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# What They Promised vs What They Delivered: Part One
- URL: https://goodoil.news/what-they-promised-vs-what-they-delivered-part-one/
- Published: 2020-01-24T00:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-01-23T09:27:13.000Z
- Author: General
- Tags: General, NZ, NZ Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:24

Source: [**brokenpromises.co.nz**](https://www.brokenpromises.co.nz/?fbclid=IwAR07syGIRH8sSu-l0iaMj4yhgtSJB3RjYov1jtbGpFgkfJgZXQVeTdRUBXI&ref=goodoil.news)

**Promise**: *State Services*

State Services Minister Chris Hipkins promised in mid-2018 that his government would

> “reduce the reliance on expensive consultants and contractors, saving taxpayers many millions of dollars a year”.  
>  
> **Chris Hipkins, 2018.**

The total spend across all 30-plus public sectors at that time was **just over $550m.**

**Broken promise**:

> Annual reviews show spending on contractors and consultants at 13 of the **largest departments increased by a total of 14 percent in a single year to $720m.**  
>  
> **Source: rnz.co.nz**

**Promise**: *Child Poverty*

> “The Government will protect the environment, create more jobs and lift incomes of families to reduce child poverty, while running surpluses and paying down debt.”  
>  
> **Speech from the Throne**

**Broken promise**:

> Seven of nine measures of child poverty have worsened under this Government. **Percentage of children in households in material hardship and under 60% median income after housing costs –** In June 2018 increased by 12,000 and rate increased 1.0% for Labour’s first year.  
>  
> **Source: Stats NZ**

**Promise**: *Jobs*

> “The Government will protect the environment, create more jobs and lift incomes of families to reduce child poverty, while running surpluses and paying down debt.”  
>  
> **Speech from the Throne**

**Broken Promise**:

> Job growth has **fallen** from 10,000 new jobs a month under National to only 3000 and the number of people on jobseeker benefits has increased by over 22,000 since the election.  
>  
> **Source: stuff.co.nz**

**Promise:** *Infrastructure*

> “This Government is committed to major investments in housing, health, education, police, and infrastructure.”  
>  
> **Speech from the Throne**

**Broken promise**:

> Reallocation of funding for $5 billion of state highway projects resulted in Treasury advice that there would be “a downturn in major projects, including the re-evaluation of 12 state highway projects, many of them ‘market ready,’ which are no longer included in the pipeline.  
>  
> [brokenpromises.co.nz](https://www.brokenpromises.co.nz/?fbclid=IwAR07syGIRH8sSu-l0iaMj4yhgtSJB3RjYov1jtbGpFgkfJgZXQVeTdRUBXI&ref=goodoil.news)

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