Voter confidence about whether NZ is on the right track or wrong track collapsed in March by more than during the late-2021 lockdowns, but has yet to move party support levels much
yes open it please! (I want to send it to my kids) Now as stated in comments before, how come greens and labour are not using your explanations and clear evidence like that the bond demand is so strong that Treasury decided to issue $4.5 billion, which was just below the $5 billion cap for the auction, to nail Ministers Willis and Luxon agaist the walls of the debating chamber for lying to the country... is beyond me...
At the risk of doing a David Cunliffe I just want to apologise for men 50+ (yes that’s me) who think that this government is on the right track - I’m so embarrassed at their greed and ignorance.
I remember being locked down in Auckland in 2021 and Chippy saying Aucklanders might need a licence to leave for the summer. The visceral reaction to that and that we’re back at these visceral levels again but no change in support for the current government!? It can only speak to biases like confirmation and a suite of others.
I just heard Simeon Browns announcement requirement that all councils that created Maori wards without a referendum now must hold one and I felt sick to the stomach. Is he competing with David Seymour to be the first nz politician to be a martyr ?
Does it mean that all councils that have area wards will have to have a referendum for them as well?
Can I put a fast track application in for joined up cycleways in towns and cities across the country? I don't even want to repave. I reckon 1million bucks for planter boxes should do it. The cost-benefit will be outstanding! Who else wants to ask for something we actually need not a bunch of high emissions vanity projects?
I love the solar panels as a garden fence idea. We need to replace our roof before we can get solar panels installed which is costly, but installing a fence would be much easier!
Regarding the gender divide. Men of all ages tend to spend more time in right wing spaces online, women the opposite. There’s a bit of research coming out about it. So it’s not surprising that their perception of this right wing government is polling the way it is.
Given that the majority of NZ'ers now think we're heading in the wrong direction (while we're "getting NZ back on track"!), it's fascinating there's not been increased support for Opposition parties. What this tells me is that Labour and the Greens in particular are still not showing a credible alternative to the Coalition Government. It should be like shooting fish in a barrel and yet.....
The US companies for which CEO to average worker pay is being compared will be much larger than those in New Zealand (and that would normally justify higher levels of CEO pay).
True to his word, Luxon & Co. is putting the country on what he believes is the right track. But it turns out the track is actually a four lane motorway and the train is a big SUV. If he bothered look beside or behind him, he would see that he has no passengers. But he’s in the driver’s seat, which is probably all he ever wanted. Works for him.
therefore fewer/less than 75 percent of New Zealanders eligible to enroll made a valid vote
1,505 877 people voted for the current government
that is far fewer/less than half of the people who enrolled to vote
should the number of votes for the parties who become the government be at least 50 percent of the number of people eligible to enroll (ie for 2023 1,925,050 votes)?
I want to know who are these 'professional investors' who 'invested' in the DMO bonds
yes open it please! (I want to send it to my kids) Now as stated in comments before, how come greens and labour are not using your explanations and clear evidence like that the bond demand is so strong that Treasury decided to issue $4.5 billion, which was just below the $5 billion cap for the auction, to nail Ministers Willis and Luxon agaist the walls of the debating chamber for lying to the country... is beyond me...
At the risk of doing a David Cunliffe I just want to apologise for men 50+ (yes that’s me) who think that this government is on the right track - I’m so embarrassed at their greed and ignorance.
I remember being locked down in Auckland in 2021 and Chippy saying Aucklanders might need a licence to leave for the summer. The visceral reaction to that and that we’re back at these visceral levels again but no change in support for the current government!? It can only speak to biases like confirmation and a suite of others.
I just heard Simeon Browns announcement requirement that all councils that created Maori wards without a referendum now must hold one and I felt sick to the stomach. Is he competing with David Seymour to be the first nz politician to be a martyr ?
Does it mean that all councils that have area wards will have to have a referendum for them as well?
Can I put a fast track application in for joined up cycleways in towns and cities across the country? I don't even want to repave. I reckon 1million bucks for planter boxes should do it. The cost-benefit will be outstanding! Who else wants to ask for something we actually need not a bunch of high emissions vanity projects?
I love the solar panels as a garden fence idea. We need to replace our roof before we can get solar panels installed which is costly, but installing a fence would be much easier!
Regarding the gender divide. Men of all ages tend to spend more time in right wing spaces online, women the opposite. There’s a bit of research coming out about it. So it’s not surprising that their perception of this right wing government is polling the way it is.
Given that the majority of NZ'ers now think we're heading in the wrong direction (while we're "getting NZ back on track"!), it's fascinating there's not been increased support for Opposition parties. What this tells me is that Labour and the Greens in particular are still not showing a credible alternative to the Coalition Government. It should be like shooting fish in a barrel and yet.....
The word "Confidence" is, in these challenging times, far too often followed by the (rarely written but oft inferred) word "Trick" :-(
The US companies for which CEO to average worker pay is being compared will be much larger than those in New Zealand (and that would normally justify higher levels of CEO pay).
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Hi Bernard - you mentioned that the letter to Judith Collins was (see below) but it wasn't there, can you drop a link here somewhere
True to his word, Luxon & Co. is putting the country on what he believes is the right track. But it turns out the track is actually a four lane motorway and the train is a big SUV. If he bothered look beside or behind him, he would see that he has no passengers. But he’s in the driver’s seat, which is probably all he ever wanted. Works for him.
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New Zealand 2023 election
3,850,100 people eligible to enroll to vote
3,646,050 people enrolled to vote
2,851,211 valid votes cast
therefore fewer/less than 75 percent of New Zealanders eligible to enroll made a valid vote
1,505 877 people voted for the current government
that is far fewer/less than half of the people who enrolled to vote
should the number of votes for the parties who become the government be at least 50 percent of the number of people eligible to enroll (ie for 2023 1,925,050 votes)?