Cam Slater: Labour’s Fiscal Fiasco - Treasury Exposes Ardern’s Economic Sabotage

This report is a wake-up call. Labour’s Covid tyranny wasn’t just about masks and mandates; it was about fiscal vandalism on an epic scale.

The New Zealand Herald dropped a bombshell this week, waving a Treasury report that rips the lid off Labour’s catastrophic mishandling of the economy during the Covid-19 pandemic. The verdict is in: Jacinda Ardern, Grant Robertson and their sidekick Chris Hipkins spent like drunken sailors, ignored official advice, and left our economy in tatters. This isn’t just a bad report card: it’s a scathing indictment of Labour’s fiscal recklessness, a legacy of debt and despair that’ll haunt Kiwis for generations. Ardern’s fairytale book might paint her as some saintly saviour but this Treasury report exposes her for what she really is: an economic wrecking ball.

Lindsay Mitchell: Ardern - If she insists on being remembered, I will oblige

One thing children who get murdered never seem short of is names. The latest example is Catalya Remana Tangimetua Pepene, the four-year-old Kaikohe child who recently met a violent death. Late 2023 it was Taita toddler, Ruthless-Empire Souljah Reign Rhind Shephard Wall. Or in 2016, 14 week-old Richard Royal Orif Takahi Winiata Uddin. Examples abound.

Lushington D. Brady: What Has She Left in Her Wake?

Ardern’s Legacy Is Still Wreaking Havoc

Half a year has passed since Labor were tossed out of office, and just over a year since Jacinda Ardern scuttled off to whatever cushy globalist sinecure awaits Klaus Schwab’s minions, denying New Zealand voters the chance to pass their own judgement. Which perhaps explains the appearance of, not one, but two retrospectives of Ardern’s, ahem, “achievements”, have appeared in The Australian in recent days.

Clive Bibby: Campaign promises rarely swing an election but deception certainly can

The history of NZ voting patterns suggests that, in normal circumstances, governments lose elections based on poor performances rather than winning on the rare occasions like last time, when the party in office was rewarded for what was perceived to be a meritorious effort during an abnormal time in our history - the Covid crisis.

Normally, the pendulum of public support swings only slightly, often not enough to remove the incumbent and defeat at the polls usually only happens when voters just tire of those who occupy the treasury benches and vote for change.

Oliver Hartwich: Has Ardern altered the course of NZ?

Governments, they come and go. It’s the way of democracy. They usually start off with grand ambitions to transform the country. Governments make promises that often seem too good to be true. And sure, some governments even manage to deliver on some of their promises. But still, that does not make these governments “transformational.”

As we all know, it’s only a select few governments that truly change the trajectory of a nation.

Guy Hatchard: Jacinda Ardern’s Legacy of National Division and Excessive Use of Power

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has resigned after months of rumours. Ardern, whose popularity has plummeted during the last six months, told us “she had nothing left in the tank”.

The backstory to this resignation is a tale of woe. Ardern said she wants to be remembered as someone who tried to be kind. The subtext is: the country is in an unprecedented mess but don’t blame me.