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The thread centers on New Zealand's upcoming election, primarily debating the economic management and policy differences between the center-left Labour government and center-right National/ACT opposition. Key criticisms target Labour's fiscal stewardship, citing ballooning government expenditure #7#272, housing unaffordability, and unfulfilled promises like KiwiBuild and dental care expansion #16#12. A user #7 highlighted Labour's annual 9% spending growth versus 1.5% under previous governments, arguing this fueled inflation. National's tax-cut policy faced scrutiny over funding gaps and legality, with user #215 questioning Luxon's reliance on "trust me" assurances.
Leadership competence emerged as a critical theme, particularly in later posts. Luxon drew heavy criticism after a contentious interview where he struggled to defend policy details #194#199#211, while Willis faced backlash for her economic credentials. Hipkins garnered fleeting praise for articulation but was ultimately seen as representing poor governmental outcomes #45#119. A trusted user #308 presented expert economic analysis contradicting Treasury optimism. Infrastructure issues—like Wellington's water crisis and the dental school staffing shortage—were cited as examples of systemic mismanagement #235#12. Notable policy debates included road-user charges for EVs #220, immigration impacts on rents #299, and coalition scenarios involving NZ First #182#258. Early fringe discussions on candidates' rugby allegiances gave way to substantive policy critiques, culminating in grim Treasury forecasts discussed in posts #271#304#308. User #168 also revealed concerns about Labour rushing regulatory changes to entrench policies pre-election.

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New rumors doing the rounds. NZ Labor getting the knives out for the Greens.
many voters switch between Labour and the Greens so can see this happening to strengthen up their numbers, stop people moving right and distance themselves from them after the last few weeks.
 
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Interesting but I can't really see what the government has done to rise back up in the latest poll or what Labour has done to fall so far.

Also have to confess that I was contacted (for the first time) by the polling company to participate in this poll but my "vote" wouldn't have contributed to the "change" in the direction of this poll.

I'd imagine it is more a case of votes leaving the left side of the ledger, and needing somewhere to go, as opposed to a magnetic draw from the right
 
many voters switch between Labour and the Greens so can see this happening to strengthen up their numbers, stop people moving right and distance themselves from them after the last few weeks.
Helen’s husband making veiled posts about the German greens. I wasn’t aware of that rabbit hole until recently.

Factional War!
 
Funnily enough Mike I mentioned on here a little while back about how I had never been contacted about any of these polls.
A week or so later the phone goes & guess who??
Forum spies perhaps .Who knows .
I had a guy ring up this week about a survey.

Was about to tell him where to go because I don’t have time to waste and luckily realised he was actually a surveyor going to do a site survey for a Subdivision project🤣
 
Interesting but I can't really see what the government has done to rise back up in the latest poll or what Labour has done to fall so far.

Also have to confess that I was contacted (for the first time) by the polling company to participate in this poll but my "vote" wouldn't have contributed to the "change" in the direction of this poll.

I said a few weeks ago anecdotally there’s more positivity out there at the moment.

Inflation under control, interest rates dropping, the longest recession in 30 years officially finished.

Love ā€˜em or hate em these were the big issues that we voted National in to sort.

Ps Nobody cares about free school lunches being cold, like I’ve previously said - it’s all about the economy.
 

90% of submissions against a treaty principle bill from a select committee, and Seymour wants to take to a referendum. Will be interesting to hear Luxon’s view since he committed to it not going past a first reading in the house
 
I said a few weeks ago anecdotally there’s more positivity out there at the moment.

Inflation under control, interest rates dropping, the longest recession in 30 years officially finished.

Love ā€˜em or hate em these were the big issues that we voted National in to sort.

Ps Nobody cares about free school lunches being cold, like I’ve previously said - it’s all about the economy.
I deal with a cross section of businesses and for what it's worth they are finding it tougher than 12 months ago. A slight lift over Xmas but really tough right now
 
I said a few weeks ago anecdotally there’s more positivity out there at the moment.

Inflation under control, interest rates dropping, the longest recession in 30 years officially finished.

Love ā€˜em or hate em these were the big issues that we voted National in to sort.

Ps Nobody cares about free school lunches being cold, like I’ve previously said - it’s all about the economy.
Can you highlight some of National’s policies that have directly led to reduced inflation & getting us out of recession? I reckon it’s just a typical economic cycle moving through its different phases. Btw I’m still not hearing a great deal of positivity out there. Things still going backwards.
 
Can you highlight some of National’s policies that have directly led to reduced inflation & getting us out of recession? I reckon it’s just a typical economic cycle moving through its different phases. Btw I’m still not hearing a great deal of positivity out there. Things still going backwards.
Pulling back on government spending has helped bring inflation down quicker IMO (out of recession not so much). It's interesting, I read an article the other day that Andrew Little said they overcooked the economic stimulus which pushed inflation up. A lot of other countries got it wrong also.
 
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