Nah, the shareholders just don’t want to have to wait an extra six months to upgrade their beach house / audi / boat so offer crumbs of discounts to the peasants. NZ is nothing more than an upmarket third world country with no long term vision.

In May 2023 as it became painfully clear that the media were helping National become govt, I took steps to cross the ditch. Having lived under 18 years of National governments, going backwards each time, I didn’t want to experience a repeat.