A narrative of fiscal responsibility is not for the gullible. The past Chair and a number of Board members of KO are finding that out.
It’s not about being profitable, Nic, it’s about accountability for tax payers money allocated to the particular activity. This type of mismanagement became a bit of a habit under the last government.
I stated above the departure trend would have begun due to covid release. But the trend continued, and by late 2022 the rolling annual numbers were up at 100,000. The 2024 figures are just a continuation of that trend.
Did you read the article? It found the social housing system is not socially or financially sustainable. A report by the Treasury and the Ministry for Housing and Urban Development found Kāinga Ora's level of debt had grown from $2.7 billion in 2018 to $12...
The material I posted consisted of comparisons with other countries who also faced covid. The productivity comparisons are particularly damaging, given the decline in NZ's productivity was continuing when others were recovering. As for Covid, we fared ok. ...
What I take is a trend. You stated: "a lot of people leaving New Zealand after the government fell behind in the polls in early 2023..." and... Because everyone could see there would no longer be an effort to match incomes (increases in MW FPA etc) and ...
The deterioration in NZ's economic position took place under the last Labour government. We are still finding out just how bad things got. There is nothing for you to say "I told you so" about.
Your comment was about 'a lot of people leaving', not net migration. Have a look at the same graph. The arrivals (which increased significantly from mid to late 2022) masked the full impact of the departures, which began to rise from early 2021.
It's bad. Most of the people living in Gaza today didn't vote for Hamas, but they are paying a heavy price.
Good story, however here's the migration outflow since 2001. Migration | Stats NZ. Outflows have not shifted much over the years, however they were on an upward trajectory from February 2021 (at least partly due to pent up demand during covid).
The economy was in trouble well before the current government took over. According to the Swiss Institute for Management and Development (IMD) annual rankings of competitiveness, NZ has fallen from 16th in 2017 to 31st in 2022. Our economic performance has...
@BWaghorn
@BWaghorn "Because selfish short sighted morons hate it," According to Jacinda Ardern, that's a lot of NZ voters you're describing there.
You do realise that was written by a Palestinian from Gaza? "“Surrender“? Isn’t the IDF's mission in Gaza to 'elimination' of Hamas?" Certainly is. Just as the elimination of the entire nation of Israel is the mission of Hamas. "It would be interesting to ...
Do you think it would be a good idea to have the trial first?
The ignorance is widespread, Drowsy, and has been called out by Gazan's living in this hell, as well as others. Here's two brief extracts from Message From a Gazan to Campus Protesters: You're Hurting the Palestinian Cause | Opinion (newsweek.com) that ...
My understanding is that polling has shown a (narrow) majority favour a CGT… Well we haven't had a single Labour leader follow through with one.
You might want to protest this. Screams Before Silence Film
The problem with that, Phillip (I would argue it's just as well), is that there is no evidence of any appetite amongst the majority of voters for the sort of policies that would make for a unified platform between those parties. Jacinda Ardern knew that ...
Democratic Socialism is defined as: "...a socialist economy where production and wealth are collectively owned, but the country has a democratic system of government." Democratic Socialist Countries 2024 (worldpopulationreview.com) It would seem to me to ...
Perhaps the reason they didn't answer her was because they couldn't. There are many videos on line of these 'activists' being asked what they are protesting about, and some of them frankly don't have a clue.
I don't think you understand just how ridiculous these videos are. The full version of the debate could be a good watch. But a video in which 3 self-indulgent pseudo intellectuals play 'gotcha', in which we hear more from these 3 bozos than either of Maher...
As I said above Between 2001 and 2017, the number of public sector employees grew by 34%, at a time when NZ’s population grew by 23% The number of public sector employees was growing faster than our population before 2017.
"Using % of GDP isn't a useful measure of social welfare. It's just focusing on spending rather than effect." I disagree about it not being a useful measure. I'll circle back to the second half of that comment shortly. "Using % of public expenditure on ...
"The country we have and will always be is one with a small American-style minimalist welfare system..." Not so. List of countries by social welfare spending - Wikipedia As a % of GDP, we are 19th out of 26 countries in the OECD for spending on social ...
"I somehow don't find a puff piece by the PPTA from 2007 very convincing." Here is something more recent - Small class sizes for improving student achievement in primary and secondary schools: a systematic review - Filges - 2018 - Campbell Systematic ...
I doubt that. You don't think public schools game NCEA? You don't think charter schools have KPI's?
You conveniently missed the part where said The pressure goes off. The expectation of staff isn’t as high as it is under charter schools. That is obvious.
I’m suddenly finding the imagery too disturbing🤣
You are on fire. Again.
“COD’s”?
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