Mike's Minute: We're essentially at the halfway mark for the Government

At the halfway mark, can we suggest things are starting to turn for the Government? 

This week we have seen the Prime Minister at Ruakura with a multi-billion dollar investment that sells the Māori economy and showcases large amounts of foreign money, as well as the potential for huge productivity gains and economic growth. 

On Monday there was more money for tourism. Tourism is coming back, it's too slow, but the tourist spend is up to post-Covid levels. 

On Tuesday, Education Minister Erica Stanford was pumping more money into classrooms with savings made from the bespoke design nonsense and waste that the Labour Party trainwreck was in charge of. 

Then the Prime Minister is back with the police and Justice Ministers, spruiking very good-looking numbers around victims of crime. 

This comes on the back of three polls all of which show the Government being returned to office if an election was held today. 

Slowly but surely specific bits are starting to fall into place. Things like the fact we had good GDP in the last growth stats. 

Clearly from Tuesday's numbers, crime, which was as big an issue last election, is looking very much in a box. The gang patch laws are working with even the critics saying they're working. Surveys say people feel safer on the streets and the victim numbers look very good indeed. 

Health remains an issue and there seems a determination among the unions especially to keep it on the front page. 

But the key bits that sink or support Governments —the economy, education, crime and justice— look solid. If they can get health under control they will be rolling. 

Obviously, the economic side is fragile and open to a lot of stuff that is beyond our control, so counting chickens is pointless. 

On that note, you then come to this idea that’s gaining traction that the Trump fiasco could well be the making of our Prime Minister. 

A bloke who has struggled to connect might well have settled nicely into his wheelhouse with an economic mess that could see the best of him shine when it's needed most. 

If the polls play okay for them they way they do now, with glimmers of light, by the time we get to the end of the year momentum might well be theirs and an election may well be theirs to lose. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
The halfway mark. Halfway ish? Can we suggest things are
starting to turn a little bit for the government now.
This week we've seen the Prime Minister at Ruakuram multi
billion dollar investment that sells the Mari economy showcases large
amounts of foreign money as well as the potential for
huge productivity gains in economic growth. Monday, more money for tourism.
Tourism is coming backs too slow, way too slow, but
the tourist spent is up to post COVID levels. Numbers

(00:22):
aren't back with the spenders, which is good. Yesterday, Education
Minister Stanford pumping more money into classrooms, savings made from
the bespoke design nonsense and waste that the labour train
wreck was in charge of. Then the Prime Minister's back
with the police, and the Justice Minister's spooking these very
good looking numbers around victims of crime. This comes off
the back of three polls, all of which showed the
same thing, the government being returned to office if an

(00:44):
election was held Today. Slowly but surely, specific bits are
starting to fall into place. We had a good GDP.
Of course last time the growth stats were published. Clearly
yesterday's numbers are crime which was as big as any
issue last election, is looking very much back in the box.
The gang Pache laws are working, even if the critics
are saying that they're working. People the surveys say feel

(01:06):
safer on the streets, and the victim numbers look very good. Indeed, health,
of course, remains an issue, and there seems a determination
among the unions, especially to keep it on the front page.
But the key bits that single support governments, the economy, education,
crime and justice, they look solid. If they can get
health under control, they'll be rolling. Obviously, the economic side
is fragile and open to a lot of stuff that's

(01:26):
beyond our control. So counting chickens is a bit pointless
at this point in time. And on that note, you
then come to this idea that's gaining some traction that
the Trump fiasco could well be the making of our
prime minister. A bloke who struggled to connect might well
have settled nicely into his wheelhouse with an economic mess
that could see the best of them shine when it's
needed most. If the polls play okay for them the

(01:48):
way they do now, there's a glimmer of light, and
by the time we get to the end of the year.
Momentum might well be theirs an election. An election may
well be theirs to lose. For more from the Mic
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