- #NZpol SPEAKING OF THROWING $$$ ON BS, at the literal downstream expense of *checks notes* Absolutely Everything ELSE since '23 (hitting us directly back in the form of rates rises, higher cost of living, unemployment and ALL THE REST for "mOrE EfFiCiENcY, BeTTeR OuTcOMes!") this hasn't aged well:
- It's $36m a year, for goodness sake. The cost to taxpayers in 2023-24 from storm damage *in Tairāwhiti alone* was nearly half a billion. Yet the same govt throws tens of billions at mega-roads because they're very important for the economy. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
