Outgoing Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's comment that she no longer has enough in the tank is very appropriate to the way she and her cohorts have handled New Zealand's economy over the past five years. Notwithstanding some good things which Jacinda has done, and we will all have varying opinions about that, the Labour Government has wasted megabucks on trying to control everything – health, Three Waters, manipulating the Reserve Bank, being soft on crime and justice, and sidelining Tauranga with Commissioners. Yes we had Covid-19 and worldwide money printing, which was always going to end up with some inflation. So Jacinda sails off into the sunset and we taxpayers have to pick up the pieces.
New Zealand would have been far better off today with proper economic management and less hidden agendas. That way the money tank would still be more than half full.
Bill Capamagian, Avenues.