Voters can now see:
1/ The top 10 issues ranked and aggregated across the two research companies (Ipsos, Curia) that regularly poll and publish the issues that matter most to New Zealanders.
2/ Dynamic KPIs using official Government data and other leading industry sources to show how our country is going in each key area.
3/ An objective comparison of how well Labour-led vs National-led governments have performed over time.
Click graphs to view - Better Data. Better Debate.
Performance data is meticulously sourced and checked with trusted organisations including Stats NZ, the Reserve Bank, Treasury, Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora, the Ministry of Social Development, NZ Police, REINZ and the Ministry for the Environment.
For full transparency, each KPI includes interactive historical graphs, data sources, methodology, explanatory notes and government timelines. Issue rankings and graphs are updated as new information becomes available.
The top 10 voter issues:
1. Cost of Living – the #1 issue for 4.5 years (Ipsos, page 7).
2. Health – all 5 Health Targets improving after rapid decline (4 Wait Time KPIs).
3. Economy – out of recession, but slow-growing. GDP per capita is what counts most.
4. Unemployment – 1 in 8 now on a main benefit. Flaws in the official unemployment rate.
5. Housing – affordability back under 6x household income for the first time in 13 years.
6. Environment – GDP up, emissions down (2nd table).
7. Poverty – very slow data releases, but 8 out of 9 poverty measures improved last release (table 2).
8. Taxes – a more complex picture. Contact us for our additional tax research.
9. Crime – victimisations per capita down 22.5% from 2022 and 2023 peaks.
10. Immigration – into the top 10 for the first time. A top 3 issue in the UK (#1), US (#3), AU (#3).
The top three issue rankings are identical between Ipsos and Curia, and account for 52% of the combined weighted issue scores.
Issues 4-12 are much closer, and often move about month to month. Treaty/race relations (#11) and Education (#12) drop out of the top 10 this month. Overall mood of the nation Country Direction is above the September-October 2023 lows of -28%, but still at -13%, despite most KPIs improving.
This election has seen robust coverage of party polling, policies, promises and gang-pads. But we believe there's a far more important P-word not getting enough attention — Performance.
2/ Dynamic KPIs using official Government data and other leading industry sources to show how our country is going in each key area.
3/ An objective comparison of how well Labour-led vs National-led governments have performed over time.
Click graphs to view - Better Data. Better Debate.
Performance data is meticulously sourced and checked with trusted organisations including Stats NZ, the Reserve Bank, Treasury, Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora, the Ministry of Social Development, NZ Police, REINZ and the Ministry for the Environment.
For full transparency, each KPI includes interactive historical graphs, data sources, methodology, explanatory notes and government timelines. Issue rankings and graphs are updated as new information becomes available.
The top 10 voter issues:
1. Cost of Living – the #1 issue for 4.5 years (Ipsos, page 7).
2. Health – all 5 Health Targets improving after rapid decline (4 Wait Time KPIs).
3. Economy – out of recession, but slow-growing. GDP per capita is what counts most.
4. Unemployment – 1 in 8 now on a main benefit. Flaws in the official unemployment rate.
5. Housing – affordability back under 6x household income for the first time in 13 years.
6. Environment – GDP up, emissions down (2nd table).
7. Poverty – very slow data releases, but 8 out of 9 poverty measures improved last release (table 2).
8. Taxes – a more complex picture. Contact us for our additional tax research.
9. Crime – victimisations per capita down 22.5% from 2022 and 2023 peaks.
10. Immigration – into the top 10 for the first time. A top 3 issue in the UK (#1), US (#3), AU (#3).
The top three issue rankings are identical between Ipsos and Curia, and account for 52% of the combined weighted issue scores.
Issues 4-12 are much closer, and often move about month to month. Treaty/race relations (#11) and Education (#12) drop out of the top 10 this month. Overall mood of the nation Country Direction is above the September-October 2023 lows of -28%, but still at -13%, despite most KPIs improving.
This election has seen robust coverage of party polling, policies, promises and gang-pads. But we believe there's a far more important P-word not getting enough attention — Performance.
KPIs are a standard part of most people's jobs and critical to the success of both public organisations and private businesses, so we've always found it strange that the biggest business of all — New Zealand — doesn’t have its own high-performance dashboard.
We've brought together the data on the issues that matter most to New Zealanders, so media and voters alike can objectively compare government performance and judge for themselves.
About KPI.nz
KPI.nz is an independent, citizen-funded and volunteer initiative. It receives no taxpayer funding and operates independently of political parties, media and corporate organisations. Our aim is to encourage informed discussion and debate to achieve better decision-making and outcomes for New Zealand.
Full methodology: kpi.nz/methodology
Next data update: Crime data, Friday 30 October. Issues ranking and Country Direction, early November.
We've brought together the data on the issues that matter most to New Zealanders, so media and voters alike can objectively compare government performance and judge for themselves.
About KPI.nz
KPI.nz is an independent, citizen-funded and volunteer initiative. It receives no taxpayer funding and operates independently of political parties, media and corporate organisations. Our aim is to encourage informed discussion and debate to achieve better decision-making and outcomes for New Zealand.
Full methodology: kpi.nz/methodology
Next data update: Crime data, Friday 30 October. Issues ranking and Country Direction, early November.
7 comments:
I find this difficult to believe. Co-governance or an equivalent is not specifically mentioned and the closest Treaty/race relations is at #11.
If it is true, the media and the government have done a spectacular job in covering up the problem.
Interesting you say performance. We look at the cynical campaigns being run by members of the incumbent government, and to a man, they are laser-focused on “how bad it might be if the other guys got in”. This is not the campaign of a party who backs its own performance!
Cost of living #1; Will the electorate wake up, or get taken in by Facebook misinformation? We’ll find out in a couple of weeks!
Co-governance IS the No#1 issue - period!
The degradation of democracy doesn't get a mention ?
6 of the ten which have measurement criteria have all improved according to the list above.
What a great job the coalition is doing, long may it continue.
Education was more important last election . What people don't realise is that Labour plans to dismantle much of Standford' s reforms .
Barry @ 5:58
The fact that race relations does not figure in the top ten is I think, a perfect example of progress made by wokesters and the education system working hard to instill a somewhat ancient culture.
Visit any non Maori primary school to see what goes on there. prayers, dancing, singing, all in Maori.
I have a granddaughter at this level and when asked, she does not know what the words mean but she can recite perfectly.
I may be old, male, pale and stale but glimpses of the future here are quite unsettling.
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