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Unlucky Luxon's popularity hits new low
Unlucky Luxon's popularity hits new low

NZ Herald

timea day ago

  • Politics
  • NZ Herald

Unlucky Luxon's popularity hits new low

A recent poll found 49% of New Zealanders have an unfavourable impression of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. Photo / Mark Mitchell KEY FACTS Despite economic challenges, Christopher Luxon remains safe as National Party leader, but faces a difficult potential second term. According to this week's Freshwater Strategy-Post poll, Luxon is now as unpopular as Te Pāti Māori (TPM). The poll found that 49% of New Zealanders have an unfavourable impression

Greg Dixon's Another Kind of Politics: One-legged recruits not proof of sliding police standards says minister
Greg Dixon's Another Kind of Politics: One-legged recruits not proof of sliding police standards says minister

NZ Herald

time2 days ago

  • Politics
  • NZ Herald

Greg Dixon's Another Kind of Politics: One-legged recruits not proof of sliding police standards says minister

Minister of Police Mark Mitchell: Rushing to meet election pledge of 500 additional frontline police by December. Photo / Getty Images Online only Greg Dixon's Another Kind of Politics is a weekly, mostly satirical column on politics that appears on The country's first one-legged cops will be hopping the beat within weeks, as the government rushes to meet its election pledge of 500 extra frontline police by

Parliament is asking tough questions about whether taxpayers are getting value for money
Parliament is asking tough questions about whether taxpayers are getting value for money

NZ Herald

time2 days ago

  • Business
  • NZ Herald

Parliament is asking tough questions about whether taxpayers are getting value for money

New Zealand is spending nearly $190 billion this year, but outcomes remain elusive, Roger Partridge writes. Photo / Mark Mitchell THE FACTS This year, the Government will spend nearly $190 billion. Yet we know remarkably little about whether those billions represent value-for-money. The centrepiece of public sector performance is the Budget – a 700-page ledger of planned spending by department and programme. But it is not a performance report. It

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