We Can't Afford Labour Sources

We have sourced each claim made in an advert on the previous Labour Government’s record in delivering policy, as part of “We Can’t Afford Labour.” 

1. “The last time Labour were in power, they promised to build 100,000 KiwiBuild homes. They built only 2 percent of what they promised.”   

Source: Is Kiwibuild finally on its last legs? Stewart Sowman-Lund, The Spinoff, April 2024 

 2. “They promised light rail to Auckland Airport but spent nearly $250 million dollars without laying a single metre of track.” 

Source: Labour’s $229m light rail bill includes more than 200 consultants and companies, Benard Orsman, the New Zealand Herald, July 2024. 

3. “And they promised New Zealand would be front of the queue for vaccines. Instead, failures under Chris Hipkins' watch meant longer lockdowns and restrictions – costing kiwis' freedoms and livelihoods.” 

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