NZCPR Podcast
Weekly podcast of current affairs in New Zealand by Dr Muriel Newman, founding director of the New Zealand Centre for Political Research.
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Labour is the problem
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Grant Robertson has delivered his 2023 annual budget.
This years budget was more about words, than figures.
It was an election-year budget.
The Labour Party speeches were about success, and sound economic management.
That’s despite its failure in virtually every area of governance.
The Prime Minister said it was a great Budget for Kiwi families. But kiwi families gained very little from the budget. They are facing a tsunami of serious problems that the government says only it can fix.
But is the government creating the problems? Is the biggest problem facing ordinary kiwis the Labour government itself?