Access to finance was up to KO, AFAIK. The expectations I'm referring to would have been around operational objectives (e.g. the number of house builds, the financial performance of the organisation) and governance.
Clearly you didn't follow the response to AB. B said Those 5 things will keep rents down, house prices down and wages up. My response was to directly demonstrate that that claim defies the history of the last national led government. It is not a diversion,...
A representation of people based on area and its population is unrelated to representation of people by electoral roll (and or party list). That's not what I said. You seem to have a problem with greater Maori representation on councils, despite low ...
The 'common good' is not served by a government agency spending well beyond its means, incurring unsustainable debt, and expecting the government to simply bail it out.
The current performance of KO has nothing to do with what happened over 7 years ago. KO is being measured against the expectations set for it by the last government.
So where is the list? It should be published. I found this interesting from your link: “Against that backdrop, we were directed not to back away from delivery, and that meeting housing delivery targets remained paramount. The current financial model for ...
Where are they?
Because they are two completely different issues. A representative review is simply about the balance of population. Māori wards are about providing representation on the basis of race alone. Apart from that, Maori seats failed to increase participation, ...
The bottom line is this: were there inaccuracies or errors in the review? No-one has yet been able to come up with one. And so they try to smear the lead writer. It just gives more power to the report.
Thanks James. I couldn't see how calling for this action could be illegal in and of itself.
The text's show nothing of the sort. They don't even speak of any 'outcome', or for that matter 'process'. The comments by McAnulty are laughable, although it does show how desperate they are.
I was responding directly to Adam's comment that They were not engaged, and that was the problem. The problem wasn't solved by Māori wards. As to your second comment, Māori representation at local government has been on the rise for decades. In 2004 just 4...
Māori wards, were designed to encourage a section of the population who do not vote, to vote. And they failed. Māori wards did not inspire voters: What next to boost democracy? | RNZ News People on the Māori roll vote for Māori wards. The roll is not ...
No, Adam, Mari wards failed, despite the excuses. But despite widespread publicity for the Māori wards, there's no evidence of increased voting. Māori wards did not inspire voters: What next to boost democracy? | RNZ News
Hi Weka. I am not a lawyer, but I do have experience around employment matters. Here's my 2 cents worth. if someone takes time off work on Thurs to attend the protest, is that striking or not? No. In a strike, there is an accepted relationship between a ...
How is "Māori get exactly the same access to representation as non-Māori without Māori wards." not true? 2. They are an additional ward, so my point stands, and you have confirmed it. 3. Wrong. Only Māori can vote in Māori wards, so representation is ...
On your arguments: 1. The reverse is true. Māori get exactly the same access to representation as non-Māori without Māori wards. 2. So are Māori wards and elections within those wards, including, managing the rolls. 3. The reverse is true. Māori wards ...
At the end of the day we had a program which engages Māori with local politics. Māori are engaged already with local politics. There is no impediment for Māori to be further engaged, if they so wish.
House prices rose 53% in just 3 years, when they'd only risen 49% in the previous 9 years! That's not a coincidence. Interest rates were low through much of National's time in government, yet prices were far more stable.
"But the difference is that all councils that have set up the wards since Mahuta’s law change have to hold referenda. They do not have a choice. And neither should they. This is a constitutional matter, and should be determined by seperate referendum, a ...
Orrs policy was in part driven by the dual mandate. That absolutely was a reflection on the Labour government. But the other issue is that 2021 was not just a blip. Median house prices rose 53% between the end of 2017 and the end of 2020, which was more ...
I'm not sure that's telling us about the number of beneficiaries who "who have no wage and salary income,"?
There are 72,000 properties that fall under KO's control. There are around 600,000 rental properties in NZ in total, including KO managed/owned properties. I'm trying to work out if that helps my argument or not
Your figures don't reflect my comment at all. 1. I referred to the period of the last labour government. Your data stops mid-way through that period, and so excludes 2021. 2. My data was a comparison of house prices to inflation, in other words the real ...
The minimum wage and any wage and salary income of beneficiaries would be included in the real wage figures I quoted. For beneficiaries who have no wage and salary income, would most be living in social housing rather than private housing?
In recent years it has been the rising incomes that have matched rising rents. It's hard to see how that can be the case when between 2018 and 2023, real wage growth was negative (https://thestandard.org.nz/mps-pay-increases/#comment-1998218).
NACT will not do any of those 5 things – they are all contrary to the interests of their core supporters. Those 5 things will keep rents down, house prices down and wages up. You might be surprised to know that: From 2008 through 2017, the median weekly ...
Maybe the high level of migrant labour inflow 2022-23 has an impact on rent demand. And in adding that level of demand, the government just made things worse. Add costs to suppliers, and then throw extra demand on top. Anyone whose equity has gone from 40%...
Landlord equity means nothing if landlord income cannot fund the debt. As far as rents are concerned, market pressure from excess demand is going to be exacerbated when landlords have additional costs imposed on them. And we know that from the data. From ...
The funding model did not change. The way KO is funded is still the way it was funded under the previous government. And BTW, an operating surplus is not the same as a profit in private sector terms. In private sector terms terms 'profit' includes ...
The KO funding 'model' has been in place for years. And social housing can expand under that model. What changed is that under the governance of KO, operating costs and borrowing were allowed to spiral out of control.
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