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What They Promised vs What They Delivered: Part Thirteen

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Source: brokenpromises.co.nz

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 / 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 Source: Auckland City Council
  • What They Promised vs What They Delivered: Part one.
  • What They Promised vs What They Delivered: Part two.
  • What They Promised vs What They Delivered: Part three.
  • What They Promised vs What They Delivered: Part four.
  • What They Promised vs What They Delivered: Part five.
  • What They Promised vs What They Delivered: Part six.
  • What They Promised vs What They Delivered: Part seven.
  • What They Promised vs What They Delivered: Part eight.
  • What They Promised vs What They Delivered: Part nine.
  • What They Promised vs What They Delivered: Part ten.
  • What They Promised vs What They Delivered: Part eleven.
  • What They Promised vs What They Delivered: Part twelve.

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