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# What They Promised vs What They Delivered: Part Thirteen
- URL: https://goodoil.news/what-they-promised-vs-what-they-delivered-part-thirteen/
- Published: 2020-02-01T03:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-01-31T07:47:08.000Z
- 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**: *Strong Economy*

> “This government is committed to building a strong economy”  
>  
> Speech from the Throne

**Failed to deliver**:

- The number of **people on the dole is up by 22,000.**
- Job growth is down from 10,000 a month under National to just 3,000 under Labour.
- Per capita growth of only **0.5 per cent a year** compared to average of 1.7% a year during the last 5 years under National.

**Promise**: *Economic Growth*

> “This government is committed to building a strong economy”  
>  
> Speech from the Throne

**Failed to deliver**:

Economic growth is down from 4 per cent a year under National to just 2.1 per cent under Labour.

**Promise**: *Health Funding*

> “This will be a government of transformation… **it will restore funding to education and the health systems to allow access for all, it will protect the environment and take action on climate change, and it will build a truly prosperous nation and a fair society, together.”**  
>  
> Speech from the Throne

**Failed to deliver**:

> **Elective surgeries have dropped by 6000 under this Government, the first drop in a decade.** In the year to June 2019, 18 of 20 DHBs did fewer elective surgeries than the previous year.   
>  
> **[brokenpromises.co.nz](https://www.brokenpromises.co.nz/?fbclid=IwAR07syGIRH8sSu-l0iaMj4yhgtSJB3RjYov1jtbGpFgkfJgZXQVeTdRUBXI&ref=goodoil.news)** / **Source: Stats NZ**

**Promise:** *Homelessness*

> “This will be a government of transformation… **It will lift up those who have been forgotten or neglected, it will take action on child poverty and homelessness**… and it will build a truly prosperous nation and a fair society, together.”  
>  
> Speech from the Throne

**Failed to deliver**:

> If there was a roof over everyone’s head our largest city, Auckland, wouldn’t have a minimum of 800 people living without shelter – 50 per cent of them living in vehicles. Auckland Council Homeless Count in September 2018 found that there was a minimum of 800 people living without shelter and 2,874 in temporary accommodation.

> The same problem exists in other major centres.  
>  
> **[brokenpromises.co.nz](https://www.brokenpromises.co.nz/?fbclid=IwAR07syGIRH8sSu-l0iaMj4yhgtSJB3RjYov1jtbGpFgkfJgZXQVeTdRUBXI&ref=goodoil.news)** **Source: Auckland City Council**

- What They Promised vs What They Delivered: Part[ one.](https://thebfd.co.nz/2020/01/what-they-promised-vs-what-they-delivered-part-one/?ref=goodoil.news)
- What They Promised vs What They Delivered: Part[ two.](https://thebfd.co.nz/2020/01/what-they-promised-vs-what-they-delivered-part-two/?ref=goodoil.news)
- What They Promised vs What They Delivered: Part [three.](https://thebfd.co.nz/2020/01/what-they-promised-vs-what-they-delivered-part-three/?ref=goodoil.news)
- What They Promised vs What They Delivered: Part [four.](https://thebfd.co.nz/2020/01/what-they-promised-vs-what-they-delivered-part-four/?ref=goodoil.news)
- What They Promised vs What They Delivered: Part [five.](https://thebfd.co.nz/2020/01/what-they-promised-vs-what-they-delivered-part-five/?ref=goodoil.news)
- What They Promised vs What They Delivered: Part [six.](https://thebfd.co.nz/2020/01/what-they-promised-vs-what-they-delivered-part-six/?ref=goodoil.news)
- What They Promised vs What They Delivered: Part [seven.](https://thebfd.co.nz/2020/01/what-they-promised-vs-what-they-delivered-part-seven/?ref=goodoil.news)
- What They Promised vs What They Delivered: Part [eight.](https://thebfd.co.nz/2020/01/what-they-promised-vs-what-they-delivered-part-eight/?ref=goodoil.news)
- What They Promised vs What They Delivered: Part [nine.](https://thebfd.co.nz/2020/01/what-they-promised-vs-what-they-delivered-part-nine/?ref=goodoil.news)
- What They Promised vs What They Delivered: Part [ten.](https://thebfd.co.nz/2020/01/what-they-promised-vs-what-they-delivered-part-ten/?ref=goodoil.news)
- What They Promised vs What They Delivered: Part [eleven.](https://thebfd.co.nz/2020/01/what-they-promised-vs-what-they-delivered-part-eleven/?ref=goodoil.news)
- What They Promised vs What They Delivered: Part [twelve.](https://thebfd.co.nz/2020/01/what-they-promised-vs-what-they-delivered-part-twelve/?ref=goodoil.news)

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