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- Thread starter wizard of Tauranga
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Nothing says fascism more than midterm elections 
Rizzah makes a good point and tbf a number of whom you call righties have been agreeing with this for a long time as well. Wiz in particular harps on about the pie needing to be larger.
You would do well at times to recognise that your opinion was not carved into stone on Mt Sinai.
Oh of course Rick. There's a certain amount of revisionism currently emanating from the same names such as Wiz and Inruin though as well. Let's acknowledge that.
Can you quote me that certain amount i have been emanating please?
Sure.
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He was admitting he has nothing!
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Wellington's privately managed wastewater system stuffed....
Christchurch's publicly owned and managed wastewater system stinks (literally!!!)
and now a boil water notice in Christchurch but no one seems to know the cause of the outbreak...
www.nzherald.co.nz
Was Three Waters the answer after all? Or maybe we go all Septic (Tank-Yank-American) and privatise everything? ACT's Atlas masters would be very pleased!!!
Christchurch's publicly owned and managed wastewater system stinks (literally!!!)
and now a boil water notice in Christchurch but no one seems to know the cause of the outbreak...
'Seek medical advice': Urgent boil water notice for areas of Christchurch
Residents living in the eastern suburbs received emergency alerts to their phones.
Was Three Waters the answer after all? Or maybe we go all Septic (Tank-Yank-American) and privatise everything? ACT's Atlas masters would be very pleased!!!
No, for those that don't recognise subtle sarcasm and don't really see much benefit of the last three years of responding to hypocrites and gaslighting I was being sarcastic.
For those that do, please ignore this post.
Three waters!Wellington's privately managed wastewater system stuffed....
Christchurch's publicly owned and managed wastewater system stinks (literally!!!)
and now a boil water notice in Christchurch but no one seems to know the cause of the outbreak...
'Seek medical advice': Urgent boil water notice for areas of Christchurch
Residents living in the eastern suburbs received emergency alerts to their phones.
Was Three Waters the answer after all? Or maybe we go all Septic (Tank-Yank-American) and privatise everything? ACT's Atlas masters would be very pleased!!!
wizard of Tauranga
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Kainga Ora owns around 78,000 social houses around New Zealand, housing around 200,000 people. Under the previous government it was a financial basket case.
Debt on its balance sheet went from $2.3 billion in 2017/18 to $16.5 billion in 2023/24. KΔinga Oraβs 2023 Board-approved budget also showed debt forecast to grow to $24.8 billion by 2026/27. Thatβs about 20 Transmission Gullies or 12 New Dunedin Hospitals.
From 2017 to 2023, the social housing waitlist grew from around 7,000 to over 26,000 applicants at its peak in 2022.
Now Less Debt. KΔinga Oraβs peak debt was forecast to be $29 billion in 2032/33, now debt is expected to peak earlier in 2029/30 at $19.5 billion. Thatβs a total reduction in peak debt of $9.5 billion, so far. Thatβs $10 billion New Zealand doesnβt have to borrow.
Better performance. In 2022/23, around 80 per cent of tenants were satisfied with their homes and 70 percent felt safe in their homes and communities. Now, 87 per cent of tenants are satisfied and 90 per cent feel safe. More families are also making use of KΔinga Ora homes as vacancy rates have dropped from 5% in late 2023 to 2% in December 2025.
Better run, cheaper and doing a better job delivering the public service. Well done govt.
Debt on its balance sheet went from $2.3 billion in 2017/18 to $16.5 billion in 2023/24. KΔinga Oraβs 2023 Board-approved budget also showed debt forecast to grow to $24.8 billion by 2026/27. Thatβs about 20 Transmission Gullies or 12 New Dunedin Hospitals.
From 2017 to 2023, the social housing waitlist grew from around 7,000 to over 26,000 applicants at its peak in 2022.
Now Less Debt. KΔinga Oraβs peak debt was forecast to be $29 billion in 2032/33, now debt is expected to peak earlier in 2029/30 at $19.5 billion. Thatβs a total reduction in peak debt of $9.5 billion, so far. Thatβs $10 billion New Zealand doesnβt have to borrow.
Better performance. In 2022/23, around 80 per cent of tenants were satisfied with their homes and 70 percent felt safe in their homes and communities. Now, 87 per cent of tenants are satisfied and 90 per cent feel safe. More families are also making use of KΔinga Ora homes as vacancy rates have dropped from 5% in late 2023 to 2% in December 2025.
Better run, cheaper and doing a better job delivering the public service. Well done govt.
Can you link where this is from?
wizard of Tauranga
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Probably here:
Wowβ¦ looking at it itβs even better, lower build costs, upgrading properties, new properties.
It was a shambles previously and what a turnaround. Never hear it in the news anymore.
wizard of Tauranga
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Hereβs another one - road toll was 273 people last year, our lowest since 2013 but the NZ population has increased by around 900,000 since then.
Anyone remember all the usual posters when National put the speed limits back up and how lots more people were going to die?
National - quietly fixing up the country and making life better for us all!
Anyone remember all the usual posters when National put the speed limits back up and how lots more people were going to die?
National - quietly fixing up the country and making life better for us all!
So a release from the government patting themselves on the back
Bit of context is required.Debt rose this much as Kainga Ora expanded its building programmes and redevelopment, if you are building more houses of course debt would go up?
That is forecast debt.. it is not a real reduction in debt. Debt did not actually drop by 9.5B in real terms, just forecast. Very different.
Population growth, housing shortages, economic effects from COVID, improved ways to access Kainga Ora all contributed to this.
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And tenant satisfaction? Anyone hear distraught neighbours going to the news anymore as the tenants ruled the roost?So a release from the government patting themselves on the back
Debt rose this much as Kainga Ora expanded its building programmes and redevelopment, if you are building more houses of course debt would go up?
That is forecast debt.. it is not a real reduction in debt. Debt did not actually drop by 9.5B in real terms, just forecast. Very different.
Population growth, housing shortages, economic effects from COVID, improved ways to access Kainga Ora all contributed to this.
And can we not trust govt press releases anymore⦠wow!
Great to see. Probably not tracked but it would be interesting to compare the amount of people travelling on the roads compared with the past, it's been reported that people travel and holiday far less when times are tough.
No need to reply to things that don't need clarifying.
Where did I say that? Press releases are always going to present themselves in best possible light, regardless of who is presenting them. I always prefer independent reporting because of this.
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These politics threads are full doom and gloom and focus on whatβs going wrong while conveniently ignoring whatβs going well.
Just providing some positivity because the world not all bad
On that note, the Golden Visa programme has brought $3 billion of estimated investment into NZ with over 500 applications since National started it, half from the USA.
NZ benefiting off Trump, so Trump's not all bad
