I'll bite. Living within your means you say
The previous Labour Govt took Govt debt from under 20% to over 40% of GDP.
They added 15,000 tax payer funded public servants with no noticeable measured improvement in the core Govt responsbilities of Health, Education and Policing.
Houses are now more affordable for first home buyers under the Luxon Govt, than the Ardern one. But hey best just whisper that, or the narrative is spoilt.
The unemployment figures and economy growth figures ain't the data to look at. That's already in the past. Employer hiring plan and spending plan surveys show that an economic and employment improvement is slowly underway and will gather pace into 2026 and 2027. With immigration subdued, private sector employers could quickly find it hard to find skilled staff as the economy picks up.
Wage & price inflation will become an issue. Lock in 4.99% 5 years fixed on that home loan why you can.
It's all just the traditional NZ political cycle at play.
Red team wins spending is increased, and more folks get a .govt.nz work email address.
Blue team wins and they try to reverse all that.
Next year, or hunch is in 2029 red team wins, and the cycle begins all over again.
As they say in Australia, when Labor is in power Canberra house prices get a boost.
But back to EP. Now that Quay Park has been thrown into the dustbin, it's a return to the Mt Eden ground as NZ's National Stadium. As flawed as it is, that's what it will have to be.
Surely having as many events there as possible, maximising the revenue there as much as possible is the way to go. Even if the EP 2.0 upgrade plans are binned, the large annual general maintenance spend at the ground ain't going to go away.
The previous Labour Govt took Govt debt from under 20% to over 40% of GDP.
They added 15,000 tax payer funded public servants with no noticeable measured improvement in the core Govt responsbilities of Health, Education and Policing.
Houses are now more affordable for first home buyers under the Luxon Govt, than the Ardern one. But hey best just whisper that, or the narrative is spoilt.
The unemployment figures and economy growth figures ain't the data to look at. That's already in the past. Employer hiring plan and spending plan surveys show that an economic and employment improvement is slowly underway and will gather pace into 2026 and 2027. With immigration subdued, private sector employers could quickly find it hard to find skilled staff as the economy picks up.
Wage & price inflation will become an issue. Lock in 4.99% 5 years fixed on that home loan why you can.
It's all just the traditional NZ political cycle at play.
Red team wins spending is increased, and more folks get a .govt.nz work email address.
Blue team wins and they try to reverse all that.
Next year, or hunch is in 2029 red team wins, and the cycle begins all over again.
As they say in Australia, when Labor is in power Canberra house prices get a boost.
But back to EP. Now that Quay Park has been thrown into the dustbin, it's a return to the Mt Eden ground as NZ's National Stadium. As flawed as it is, that's what it will have to be.
Surely having as many events there as possible, maximising the revenue there as much as possible is the way to go. Even if the EP 2.0 upgrade plans are binned, the large annual general maintenance spend at the ground ain't going to go away.