Tax cuts or more/better government services

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That was an early projection that I hadn't bothered revisiting. It appears the lives saved in NZ over the course of the pandemic was nearer a quarter of that number, still to a large part thanks to the effectiveness of the lock-down, social distancing, masking and vaccinations measures implemented by the government which were widely panned by the opposition parties on (now discounted) economic grounds.

From this: https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/fellows-...-covid-19/

"In New Zealand, at least 2,300 FEWER people have died than expected “under normal circumstances” over the course of the pandemic! .....

......That is in addition to 10,000+ deaths averted because we went hard, and few cases of “long COVID”, in which people suffer long term ill-health."

Total bullshit.  National had they been in power would have likely followed the same pandemic plan Labour did.

You have far more faith in National to go against its business orientated supporters than I have. A memory prompt for you perhaps. https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/...ified.html