Sooner this is introduced the better, Queen St is a disgrace. Clearly need to come up with the best possible solution, however what the current situation is definitely isn’t it!
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Sooner this is introduced the better, Queen St is a disgrace. Clearly need to come up with the best possible solution, however what the current situation is definitely isn’t it!
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What's the solution. Moving them on to where exactly?
All the organisation equipped to deal with them have had their funding cut.
It's only going to get uglier
No idea where, however they simply can’t be setting up home on Queen St, anyone walking down there would agree.
Based on my amateur diagnoses, the homelessness in Auckland CBD is a mental health and addiction issue, not necessarily homelessness per se
Absolutely it is mental illness & also it is people that have been ignored & abused their whole lives. They hang out on Queen St so they can be noticed, acknowledged by people. It’s all very very sad.
Maybe if this government hadn't shut down emergency housing eh
Maybe if there wasn’t inter-generational abuse & neglect within the ‘family’ environment more like it.
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I know people that work in homeless shelters that say addiction and mental health are the issues with those still there choosing not to access housing and support even when it is available.
Emergency housing is ambulance at the bottom of the cliff vs addressing the actual underlying causes.
I’m of the view more effort needs to be put into stopping people from getting there in the first place. It starts with fixing the parts of society that lead to these outcomes. And it will only come from society itself rather than government.
Emergency housing is ambulance at the bottom of the cliff vs addressing the actual underlying causes.
I’m of the view more effort needs to be put into stopping people from getting there in the first place. It starts with fixing the parts of society that lead to these outcomes. And it will only come from society itself rather than government.
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In the 1950s, New Zealand ranked third in the world for GDP per capita. Today, we’ve fallen to 37th.
Our GDP per capita, a true measure of economic output and productivity, now sits more than 20% below the OECD average.
To turn this around, we need to incentivise business and productivity.
Every barrier placed on business makes it harder to build successful, high-paying industries. The rising number of businesses struggling and closing is the biggest threat to our long-term success. Unemployment isn’t the core problem – it’s just a symptom of weak business growth.
A Capital Gains Tax may be part of the solution, but on its own it doesn’t grow the economy. Labour’s approach of putting barriers up to businesses and saying but we disincentivise property, simply won’t work. Where are the pro growth and business policies?
Our GDP per capita, a true measure of economic output and productivity, now sits more than 20% below the OECD average.
To turn this around, we need to incentivise business and productivity.
Every barrier placed on business makes it harder to build successful, high-paying industries. The rising number of businesses struggling and closing is the biggest threat to our long-term success. Unemployment isn’t the core problem – it’s just a symptom of weak business growth.
A Capital Gains Tax may be part of the solution, but on its own it doesn’t grow the economy. Labour’s approach of putting barriers up to businesses and saying but we disincentivise property, simply won’t work. Where are the pro growth and business policies?
What a shitshow this awful coalition isStuff
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Highest unemployment in 30 years. Stats NZ says 160,000 out of work in September 2025. 121,000 in September 2024, so 39,000 people have lost work in 1 year
But hours worked up - it’s a positive signal, there will obviously be spare employed labour capacity right now so the first thing businesses do is extract more productivity / hours out of their existing workforce. Once capacity is fully utilised then they begin employing again.Stuff
Highest unemployment in 30 years. Stats NZ says 160,000 out of work in September 2025. 121,000 in September 2024, so 39,000 people have lost work in 1 year
Separately some may have seen that Westpac expect a significant positive revision of last quarters negative GDP print. This was always going to happen. Things are turning.
Noitall
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Slower than the titanic unfortunately, hopefully we stay afloat better. Survive till 25 was an absolute fallacy, never seen things like my mechanic shutting his doors at midday after I got my ute serviced because he had nothing for the rest of the day. Things can’t turn quick enough for many
Noitall
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I personally don’t see the country in a better state than when they took office
Slower than the titanic but quicker than Manu Vatuvei??
Noitall
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There’s something about Simeon Brown I find really off putting
Noitall
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People be turning to Manu’s source of income at this rate
Everyone is going to have a different view based on their personal circumstances. For me, I think we had to make changes and by second quarter of next year we are going to be in a much better place economically. In regards to other issues, just prior to the last election I felt that every key indicator was not in a good place, which was the first time I had seen that in my life time. Education, Crime, Health, a propped economy through Government spending and borrowing. Hell, even the state of our roads with the potholes. I felt our whole focus had been shifted over time from getting the basics right. Appreciate that others will have a different view.
