Pacific Peoples spent $40,000 on a leaving event including $7,500 worth of gifts for Mr Leauanae who was moving down the road to become CEO of the Ministry of Culture and Heritage. Then the Ministry of Culture and Heritage held a welcoming party and flew 5 of his family in to celebrate him starting the new job.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-jo6f\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">The Ministry for Pacific Peoples spent $121,000 on Prezzy cards for pregnant Pacific Women to go to the doctor. The Ministry has no outputs other than gross expenditure. They have 9 press staff and zero press releases in the 2021\/22 year.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-a05or\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">The Ministry for Pacific Peoples spent $52,587.76 of taxpayer money on Budget breakfast events.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-flko4\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">The Ministry for Pacific Peoples expenditure has risen 477% in the past 5 years, including the number of people earning over $100,000 increasing from 29.3% to 65%.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-eg85d\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">After all the lockdowns &amp; billions spent, Covid deaths per million in NZ on a 7 day rolling average was higher than USA (as at 30\/3\/22).<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-1562e\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">While hospitals are failing and over $1 million dollars is spent on emergency housing (motels) every day, Covid Response Grant funds were spent on anything &amp; everything including:<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-66q19\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-reset OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Atawhai Interactive Tapui, which received $250,000 towards production of Toroa, that gives tamariki and rangatahi an experience to fly as Toroa on its journey from the Pacific Ocean back to its home on Taiaroa head. It will explore the themes of whakapapa as the Toroa soars over the ocean, deified as Takaroa, on the winds of T\u0101whirimatea.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-bo3bn\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$1,323,000 Taki Rua Productions &#8211; The development and delivery of two immersive live productions of large-scale contemporary M\u0101ori performing arts pieces.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-2ecgd\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$1,015,300 M\u0101ori land Charitable Trust to deliver Purita, a capability system to enable identification and development of M\u0101ori potential.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-5ol8t\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$700,000 on a &#8220;digital storytelling experience&#8221; about the Manawat\u016b River.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-4l6le\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$248,460 on traditional M\u0101ori painting.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-561l2\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$20,000 Te R\u016bnaka o \u014ct\u0101kou scoping the use of a web platform to leverage p\u016br\u0101kau [myths and legends], and traditional and contemporary technologies to connect with the \u014ct\u0101kou diaspora.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-ag0s1\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$20,000 on a business plan for Tongan mat-weaving.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-6og95\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$20,000 To develop a business plan for virtual reality recreations of current M\u0101ori w\u0101hi tapu [sacred places] with an initial focus on K\u0101i Tahu marae and their historic sites of interest.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-4klg5\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$20,000 To contribute to the creation of a te reo M\u0101ori children\u2019s book which uses an app to embellish the story with music and claymation videos, and allows the reader to recreate waiata using instrumental loops.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-fttsc\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Energy Efficiency &amp; Conservation authority spending $2.4 million to encourage people to \u2018use less power\u2019, running ads that cost $11,000 per second. Government wasteful spending of taxpayer funds during times of highest inflation in 30 years.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-5mlc0\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">As at April 2022, Waka Kotahi spending $200-400,000 on temporary fences each time there is a cycling race over the Harbour bridge &#8211; 5 events over following 10 months costing 1-2 million dollars in sunken funds for no long-term benefit. Why not just have cycle races that don\u2019t involve the harbour bridge?<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-bciei\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Government launched a $98 million dollar strategy to reduce Maori over-representation in prisons in August 2019. Now with the lowest numbers in prison (because they avoid putting people in prisons under this government \u2013 overall prison numbers reduced by 18%) but 53.4% are Maori (2017 was only 50.7%). Female: 65% are Maori &#8211; so it has gone the wrong direction \u2013 what was $98 million spent on? Will we ever find out?<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-703hd\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Auckland Airport\u2019s $40,000 grass painted (very temporary) welcome sign at wrong end of runway (predominant wind is westerly) for first arrivals after NZ opened back up from Covid, paid for by Tourism New Zealand &amp; Auckland Airport. Not only was it at the wrong end, why was it needed during times of record debt &amp; inflation?<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-bavsk\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Three months after NZ borders first reopened after Covid restrictions, government still spending $10 million a month on Covid contact tracing, one contact tracer without work for weeks left job as getting paid to do nothing &amp; not \u2018ethically right\u2019.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-bnetq\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">May 2022: Three Waters spend-up: $14m on increasing Iwi\/Maori understanding of the changes, $2.5 million of it to consultancy firm Martin Jenkins, closely linked to Doug Martin who is chair of 3 waters working group! $34 million in trying to sell water reforms to the public, $416 million spent on 3 waters to date even though the majority of New Zealanders &amp; councils don\u2019t want it and the next government has guaranteed that it will be reversed.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-52nn2\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Energy Minister Megan Woods handed out $68 million worth of corporate welfare payments to major businesses replacing their boilers and heating systems. These businesses are massive, profitable operations. They already have strong financial incentives to improve energy efficiency, and they certainly don&#8217;t need taxpayer help. The latest announcement saw capsicum grower Southern Paprika get $5 million to install a new biomass boiler. Meat producer ANZCO and textile manufacturer Canterbury Spinners each got more than a million dollars, and DB breweries got $500,000. And here&#8217;s the shocker: the handouts won\u2019t even reduce New Zealand\u2019s carbon emissions.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-f21ai\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Someone is being paid $132,000\u2013$155,000 tax payer dollars to lead a team in charge of handing out awards to recognise people involved in the COVID-19 response. The prize is a lapel pin.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-9ljgo\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">April 2022: Thousands of high salaried public servants have received pay rises despite the Government&#8217;s pay freeze. More than 2500 Government workers earning over $100,000 a year got pay rises that were only meant to be granted in &#8220;exceptional circumstances&#8221;.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-eup6r\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">A 10-day jaunt to the Oscars by two NZ Film Commission officials cost taxpayers $58,000.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-6854q\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">2022 Budget: $14 million for an &#8220;historical account of the Dawn Raids&#8221;, then forgot to tell anyone to stop doing them. $185 million in arts and culture grants \u201cto help build a resilient cultural sector as it continues to adapt to the challenges coming out of COVID-19\u201d.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-99gni\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">June 2022: Social housing waiting list = 27,000, which is 5 times more than when Labour came into power in 2017. Tax payer funding for transitional housing doubled in prior 2 years, now at $330 million, $62 million over their own budget.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-3ps8f\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">June 2022: Communication staff has increased almost 50% since Labour come into power in 2017. In 2017 there were 339 \u2018communication\u2019 staff ($33 million), now there are 497 at $55 million dollars per year.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-sa4d\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$336,000 spent for Jacinda to open Transmission Gully Road after cancelling many roading projects.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-cfeav\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$220,000 spent on the ideal dates to mark Matariki and appropriate ways of celebrating the holiday.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-bd3ja\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Between March 2020 and April 2022, over $557,000 was spent by 31 government departments on off-site days. Overall, about half (49%) of away days were out of town, some in Resort and Spa\u2019s in Martinborough. Two retreat days were in late February 2022, just as the country was experiencing historic highs of Covid-19 cases.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-2pltg\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">June 2022: 350,000 people on main benefits in NZ, 100,000 on \u2018work ready\u2019 benefits, yet Ministry of Social Development spends $100,000 on advertising fruit picking jobs rather than getting some of these beneficiaries the jobs.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-bp1co\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">RNZ used $43,000 tax payer dollars to pay for an Australian theme song for its NZ radio station.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-7lout\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">May 2022: Labour government spent $2.7 million in advertising for 41,000 Covid jabs = $66 in advertising per jab, when in February = $3 per jab, March = $9 per jab, April = $29 per jab, May = $66 and at no point have looked at cost benefit, just kept ploughing along spending tax payer money. No one looking at best bang for buck, no objectives to measure effectiveness.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-eli42\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">June 2022: Labour government just spent $10 million for 13 houses in Northland, above average cost, for social housing!<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-e0lhm\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">July 2022: Labour has increased government agency advertising spending 122% in last 5 years in power. $125 million dollars in last financial year compared to $56 million when they took power. The Department of Prime Minister &amp; Cabinet was $2 million per year in 2017 (when Labour took power), in 2022 it was $26 million!<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-8ig01\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour has paid out $101,770,725 dollars in \u2018clean car rebates\u2019 (i.e. private electric\/hybrid car purchases) until May 2022 and only gathered $14 million in takings = $87.8 million on tax payer to fund other people\u2019s car purchases. One of the promises made is that it would be cost neutral \u2013 more ideology without any foundation.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-djoq1\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">July 2022: Labour has spent $1 billion a year on consultants after lifting the cap on hiring. Ministry of Culture &amp; Heritage increased spending on consultants by 700%. Ministry for Pacific Peoples increased spending on consultants by 244%. The Education Review Office increased spending on consultants by 154%.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-cgri\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">July 2022: Labour said to reserve bank that NZ tax payer would back the $100 billion printing of money if bonds dropped in value. Now that interest rates have gone up that equates to $9 billion in extra debt tax payers have to cover. That equates to $150-$200 million every month for 5 years to cover it. Australia\u2019s government didn\u2019t do this for that very reason.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-hqdd\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Overseas kiwis, previous temporary immigrants and dead people received Labour\u2019s $350 cost-of-living payment.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-f2ncj\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Government funded polytechnic to convert its workbooks and assessments for its level 3 automotive engineering course to Te Reo M\u0101ori.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-71k17\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Affordable housing agency K\u0101inga Ora buys Ferncliffe Farms partial swamp land on inflated valuations for $70.4 million.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-12i6j\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour spent $415,000 to recruit a total of 3 critical care nurses.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-1jc32\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour spent $600,000 in advertising tax payer funded half price public transport to current public transport users (including advertising in bus stops).<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-24ii\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">4000 people get the benefit because they are \u201ctoo stressed\u201d, 2800 of them have been on the benefit for more than 5 years giving this reason. 4100 get a benefit because they are addicted to drugs, over 1000 of them have been on the benefit for more than 10 years giving this reason, costing the tax payer $76 million every year.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-e5d2r\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Nanaia Mahuta was associate minister when her husband&#8217;s firm was awarded $72,999 Government contract to facilitate six meetings and 14 workshops to engage with M\u0101ori and to provide a &#8220;high-level overview&#8221; of the agency&#8217;s Auckland housing projects \u2013 why do Maori need a $73k consultant just to organise some meetings?<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-ahdvg\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">In 2016\/17 $13 million spent per year on market research &amp; polls. Now under Labour its $28 million. PM\u2019s office was spending $73,000 per year on market research &amp; polls in 2016\/17, now its $245,000. MBE was $1 million a year, now its $5 million, MPI $1.3 million a year, now its $4.1 million, Ministry for Pacific Peoples $60,000 a year, now its $520,000.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-barod\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">September 2022: Over $16 million has been spent on Three Waters consultant fees, which included $14,570 to produce one job description and almost $2 million for communication services. The Bill that creates their entities wasn\u2019t even out of select committee, and the Government was already spending your money developing descriptions for jobs that didn\u2019t even exist.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-bmonj\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">In 2022, Labour increased New Zealand\u2019s deficit $5.1 billion to $9.7 billion. That\u2019s $4,830 amount per household \u2013 money we will need to pay back.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-2vu62\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour used more than $70 million from Covid fund to boost money in the 3 waters reform programme despite Grant Robertson saying they would focus unspent funds on meeting direct costs of responding to the pandemic.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-82kea\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Under Labour, NZ passports were changed to Maori being before English, not only on the cover but all through the passport \u2013 at a cost to the taxpayer. Now when any passport control outside of NZ goes to read the passport, they are confronted with a language they don&#8217;t know before finding the English translation &#8211; that is a completely illogical move, wasting everyone&#8217;s time, just to show more wokeness at any opportunity. It is the reverse of a cost v benefit decision, but typical of this government&#8217;s waste &amp; agenda.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-4umlb\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$360,000 for research project Taniwha: A Cultural History.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-1fmf9\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Taxpayers are having to spend at least $75 million per year on additional days off for Public Servants. In the year that\u2019s been, taxpayers paid public servants for over 167,000 days that they weren\u2019t even at work, excluding the normal four weeks leave and public holidays.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-918k5\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Jacinda Ardern was willing to spend $678 million to subsidise businesses to decarbonise, but says free dental care is an unaffordable dream. The 2020 estimated cost of free dental care was $648 million.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-3p78l\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">While staying at a London hotel in July 2022, Minister O\u2019Connor and his staffer spent $475 on laundry services for just two days&#8217; worth of clothes. The Minister appears to be a serial clothes-spoiler. His own receipts show that just two days prior he had used the laundry services of another hotel, this time in Belgium.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-dqvs8\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Kainga Ora spent $204,897 on koha between 2019-2021 (interact with marae or have someone perform a ceremonial role, majority of time it has been a monetary contribution).<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-cdors\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Road to Zero &#8211; $62 million dollars on advertising to slow down etc and yet the worst death toll on roads last year ever.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-9ks6t\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">James Shaw in October 2021 updated Paris agreement target for NZ is to pay $12.8 billion to developing countries for them to plant trees over the next 10 years.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-em2r9\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$514,000 overseas recruitment ad campaign to recruit more health professionals from overseas (and that&#8217;s not including video production or consultant cost) &#8216;a failure&#8217; after just 3 people were interviewed.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-e2j0p\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Trade account deficit worst it has ever been at 33.8 billion, 8.9% of GDP (spending more overseas than we are earning &#8211; average since 1988 is 3.7 per cent) This was the largest deficit since the Stats NZ series began in 1988, and saw the International Monetary Fund (IMF) rank New Zealand the third-worst performer among advanced economies.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-6fqmg\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Grant Robertson has increased education spending by 46 per cent since 2017, from $11.1 billion to $16.2 billion. The extra $5.1 billion has had similar results to Robertson\u2019s $1.9 billion more for mental health (nothing improved with minimal increase to the pool of mental health professionals).<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-c142c\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">April 2023: 3 waters spend so far: $56 million on consultants, $18 million on permanent staff, out of $94 million. Some consultants on $646 per hour, $220 per hour for a \u2018strategic advisor\u2019 in Maori.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-1a94j\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">The government has announced a $25.7 million annual funding increase for Radio New Zealand and an extra $10 million for NZ on Air this year following the collapse of the RNZ-TVNZ merger. This is with the main purpose of extending Maori content &amp; viewpoints on public radio. ZB breakfast show is no.1 in NZ by far (3 producers), a distant 2nd is RNZ breakfast show which has 17 producers\u2026 no wonder extra funding is needed.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-c3m5g\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">800 more DoC staff but less pest control than before. Government sending massive amounts of tax payer dollars overseas for other countries forests instead of using that money on ours.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-c2g46\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Tax take relative to GDP, on 2021 data NZ sits at 33.8 per cent vs Australia at 28.5 per cent and the US at 26.6 per cent.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-bn89j\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Government bonds &amp; treasury bills are now at $106 billion which is 75% more than May 2019. $29 billion dollars required in more debt than what Labour calculated 9 months ago. To service this is $6 billion in just interest repayments (equivalent to all expenditure on Police, Corrections &amp; Justice). Interest repayments now forecast to be $10 billion in 2024.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-3h1f4\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Communications staff in core public service up 50 percent since Labour came into government.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-e2a0o\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Auckland Transport (AT) spent almost $20,000 on taxicabs to Harry Styles concert at Mt Smart for about 1000 concertgoers when key railways lines were closed and buses were too busy.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-ds90q\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">More than $1 million tax payer dollars was given to people who didn\u2019t fill in their census on time (bribes), $934,000 went to just 12,000 people (supermarket vouchers, petrol vouchers &amp; movie tickets), $96,000 on Warriors tickets along with an entry to win a trip to Australia. Now (unsurprisingly) many are not going to fill in their census next time until they get something for free for it. Next, they will be incentivising offenders to sit on roofs with free KFC to bring them down.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-7di84\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Minister of Statistics &amp; Deputy Government Statistician had a budget of $210 million for the 2023 census, it is now $317+ million (50%+ over budget).<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-cvsm4\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">May 2023: The Ministry of Youth Development spent $300,000 of taxpayer money making three videos. The first two received less than 200 views each on YouTube, and one hasn&#8217;t even been posted there! How many counselling sessions could this have paid for?<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-19f1f\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">A charity in Rotorua dealing with troubled people gets most of its $4.66m budget from government contracts. From the Ministry of Housing &amp; Social development, their contribution in 2021 was $237,000, in 2022 it went to $2.9 million in one year \u2013 to deal with security &amp; gangs and trouble within emergency housing in Rotorua. Labour\u2019s ideology around being soft on anti-social behaviour and criminals is failing badly to say the least.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-1cgfj\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Healthcare spending is projected to rise from $17.2 billion in 2018 to $26.4 billion in 2024. Where are the results?<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-aiqob\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Why have education departmental expenses risen from $1.3 billion to $2.2 billion? The run-rate for departmental expenses has been faster than front-line expenses.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-580np\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">An additional $46 million has already been sunk and lost into these scrapped policies: Social Leasing, to provide vehicles to low income households; the Biofuels Mandate, which was to be implemented on April 1 2024 (delayed from April 2023); the TVNZ-RNZ merger; and the Income Insurance Scheme (delayed indefinitely rather than cancelled outright). Labour says it has saved money, but only in the same way that you might save your belongings from a burning building that you\u2019d set alight yourself. And efficiency &#8211; which means getting the most output for the least input &#8211; has been badly scorched.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-47ckj\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Twice the money being spent on kid\u2019s school lunches than needs to be because ideologically they want everyone in the school to get free lunches if only a few students need it.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-k5pa\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Government giving away $140 million to NZ Steel to help buy an electric furnace, even though they had one in the 1960\u2019s but just didn\u2019t use it. This is at the same time their owners Bluescope posted a $2.6 billion profit and also while investing billions in new plants in Australia to burn coal for the next 20 years. Meantime Transpower warns of potentially tight winter power supply.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-fb0a9\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour spending more than $30,000 per household per year above when it came to office. What\u2019s to show for it, what has improved?<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-49hu7\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">While hard working New Zealanders are getting taxed more than ever, beneficiaries through no effort have been given a 48% payment rise during this Labour government. Debt owed to government by beneficiaries has ballooned to $2.5 billion, owed by 600,000 people by on average $4167 each \u2013 repayments now need to be more than the winter energy payment.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-cf4iq\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$35 million subsidising people who could afford Tesla\u2019s to buy Tesla\u2019s.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-5dade\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">New Zealand pledged to spend $375 million reducing greenhouse emissions and protecting communities in vulnerable countries. But according to official documents, millions of that went into planet-heating dairy and meat farming. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade funded projects to establish dairy farming in Fiji and Myanmar. Between 2015 and 2020, it also funded work to intensify meat or milk production in Laos, Sri Lanka and Uruguay.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-8hrbk\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">June 2023: A branch of Treasury &#8211; NZ Debt Management (NZDM) is going to Bond market for $4 billion more than expected in December last year, a total of $120 billion of gross bond issuance for next 4 years \u2013 more than the previous 4 years which included Covid. Therefore, government can\u2019t blame Covid on everything. The selling of them relies a lot on foreign investors due to the size of it, and this will likely lead to a NZ credit downgrade.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-4t44b\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">The paper trail tracking the Government\u2019s handling of $640 million in the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) was so poor that auditors had to ask officials to recall what happened in their meetings as there was \u201clittle to no evidence\u201d of record-keeping or note-taking. There hadn\u2019t been an \u201cevaluation of the benefits\u201d either.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-afjbk\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">On July 1st 2023, the following taxes increased: Petrol excise by 29 cents\/litre (including GST), Road user charges by 56%, Ute tax by up to $1725, Alcohol tax by 6.6%. All to help fund Labours excessive spending.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-f8m5a\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Hipkins took 2 planes to China in case one broke down while Labour declared a \u2018climate emergency\u2019. $33 million spent on maintenance on these planes in less than a year, on top of $70 million spent in last 5 years, when you can lease a brand new Boeing for $4 million a year. Firstly reported as \u2018nothing unusual\u2019 to take two planes, then flipped to first time it has happened. The Acting Prime Minister claimed at the time that taking two planes overseas was cheaper than flying commercial. It turns out Hipkins\u2019 extravagance cost the New Zealand taxpayer between $62,000 and $97,000 per hour. Ten times more than the $8,730 per hour that was reported at the time.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-7cj18\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Jacinda declares a climate emergency then makes multiple flight attempts to Antarctica for a jolly during a cost of living crisis.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-730l1\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Dirty coal purchased from Indonesia doubled &amp; burnt to produce electricity.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-2e5pm\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Instead of using NZ wool to recarpet more than 600 rural schools, the Labour government has gone with synthetic carpet from America.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-bmuvt\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Despite the recession and the cost of living crisis the IRD is spending $30 million on doing up their own offices.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-4lu57\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Three Waters cost blowout expected to hit $1 billion in \u2018mega-bureaucracy\u2019 &#8211; the extra cost of creating 10 new Water Services Entities (WSEs).<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-ek2js\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">The Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (MBIE) treated some of New Zealand&#8217;s Space Agency staff to business-class flights to Washington DC, costing $31,000. They attended the 25th Annual Federal Aviation Administration Commercial Space Transportation Conference. But the trip wasn&#8217;t just about the conference itself. MBIE officials decided to extend their stay for a leisurely five days. The conference itself lasted only two days. The officials enjoyed the luxurious Grand Hyatt Washington Hotel, incurring a bill exceeding $5,500. Seems like a very tone-deaf policy during a cost-of-living crisis.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-eshae\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">NZ deficit for the 11 months to the end of May 2023 stood at $6.5 billion, which was $2.1 billion higher than the forecast Labour released in the Budget. While Grant Robertson likes to compare NZ against other countries, the Australian Government\u2019s cash surplus for the year to May was A$19 billion, massively ahead of the A$4.2 billion forecast in its Budget.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-962df\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$249,815 for exploring Fat (Bias) within Health Spaces for M\u0101ori, will look at fat bias within healthcare settings for M\u0101ori and how it contributes to and is part of a system of oppression that inhibits and restricts access to wellness and equitable healthcare \u2013 but the recipient is a \u2018young wahine M\u0101ori doctoral candidate\u2019 \u2013 already laden with bias.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-51nns\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">The tax payer paid free school lunches programme which was given an extra $323 million in the 2023 budget to keep it running until next year has resulted in up to 10,000 school lunches leftover each day and in July a Treasury report was hugely critical of it with found no evidence of impacting attendance or benefiting \u0101konga M\u0101ori &#8211; who make up around 48% of students receiving the free lunches.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-7lnvj\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Treasury warned Labour the big pharmacies (including Australian owned) would pocket up to $70 million from free prescriptions in last budget.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-asvab\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Ministry of Education spent $1 million tax payer dollars on advertising kids should go to school with \u2018no expectation to raise attendance rates\u2019. An additional $7.7 million allocated on top of existing budget to retain Maori &amp; Pacific kids in school.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-8f3b\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Despite Labour committing substantial funds to build 100,000 \u2018Kiwibuild\u2019 homes, 6 years on only 1.8% built.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-9a0di\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour inherited an economy where the Government spent $27 out of every $100, or 27 per cent of GDP. This year it is forecast to spend $33 out of every $100, or 33 per cent of GDP. The Government takes up a bigger share of the economy, but produces less. The simple question is \u2018what have taxpayers got for the extra money?\u2019<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-aj8g0\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Since 2017 when Labour took power, MSD has granted 628,659 emergency housing special needs grants at a total of $1.4 billion. In 2017 the average length of time in an emergency accommodation was 3.5 weeks, now it is 26 weeks.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-f0jv7\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">All employees from the Department of Conservation will get paid $3500 (of tax payer money) if they attend a Maori language course.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-8uan5\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">The cost of cultural reports for reducing court sentences of offenders: in October of 2017, it was $3300 per month spent on them, by May 2023, the cost is now over $630,000 per month of tax payer dollars. One of the recipients was the Auckland CBD shooter who would have been locked up rather than out in the community with an ankle bracelet if didn\u2019t have a cultural report.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-ecipd\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Social services education council Toit\u016b te Waiora chief executive Donovan Clarke spent just over a year on the job before an employment dispute saw him spend six months on paid leave meaning taxpayers were left with a bill approaching half a million dollars. Clarke\u2019s publicly-funded card had been used to pay for alcohol and lobster in Sydney, numerous post-midnight taxi trips and that the $72,862 in total spent by Clarke over 11 months was more than twice as much the five other Workforce Development Council chief executives combined. Toit\u016b te Waiora is one of six Workforce Development Councils set up by the Labour Government this term to bolster vocational training and education.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-6lb32\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labours polytechnic mega-merger was designed to address a 2019 polytechnic funding shortfall of just $40 million but has had over $200 million spent on the merger so far and now Te P\u016bkenga is looking for a further financial injection of $422.6 million from Government over the next four years. Labour was warned the Polytech merger wouldn&#8217;t work, and it is already facing a $110 million deficit and criticism that it has not done enough to prepare for taking over industry training and polytechnics in 2023. Stephen Town (chief executive) had been on personal leave from his job which pays up to $13,000 a week and still getting paid until he finally resigned.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-dpggs\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Despite his abrupt departure midway through an independent workplace probe, the former KiwiRail chief executive was paid out $500,000 for the notice period he didn\u2019t work out.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-aee64\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Three Waters: so many people leaving due to the uncertainty of the reform that they are now paying cash retention payments to stay \u2013 not costed or budgeted for, just further expense for something that National\/ACT government is going to abolish. This is yet another clear indicator that the transition risks and costs of Labour&#8217;s Three Waters reforms are much greater than Labour would admit.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-6ares\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Let\u2019s Get Wellington Moving (LGWM) project: Despite the lack of asphalt laid, consultant expenses have already exceeded $130 million, while the overall costs have ballooned from $2.3 billion in 2018 to $7.4 billion \u2013 that&#8217;s $3,766 per Kiwi household, just for Wellington. It comes as no surprise that the only project completed by the bureaucracy to date is a $2.4 million pedestrian crossing \u2013 so much for getting the city moving.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-6oaih\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Despite Labour opposing the P\u016bhoi to Warkworth highway (remember Chris Hipkins and Grant Robertson labelling it the &#8216;holiday highway&#8217;), they couldn&#8217;t give up an opportunity for a knees-up! Having learnt nothing from the lavish Transmission Gully opening ceremony last year, Waka Kotahi \u2013 along with Auckland Transport this time \u2013 spent at least $44,380 on the opening ceremony for the P\u016bhoi to Warkworth highway.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-5set4\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Four members of the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) staff embarked on a jaunt to the French Riviera, courtesy of your hard-earned money, costing $73,000. They spent $31,000 on plane tickets, $24,000 on wining and dining in style, and hosting a series of events, including &#8216;producer speed dating&#8217;, and $17,000 on lavish accommodation. They arrived in Cannes five whole days before the festival officially kicked off and stayed for three days after it wrapped up.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-24bd6\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Parliament&#8217;s new &#8216;Te K\u0101hui M\u014duri&#8217; (2 wooden Maori poles) unveiled in July 2023 cost $500,000, described as &#8220;tone-deaf&#8221; during a cost of living crisis when Kiwis are &#8220;being asked to tighten their belts&#8221;.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-2elqc\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Spending on health is up 48% since the last election yet A&amp;E waiting times are through the roof. Law and order spending has increased by 27%, but the country is gripped by ram-raiding and violent crime.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-eu0bj\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour is now spending 82% more than in 2017 without any clear KPIs because the Public Services Act brought in by Labour has disconnected accountability between the elected minister and the chief executive of any department.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-fjjk2\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Westpac chief economist expecting debt blowout: Government expected to borrow $35 billion more than planned eight months ago.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-fqk0j\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Over $380 million per year on first year fees free tertiary study with little positive outcome.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-4ruqg\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Deputy head of the Department of Internal Affairs gets a $17,000 welcome party.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-6ucur\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">TVNZ was paid $300,000 &amp; Stuff $200,000 by Government agency EECA to air a series of climate change pieces which wasn\u2019t made clear to viewers\/readers that it was paid content (political propaganda) as opposed to independent editorial decision-making.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-k2hm\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">August 2023: Kainga Ora is spending quarter of a million dollars every month to lease a Wellington apartment building, only to leave half the flats completely unfilled and only 10-20 per cent occupied most of this year. In total Kainga Ora has lost $3,512,151.67 since December on the unoccupied units. The Project and Facilities Manager complained about Kainga Ora\u2019s inaction in May.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-fp579\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">The Government\u2019s housing agency K\u0101inga Ora is under fire for spending $312,025 a year on seven expensive Bloomberg computers. K\u0101inga Ora had been issuing its own debt. This meant the agency could borrow to fund its housing build programme on its own, without going through Treasury, like most other government departments. It issued about $2.5 billion a year and currently has $12.1 billion in debt in its portfolio.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-1jgb7\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Ministry of Education bought 100 million face masks using tax payer dollars during Labours Covid fear &amp; control campaign, the majority of which are sitting in storage costing $26,000 every month, over $350,000 already up to August 2023. They can\u2019t even give them away, no one wants them, so are spending $120,000 to dispose of them.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-55ctl\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Port Chalmers cycleway build included moving the main trunk railway line so cost $44 million dollars = $5 million per kilometre! Wellington cycleway is costing the tax payer $314 million, Waikato cycleway beside the express way has been funded at $3 million per kilometre \u2013 none of these will be tolled like new roads.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-7c2kc\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Net Debt is going to be 22.8% to GDP in 2024, in 2019 it was 1.8% (that\u2019s a 12.6 fold increase).<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-eg5ut\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">The IMF report shows NZ has the 2nd largest fiscal deficit of any advanced country in the world at present.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-1qumt\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">September 2023: Labour spinning Prefu results as good, the reality:<\/p><\/li><\/ul><ol class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-ol\"><li id=\"viewer-74jqv\" class=\"bCMSCT vBYpX public-DraftStyleDefault-orderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-reset OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">We are not returning to surplus until 2027 &#8211; Labour has now pushed out a surplus 7 years straight, which is worse than after the GFC &amp; Christchurch earthquakes.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-fg1er\" class=\"bCMSCT vBYpX public-DraftStyleDefault-orderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Tax revenue is dropping compared to what Labour forecasted.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-rqhv\" class=\"bCMSCT vBYpX public-DraftStyleDefault-orderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Expenses are rising from what they originally thought.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-9e6hs\" class=\"bCMSCT vBYpX public-DraftStyleDefault-orderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Debt to GDP is worse.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-ecmbg\" class=\"bCMSCT vBYpX public-DraftStyleDefault-orderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Next government Bond issue (debt) to 2027 is worse.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-822bf\" class=\"bCMSCT vBYpX public-DraftStyleDefault-orderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Inflation is higher for longer.<\/p><\/li><\/ol><ul class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-ul\"><li id=\"viewer-7dlq0\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-reset OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Before the last election, Labour promised spending this year by the government would be $116.1 billion, but they have spent $139 billion.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-3d1g7\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">IRD data shows over 50,000 people owe almost $238 million to IRD \u2013 massive increase under Labour.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-eufrp\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">MBIE = 137% increase in head count, Ministry for the Environment = 62% increase in head count.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-80q1u\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Tax payer funded university running a project &amp; offering financial reward to participate in M\u0101ori perspectives on forensics data.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-4bt2s\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">K\u0101inga Ora&#8217;s deficit has blown out to more than two-and-a-half times that forecast for the 2022 year and more than double last year\u2019s deficit. Wages and salaries, excluding benefits up 48.9%.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-75b45\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$6.4 million on a campaign to young men to &#8216;own your feelings&#8217;.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-ennsp\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Millions spent on Covid app Blue tooth tracking then was never used as intended.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-9ou38\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">The Institute of Economic Research: Annual average GDP forecast to slow to 0.4% in the year to March 2024 (due to massive government spending that manufactured a recession).<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-9tqjl\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Statistics NZ was giving gang members tax payer incentive payments to complete their census forms.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-2cc9o\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Corrections NZ giving $100,000 of tax payer funds to gang members to remove tattoos.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-8r46i\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Maori private business given tax payer money e.g. $14 million given to Wai Ariki Hot Springs and Spa.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-dqprm\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour handed out $70 million in tax payer dollars to set up 30 Iwi lead community panels instead of courts for Maori offenders.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-7u36q\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">This Labour government caused the biggest avoidable spend in NZ history brought on by sheer incompetence by being the slowest OECD country in the world to start the Covid vaccine rollout and actually decreasing ICU capability compared to March 2020 (384 down to 300) costing billions in lockdowns to protect hospitals.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-1f98v\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour is spending $650 million tax payer dollars in corporate welfare to subsidise businesses (many of whom are very profitable) to cut emissions that they should be responsible for. $162 million for Maori organisations to reduce emissions, including $36 million for \u201cmatauranga [traditional knowledge]-based approaches to reducing biological emissions\u201d and $30 million for \u201cMaori Climate Action\u201d.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-b0anv\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$188 million for the separate M\u0101ori Health Authority which National is going to repeal.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-dt7eb\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$100 million to support centuries-old treatments called \u201cmaramataka\u201d &#8211; the Maori tradition of using the moon and stars to help treat mental health issues.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-4oqm\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$6.2 million was allocated to develop a Treaty partnership programme to ensure Maori \u2018participate in, benefit from and make decisions\u2019 over anything identified as \u2018taonga\u2019.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-82eoe\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour announced a $730 million Maori housing budget to build 1000 homes and repair 700 \u2018owner-occupied\u2019 homes over four years.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-11dpd\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour committed over $100 million on a business case for Lake Onslow pumped hydro scheme while knowing that National will repeal it.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-b6aqg\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$20 million establishing new \u201cIwi-Maori Partnership Boards\u201d (i.e. introducing co-governance to the new health system).<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-4o2r9\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$3 million for \u201cmarae connectivity\u201d.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-68psj\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">The Auditor General found Labours $30 million purchase of Ihumatao land (post full &amp; final local Iwi Tribunal settlement) to be unlawful because it did not seek the correct approvals from Parliament, then little has happened with the land since in terms of the housing programme it was purchased for.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-9jgbt\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$178 million for councils dealing with RMA reform with a new \u201cNational Maori Entity\u201d to co-govern resource management.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-26m0h\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$11.1 billion allocated to restructure &amp; run the new health system during a global pandemic.<\/p><\/li><li id=\"viewer-6qrc7\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\"><p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">April 2022: The OECD warned months ago that the country needs to rein in its spending.<br \/><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-4e6b473 );\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p id=\"viewer-cderq\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"><em>As a concerned (and previously proud) citizen of this great country and someone who is not associated with any political party, organisation or union, I&#8217;ve compiled lists of where Labour has taken this country over the past 6 years. The objective is to bring awareness to those who don\u2019t have the time to investigate the outcomes of this government\u2019s actions or inactions, and especially to those that don\u2019t see through the propaganda of the once neutral MSM.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1af7cc elementor-share-buttons--align-justify elementor-share-buttons--color-custom elementor-share-buttons-tablet--align-justify elementor-share-buttons--view-icon-text elementor-share-buttons--skin-gradient elementor-share-buttons--shape-square elementor-grid-0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-share-buttons\" data-id=\"a1af7cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"share-buttons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_facebook\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on facebook\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFacebook\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_twitter\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on twitter\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTwitter\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_linkedin\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on linkedin\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLinkedIn\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_reddit\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on reddit\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-reddit\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tReddit\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_whatsapp\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on whatsapp\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-whatsapp\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhatsApp\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_email\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on email\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fas fa-envelope\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e1601c6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e1601c6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e798e94\" data-id=\"e798e94\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58dab8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"58dab8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"3\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Race-Based Division<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0734597 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0734597\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"viewer-foo\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">Race-based special treatment rather than treatment based on need (for any ethnicity) is becoming a real issue. Two out of every three voters believe NZ has become more divided. Here are some of the rights &amp; funding ring-fenced by one human attribute (ancestry), many of which have been introduced under this Labour government:<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-4e6b473 );\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-ul\">\n<li id=\"viewer-445uh\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-reset OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour announced 12 new HIGH protection areas in Auckland\u2019s Hauraki Gulf to \u2018protect and restore marine ecosystems\u2019, while STILL allowing only Maori to fish in them. They are not marine reserves; they are race-based exclusive fishing zones.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-4h5en\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Te Whatu Ora is using tax payer money for Maori &amp; Pacific of any age (only Maori &amp; Pacific ethnicity) to receive free advice and \u2018management\u2019 (including free medicines) at pharmacies for certain conditions.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-fmh9h\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Reduced\/removed rates for Maori landowners under the Local Government (Rating of Whenua Maori) Amendment Act 2021: 1. write off rates owing 2. remove rates altogether for land owned but not developed 3. reduce any remaining rates<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-eq5h2\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">The new $26 million visitor centre for Punakaiki rocks given to local Iwi who then they charge for entry.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-2crt0\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">New guidelines from Pharmac reveal that \u201cMaori are the priority population\u201d. Essentially, those with Maori ethnicity will now be guaranteed priority treatment ahead of others with greater health needs.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-bre9c\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Iwi allowed their own justice system, which often does not go in the victim\u2019s favour and gives lenient outcomes to offenders.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-1nou5\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Auckland surgeons must now consider ethnicity in prioritising patients for operations giving priority to Maori and Pacific Island patients (contrary to the Human Rights Act 1993).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-blujs\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Since May 2023 only Maori &amp; Pacifica are allowed to get GP referrals for free counselling.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-9gjg2\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">New Zealand Health Strategy 2023 should be equally about all New Zealanders but focuses on &#8216;Inequity for Maori&#8217;. \u2018Maori\u2019 or \u2018Iwi\u2019 are mentioned 169 times while \u2018European\u2019 is mentioned 4 times.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-eokqf\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">The Department of Internal Affairs has released a proposal for a new way to regulate social media and traditional media platforms that will control what can and cannot be discussed online. However, Maori are given elevated status in a co-governing role within the regulatory body. Maori are granted protections to &#8220;express themselves freely,&#8221; a privilege not given to any other New Zealander. The proposal will place Maori at the heart of the decisions about what New Zealanders are allowed to say.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-9h5n3\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour have decided that rather than looking for low price and minimum risk, government agencies need to ENSURE 8% of government contracts go to Maori business. Only Maori can apply for <em>all <\/em>government contracts, everyone else is restricted to 92% of them.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-1mmvu\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$560 million tax payer funding to support Maori in getting the free Covid vaccine, including cash incentives for Maori to get vaccinated. Also, a Covid vaccine \u2018Priority Access Code\u2019 was made available if you were Maori.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-bi476\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$438 million in tax payer funding given to upgrade privately owned marae across the country (510 projects &#8211; 358 marae, from a \u2018range\u2019 of crown funds including from the Covid funds).<u class=\"D-jZk\"> <\/u><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-1uerf\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour set aside $7.75 million for truancy issues for Maori &amp; Pacific students.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-d84tc\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">All employees from the Department of Conservation will get paid $3500 (of tax payer money) if they attend a Maori language course.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-f688c\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour have changed the rules so if Maori or Pacific Islanders make up over half of a GP&#8217;s clients they get an increase in funding. If the proportion is 49% or below, they get no increase.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-1rq62\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Three waters proposal will give Maori 50% voting rights (with only 16% \u2018opting\u2019 as Maori) and power of veto over all water. Labour spent $14 million tax payer dollars on increasing Iwi\/Maori understanding of the changes, including a $220 per hour \u2018strategic advisor\u2019 in Maori.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-3uvd3\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">New water services entity amendment bill (for 3 waters) states that public submissions (Community Priority Statements) \u2018may\u2019 be considered. In contrast, the Water Services Entities (WSE\u2019s) \u2018must\u2019 respond directly to Te Mana o te Wai Statements and \u2018must\u2019 include a plan how the Water Services Entities intends to give effect to Te Mana o te Wai Statements &#8211; the new \u201cCommunity Priority Statements\u201d fall well short of the powers provided to local Maori through Te Mana o te Wai statements. This is what Labour is not telling you about as these are at the operational level, unlike the (50%) c*o-governance at the Regional Representative Groups level.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-ed5ob\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour giving Maori access to funding for their legal costs to claim the Seabed &amp; Foreshore, from mean high tide out to 12 nautical miles. Opponents to Maori claims must fund their own legal costs.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-hejt\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$7.3 million tax payer dollars to make new screening process for cervical cancer screening free for Maori and Pacific Island woman but anyone else pays $40-$60.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-4aa63\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour funded $107,280 in taxpayer money to a racist stage show about murdering James Cook, his descendants and &#8216;white men like him\u2019 with pig hunting knives.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-6rerg\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Requirement for staff to take into account a student\u2019s cultural identity when awarding passing grades; rather than their individual merit.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-10fni\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour announced 20 per cent of commercial spectrum to be given to Maori, a permanent Maori spectrum entity will be established and $75 million of funding will go towards development.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-7dit2\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Maori get free bowel screening from 55 years old. Also, Andrew Little announced Maori will get superior access to bowel screening etc.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-3af0s\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Maori and Pacifica are automatically entitled to free flu injections over 55 years of age, aged 30 &amp; over are eligible for a free extra Covid booster and free anti-viral Covid treatment over the age of 50 (for everyone else it is 65 &amp; over).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-7h35c\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour has prioritised Plunket care for Maori and Pacifica, all other ethnicities have been deprioritised.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-2nm8a\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour using tax payer funds during a cost-of-living crisis &amp; record debt to re-name streets, parks &amp; government departments to Maori names \u2013 no cost\/benefit justification given.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-cako7\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour spent tax payer money to reformat the New Zealand passports so that now Te Reo is before any English rather than after it &#8211; no cost\/benefit justification given, and now every border control in the world has to sift through a foreign language to read the passport (reducing efficiency).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-3c1hb\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Maori don\u2019t have to score mid to high 90\u2019s to pass exam to get into medical school.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-1ml27\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Only Maori can legally collect particular shell fish in particular areas.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-tf62\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Auckland Council is aiming to have 5 percent of the value of all direct contracts awarded to diverse suppliers \u2013 Maori and\/or Pasifika-owned business or social enterprises.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-bdvd5\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Auckland Transport&#8217;s target is to have 2 percent of the value of procurement spend with Maori-owned businesses by the end of 2023.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-aeq8u\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Watercare aims for 5 percent of total spend to be with Maori businesses by the end of the 2025 financial year.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-clsvp\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Powers given to Maori to close public National parks (e.g. Whirinaki Conservation Park rahui restricting all access for people from outside the immediate community had been invoked by Ngati Whare).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-2nmas\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Without consulting anyone, Tuhoe had removed 15 huts from the Ureweras and planned to remove the other 33.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-all0g\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour deciding what input Maori (only) should have in immigration policy.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-5s7bb\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour removed rights voters had to trigger a local binding referendum \u2013 e.g. Maori wards.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-a9c6o\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour&#8217;s Local Government Minister trying to get 50% of Council seats to be held by Maori.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-1l0dj\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$12 million government support for Maori landowners to invest in growing sheep milk industry.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-45qtp\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Report by the Auditor-General on the $290 million &#8220;Strategic Tourism Assets Protection Programme&#8221;: The Tourism Recovery Minister decided to fund all tourism businesses that scored more than 15 out of 30 points in the assessment process. They also decided to fund all eligible Maori tourism businesses, including those that scored less than 15 out of 30 points in the assessment process.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-54o96\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labours Budget for 2020 had $1 billion to improve outcomes for Maori in response to Covid-19.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-ecm8h\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$1.1 billion for Maori in Budget 2021.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-ek77u\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">2022 Budget: An extra $26m (now $155m in total) for \u201cProgressive Procurement\u201d \u2013 i.e. favouring Maori-owned businesses as government contractors. $118m in \u201cadvisory services\u201d for farmers and Maori land owners. $580m for \u201cMaori Health and wellbeing\u201d including $188m for the new Maori Health Authority. $20m establishing new \u201cIwi-Maori Partnership Boards\u201d (i.e. introducing co-governance to the new health system). A $1 billion \u201cMaori Budget\u201d including: $91m on Maori trades, training, and cadetships, $3m for \u201cmarae connectivity\u201d, $5m for Iwi\/Maori teachers. $200m for Maori education. $28m for Maori \u201clanguage, culture and identity\u201d. $162m for Maori organisations to reduce emissions, including $36m for \u201cmatauranga [traditional knowledge]-based approaches to reducing biological emissions\u201d and $30m for \u201cMaori Climate Action\u201d. $178m for councils dealing with RMA reform with a new \u201cNational Maori Entity\u201d to co-govern resource management.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-egfhh\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Maori have been allocated a total of $825 million in 2023 Wellbeing Budget.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-3m6ak\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">2023 Budget: Te Matatini (Maori performing arts festival) has its annual funding increased from $2.9 million per year to $34 million over the next two years.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-2j7fd\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Money set aside for poor people is being taken from the community services card fund to give Maori and only Maori women a $50 Prezzy card who turn up for their pregnancy assessment. That means if you have 1% Maori ancestry and are rich, you will still get a $50 Prezzy card (from the fund for the poor) because of your trace of Maori ancestry, not because you need it. Not available for anyone actually in need that doesn\u2019t have Maori ancestry.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-b4ui5\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour splashed tax payer money on Warriors match tickets or food vouchers for Maori and Pasifika who hadn\u2019t filled in their census forms. $2 million was budgeted for handing out support vouchers to get non-responding individuals and households to complete the census.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-2hc93\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Tax payer money for \u2018Whanau to achieve their aspirations&#8217; through Whanau Ora commissioning agencies.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-d885e\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Free hospital parking tickets to Maori with a family member in hospital.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-1kaa9\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Maori private business given tax payer money &amp; loans \u2013 e.g. Wai Ariki Hot Springs and Spa: $14 million given to it and an additional $38 million dollar tax payer loan.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-9ji8f\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Primary Healthcare operations\/organisations paid $25 per patient to screen Maori &amp; Pacific for Cardiovascular.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-cvk32\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Specialist Education is scaled where Maori &amp; Pacifica leap frog others for specialist education support.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-4ta7u\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour handed out $70 million in tax payer dollars to set up 30 Iwi lead community panels instead of courts for Maori offenders. Also, the Police Commissioner has established a 21-member Maori Focus Forum that not only co-designs policing strategy for dealing with Maori offenders, but also plays a \u201cgovernance role\u201d. The end result of this partnership with Iwi is that Police \u201clive up to the joint expectations of those partners, to improve long term wellbeing for Maori who come to Police attention.\u201d In other words, Maori justice is all about the offender \u2013 ensuring they have a positive outcome. There is little regard for the victim. A violent attack that sent a tourist to hospital resulted in no arrests, no charges, no court, no sentence \u2013 only a chat with a community panel of iwi. It seems the Police have now become \u201can inclusive partner for Iwi Maori\u201d. As a result, offenders who are Maori now have a different pathway \u2013 one that looks past the victim to embrace the culture of the offender.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-757av\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Probation Officers being told to move away from recommending imprisonment for Maori &amp; Pacific Islanders.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-fnker\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour launched a $98 million dollar strategy to reduce Maori over-representation in prisons in August 2019. By 2022 the proportion of Maori in prison had increased. Meantime, Marama Davidson (leader of Greens party) stated \u201cI am a prevention violence minister. I know who causes violence in the world, it is white cis men\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-882f0\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">The Plant Variety Rights Bill introduces a Maori Plant Varieties Committee. It can block plant varieties being registered and the bill says \u2018A person must not be appointed as a member of the committee unless, in the opinion of the Commissioner, the person is qualified for appointment, having regard to that person\u2019s knowledge of matauranga Maori.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-125a\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Maori party put on their website that \u2018it is a well-known fact that Maori are genetically superior\u2019. To date, no apology has been given.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-ctvhq\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour is removing or reducing biodiversity protection restrictions for Maori land (changing FNDC SNA mapping), but does this extend to anyone else?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-csn1k\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour has dedicated $18 million tax payer dollars (over four years) for iwi-based events and resources that support whanau, hapu and iwi to grow and lead their practices and customs relating to te kahui o Matariki\/Matariki Public Holiday.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-5b5m4\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Government lead Mapping for Sites and Areas of Significance to Maori (SASM) didn\u2019t involve Farmers consultation \u2013 Timura council alone has identified 4000 property owners whose lands fits into the 5 categories of SASM regulations (sacred areas).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-a7g1q\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">A fund administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment invests in projects designed to strengthen capability, capacity, skills and networks between Maori and the science and innovation system.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-3unvp\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Parliament&#8217;s new &#8216;Te Kahui Mouri&#8217; (2 wooden Maori poles) unveiled in July 2023 cost tax payers $500,000, described as &#8220;tone-deaf&#8221; during a cost-of-living crisis when Kiwis are &#8220;being asked to tighten their belts&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-2d2d1\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Counsellors being told they can only accept young people &amp; Maori &amp; Pacifica. Also, a psychologist in Wellington said that hospitals are referring Maori &amp; Pacific Islanders to private psychologist and the businesses are losing money because they often don\u2019t turn up. Any other ethnicity can only be referred to the public health system, there is a 5-month waiting list unless they pay for private care themselves.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-d9pdh\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Police and the government turn a blind eye to illegal occupation of private land only if under Maori protest occupation (e.g. Ihumatao &amp; property on the banks of the Taipa River).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-13nfd\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$55 million fund for media to promote that the Treaty of Waitangi is a partnership &#8211; forty percent of the first allocations went to projects benefiting Maori journalism. The fund prevents an opposing point of view to the Labour government\u2019s race-based program.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-o68j\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">An Independent Maori Statutory Board has been established tasked with representing the views of Maori at the governance level in councils.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-4n8om\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">The Hauraki Gulf Forum voted 11-7 in favour of changing its composition to that of a 50:50 co-governance authority with mana whenua and \u2018others\u2019. It is also proposing to develop its own statutory plans, that could prevail over council policies and central government decision-making, for all matters in respect of the Gulf. Although the elected members voted 7-5 against the proposals, six more votes were collected from the tangata whenua appointed members making the final vote 11-7 in favour of the proposals.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-dpltj\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$49,999 towards an Indigenised Hypno-soundscape to take you to the \u2018imagined worlds of our Korero Purakau\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-alr5e\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">The Health Coalition Aotearoa claiming \u2018The Burden of obesity has been disproportionately carried by Maori and Pacifica\u2019 is a breach of the Treaty of Waitangi.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-22uto\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">The Canterbury Regional Council (Ngai Tahu Representation) Bill setting a significant precedent for unelected iwi representation.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-1t59v\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$100 million regional employment scheme to focus on Maori &amp; Pasifika people.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-tqmg\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">The Maori Health Authority (Te Aka Whai Ora) is spending more than $1.15 million a month on contractors and consultants. The Maori Health Authority will have veto rights over the entire health system; Maori patients to be prioritised over non-Maori.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-33hg4\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Even before the Pae Ora (Health Reform) legislation came into effect, $22 million was allocated to establishing the Maori Health Authority board headed up by Nanaia Mahuta&#8217;s sister Tipa.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-5np2e\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">In 1997 the New Zealand Government returned the rights of greenstone (pounamu) ownership to Te R\u016bnanga o Ngai Tahu. Therefore, all greenstone found becomes the right of Iwi to obtain &amp; sell.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-ccjhj\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">In conservation, an Options Developments Group set up by the Department of Conservation to better recognise the \u2018Treaty partnership\u2019 recommends \u201cthe delegation, transfer and devolution of functions and powers within the conservation system to tangata whenua\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-7ict1\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Waitangi Tribunal\u2019s Wai 262 report categorises as Maori \u2018taonga\u2019 a wide range of \u2018treasures\u2019 including intellectual property rights, genetics, and all living species in the country \u2013 both native and introduced. In 2020, $6.2 million was allocated to develop a Treaty partnership programme to ensure Maori \u2018participate in, benefit from and make decisions\u2019 over anything identified \u2018taonga\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-2fsdb\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">A 91.75% majority vote to change Playcentre Aotearoa\u2019s constitution has been overruled due to Maori co-governance vote having ultimate power.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-66j40\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour quietly slipped through legislation that empowers Iwi (only Maori) to legally run roadblocks.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-bl8ap\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour announced a $730 million Maori housing budget to build 1000 homes and repair 700 owner-occupied homes over four years.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-8tfls\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">68 public schools\u2019 ownership moving to Ngati Toa Rangatira.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-1h2re\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">The Mahi Whakaara programme is part of the Maori Trades and Training Fund (MTTF), a $18.5 million government leg up for Maori jobseekers.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-82fom\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour announced $38 million will go to strengthening existing initiatives in Maori and Pacific communities for family and sexual violence prevention.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-637tb\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Tax payer funds committed to develop a specific Maori Climate Strategy and Action Plan.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-1gad\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Kainga Ora spent $204,897 on koha between 2019-2021 (interact with marae or have someone perform a ceremonial role, majority of time it has been a monetary contribution). That is just one government agency, what other agencies have given money to Iwi? What other cultures have received equivalent gifts \u2013 if any?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-9t3i7\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Maori Development Minister Willie Jackson says Labour will invest $25 million into the Cadetships programme, delivered by Te Puni K\u014dkiri.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-i5ij\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Te Pae Tawhiti programme which supports research and innovation in the Maori economy is getting a further $27.6 million investment over the next four years.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-7qcml\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$25.9 million funding for Ngai Tahu to reduce young South Island Maori in state care.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-e2iq7\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour funding polytechnic to convert its workbooks and assessments for its level 3 automotive engineering course to Te Reo Maori.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-7t1fr\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour is allocating $6.5 million into a programme set to enhance Maori employment outcomes in the research, science and innovation workforce.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-2dtal\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Planning laws to be taken from local councils \u2013 given to 14 co-governed entities. The Herald reports, Labour has decided that there will be 14 regional planning committees throughout New Zealand comprising representatives of the local government and of Maori.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-2vbu8\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">The new Maori Health Authority has a budget of half a billion dollars and CEO Riana Manuel has allocated $100 million of that to support centuries-old treatments called \u201cmaramataka\u201d &#8211; the Maori tradition of using the moon and stars to help treat mental health issues.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-73og2\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Nanaia Mahuta was associate minister when her husband&#8217;s firm was awarded $72,999 Government contract to facilitate six meetings (hui) and 14 workshops to engage with Maori and to provide a &#8220;high-level overview&#8221; of the agency&#8217;s Auckland housing projects.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-bk9pt\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour announced a $80 million Maori media strategy.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-4tic3\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">The Reserve Bank is looking to use its position and insights to improve access to capital for Maori (only).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-dqgss\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Auckland Council uses rates for Maori outcomes funding &amp; T\u016bpuna Maunga Operational Plan.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-e2mge\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Cyclone Gabrielle: Maori given $15 million to support a Maori-led recovery of flood-hit communities.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-87gfd\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Pacifica &amp; Maori patients in South Auckland are to be seen by a medical professional on the day they seek help, pushing everyone else further down the list.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-fcqpb\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Health minister has set aside $2.2 million on \u2018PR consultants\u2019 on new Maori Health authority.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-5ugve\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Think tank Tokona Te Raki &#8211; Maori Futures Collective has launched a new action plan to remove streaming from schools by 2030 because they consider it \u2018racist\u2019; rather than advancing the top tier students, they would prefer to hold back potential.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-do7do\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Te Kainga rental building &#8211; quality two and three bedroom apartments for Wellingtonians that are below market rate for the inner city. Applicants who work for Maori organisations are prioritised.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-9fo4i\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Special provisions for Maori culture: Kindergarten Teachers Accept Latest Collective Agreement Offer including \u2018a cultural allowance for kaiako Maori\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-ebh5n\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Students who have some Maori or Pasifika heritage not only have access to the scholarships designated for them, but also have the opportunity to apply for the same scholarships that a non-Maori\/Pasifika can.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-477d0\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Only Maori get to choose what electoral role they are on and swap back and forth at any time. Maori seats were meant to be abolished in 1879 when the rule was removed that you had to own land under your personal name (inadvertently excluding groups\/tribes) to be able to vote.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-fbr1k\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour has encouraged integrating Te Reo into English to normalise \u2018Pidgin English\u2019, rather than supporting both as separate important languages in their own right. Labour used this Pidgin English to communicate important announcements throughout Covid19 &amp; other emergencies \u2013 whether you understood it or not. Rawiri Waititi called all non-Maori New Zealanders who did not speak Maori &#8220;dumb&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-61vdl\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Hone Harawira says it is appropriate for Maori (only) to eat Kereru (protected native pigeon).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-37msh\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour has spent tax payer money on introducing a school \u2018history\u2019 curriculum that supports the Maori view of New Zealand to indoctrinate children into \u2018Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles &amp; partnership\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-4k4m0\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Special tax rates e.g. Maori \u2018Charitable Trust\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-4ltu0\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">State Funding proposed for \u2018A new fund \u2013 Te Putea Whakangawari Korero a-Tiriti \/ Treaty Facilitation Fund \u2013 should be available to facilitate party and candidate engagement with Maori communities, in ways appropriate for Maori.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-cho6l\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">The tax payer paid free school lunches programme was given an extra $323 million in the 2023 budget to keep it running. 48% of students receiving the free lunches are Maori. A Treasury report was hugely critical of it with found no evidence of impacting attendance or benefiting akonga Maori.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-6bec5\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Maori Party calling for Maori (only) to get pension to start at 57 years old.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-83no8\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Covid Response funds are spent on:<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-d3qh0\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-reset OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Atawhai Interactive Tapui, which received $250,000 towards production of Toroa, that gives tamariki and rangatahi an experience to fly as Toroa on its journey from the Pacific Ocean back to its home on Taiaroa head. It will explore the themes of whakapapa as the Toroa soars over the ocean, deified as Takaroa, on the winds of Tawhirimatea.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-6nr0i\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$1,323,000 Taki Rua Productions &#8211; The development and delivery of two immersive live productions of large-scale contemporary M\u0101ori performing arts pieces.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-d4791\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$1,015,300 Maoriland Charitable Trust to deliver Purita, a capability system to enable identification and development of Maori potential.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-dk401\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$248,460 on traditional M\u0101ori painting.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-a5v2t\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$20,000 Te Runaka o \u014ctakou scoping the use of a web platform to leverage purakau [myths and legends], and traditional and contemporary technologies to connect with the Otakou diaspora.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-5v843\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$20,000 on a business plan for Tongan mat-weaving.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-afkr5\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$20,000 To develop a business plan for virtual reality recreations of current Maori wahi tapu [sacred places] with an initial focus on Kai Tahu marae and their historic sites of interest.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-9npvm\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth1 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">$20,000 To contribute to the creation of a te reo Maori children\u2019s book which uses an app to embellish the story with music and claymation videos, and allows the reader to recreate waiata using instrumental loops.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-4mjfi\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">There are New Zealand national sporting teams &amp; awards defined by race.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-e3jeq\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Maori Data Governance Model has been designed by Maori for use across the New Zealand public service &#8211; that could affect your data.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-fuchi\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">While the Waitangi tribunal holds the government (tax payer) to account for historical transgressions against Maori, there is no tribunal holding Iwi to account for any of their historical transgressions (e.g. Ngati Tama and Ngati Mutunga genocide &amp; slavery of the Chatham Islands Moriori up until 1867).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-6npnq\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">While no financial assistance is available for anyone wanting to oppose tribal claims, the government has provided lucrative funding of up to $458,000 for applicants to prepare their case, with further funding available for historical research as well as for legal fees and other costs associated with court hearings \u2013 including accommodation, air fares, meals etc.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-fd287\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Researchers asked academics to assess their own freedom on a number of issues on a scale of zero to 10. Newsroom reports: The lowest scoring area was freedom to debate or discuss issues around the Treaty of Waitangi and colonialism.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-eghpc\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Money channelled into marae renovations, and Maori and Pasifika businesses questioned by the Office of the Auditor-General &#8211; on the $640 million of public money spent on the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF), we are not yet certain that Parliament or the public can have confidence that the investments made through the PGF reset will ultimately represent good value for money, did not see evidence of planning for, or commitment to, an evaluation of the outcomes.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-9fngf\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">In 1948 Prime Minister Peter Fraser signed the UN\u2019s Universal Declaration of Human Rights \u201cAll human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights\u201d, but this Labour government has introduced laws &amp; policy to remove equal rights: The surgical waitlist equity adjuster tool introducing racial profiling into healthcare, the eligibility for drugs funded by Pharmac, the eligibility for Medical School training and the eligibility for screening etc.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-3lc0k\" class=\"bCMSCT Unmlxj s-SEY public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">\n<p class=\"Y9Dpf OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT\">Labour Kieran McAnulty on Maori special treatment: \u201cThere are provisions that we have in this country that wouldn\u2019t stand up to a purely academic democratic framework but that\u2019s not how we work in New Zealand\u201d.<br><em style=\"background-color: transparent; color: var( --e-global-color-4e6b473 );\"><br>As a concerned (and previously proud) citizen of this great country and someone who is not associated with any political party, organisation or union, I&#8217;ve compiled lists of where Labour has taken this country over the past 6 years. The objective is to bring awareness to those who don\u2019t have the time to investigate the outcomes of this government\u2019s actions or inactions, and especially to those that don\u2019t see through the propaganda of the once neutral MSM. -b<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fa20b89 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fa20b89\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8231a76\" data-id=\"8231a76\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9506bfd elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-fixed elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9506bfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;fixed&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjE5MyIsInRvZ2dsZSI6ZmFsc2V9\">DONATE<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bede3d5 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-fixed elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bede3d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;fixed&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjIwNCIsInRvZ2dsZSI6ZmFsc2V9\">REGISTER<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3dc27b6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3dc27b6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-71eb84f\" data-id=\"71eb84f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01ee349 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"01ee349\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-000df2e elementor-share-buttons--align-justify elementor-share-buttons--color-custom elementor-share-buttons-tablet--align-justify elementor-share-buttons--view-icon-text elementor-share-buttons--skin-gradient elementor-share-buttons--shape-square elementor-grid-0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-share-buttons\" data-id=\"000df2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"share-buttons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_facebook\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on facebook\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFacebook\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_twitter\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on twitter\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTwitter\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_linkedin\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on linkedin\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\" 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