Labour’s term of failure

The promiseThe delivery
Build 100,000 affordable homes over 10 years548 built (0.5%)
Fund the planting of one billion trees over 10 years36.8 million trees funded (3.7%)
Govt vehicles emission free by 2026108 (0.6%) of 15,473 government vehicles are electric
End homelessnessPriority A housing waiting list has increased 331% from4,054 to 17,493
Net zero emissions by 2050Net emissions in 2017 were 56.9kT. Projected 2020 emissions are 66.6 kT – a projected increase of 17%
Reduce net migration by 20,000 to 30,000Net migration gone from 54,150 in Oct 2017 to 81,240 in Feb 20 (pre Covid) so increased 27,000
Reduce child povertyThe proportion of children in material hardship increased from 12.7% in 2017 to 13.4% in 2019
Start construction of Dunedin Hospital in 1st term0 bricks laid
Complete light rail from Auckland CBD to Mt Roskill by 20210 metres done of 13,000 metres
Relocate Government functions to the RegionsIn 2017 41.9% of public sector in Wellington, in 2019 43.8% so fewer staff in regions
100% renewable electricity by 2035Share declined 1.2% from 83.4% in Sep 2017 to 82.2% in Jun 2020
Free tertiary fees to lead to 15% enrolment boost1st year enrolments dropped 3.2% from 63,890 to 61,790 from 2017 to 2019

Isn’t this telling in terms of the Government’s incompetence. We are not talking about narrowly missing a few targets. On almost every major area they have either missed it by a mile, or actually gone backwards.

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And for data nerds, the references:

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