Mass Immigration Is Breaking NZ

Brian Tamaki

“New Zealand ranks last for infrastructure delivery in global survey.” The headline in the NZ Herald. 

The cost of mass immigration has pushed New Zealand to its breaking point. It has overwhelmed our infrastructure, and the damage is undeniable. 

Only 17 per cent of Kiwis believe NZ has a good record of delivering national infrastructure projects. The rest of us know the truth – it’s in a state of crisis!

The government demands we pay our taxes, yet it can’t even deliver the services we fund. Our infrastructure is broken:

• Flood defences
• New housing supply
• Roads and motorways
• Energy infrastructure
• Water supply and sewerage
• Hospitals
• Schools 

Infrastructure has become a political football, with parties cutting each other’s projects every three years. No one is willing to take a long-term view. 

For years, politicians have ignored the need for basic infrastructure, focusing instead on short-term promises and photo ops. 

But here’s the reality: New Zealand needs one trillion dollars over the next 30 years just to bring our infrastructure up to scratch. That’s to future-proof the country and address the immense challenges ahead. 

What’s worse, a huge chunk of this cost – estimated in the billions – is driven by mass immigration. Economists project we need 175,000 to 700,000 new dwellings to meet the demand of population growth from immigration, which could range from an extra 500,000 to two million people. 

Mass immigration has brought New Zealand right now to a $200 billion infrastructure deficit – a burden too heavy for our small nation to bear. 

From the mid-2000s to 2020, NZ’s population ballooned from four million to five million. No country could manage this level of sudden growth without serious consequences. 

As immigration has surged, so has the demand for basic services: housing, healthcare, education, and transport. But as a small country with limited resources, our small tax base simply cannot sustain it. The cost per capita is unsustainable, and the burden is falling on everyday Kiwis. As a result, our quality of life is rapidly declining. 

It’s like a small business expanding too quickly without the infrastructure to support it. The growth seems exciting, but it puts tremendous strain on the business – until it collapses. 

That’s where New Zealand is now. Our infrastructure can’t keep up with the rapid pace of immigration. 

John Key, Chris Luxon, and other political elites – people who’ve spent their careers in business – should understand this better than anyone. The pace of immigration is reckless expansion – unsustainable growth – and it’s putting New Zealand at risk. 

Politicians’ obsession with immigration has wrecked our infrastructure and, more importantly, our Kiwi way of life. They’ve sold us out. 

Just look at Auckland. Hospitals are overrun with immigrants crowding the emergency rooms. Auckland Council acknowledges that immigration is stretching our emergency services, from ambulances to urgent care. It’s the same with housing – house prices have doubled since 2005, pricing out local Kiwis. 

Auckland’s schools are overcrowded because of the massive growth in school-age children. Teachers are overwhelmed, and classrooms are bursting at the seams. 

Traffic jams are a daily reality, and public transport can’t cope with the strain. It’s not just in Auckland – immigration is transforming towns across the country. 

Go to any local dairy, petrol station, or supermarket, and chances are it’s run by immigrants. Auckland should be the warning for the rest of New Zealand: mass immigration wrecks cities. 

Our economy is now being shaped and driven by foreign interests, not Kiwis. 

Politicians like Luxon, Peters, and Seymour have bought into the immigration hype, pushing it as the quick fix for our economy. But they’re ignoring the heavy trade-offs. We need to pause mass immigration. 

Now is the time to hit the pause button and allow our country and its infrastructure to recover. 

We need leaders who prioritize Kiwis First – not more reckless expansion and mass immigration. 

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