…Ardern was promising if she were elected Labour would cut immigration by 30,000 people from over 70,000 a year. …Despite pledging to cut the number of migrants, Labour actually increased them. In the year to October 2017 – the month Ardern took office – net migration was 55,000. In December 2019, the last month before the COVID pandemic struck it was 72,000. …Between 2019 and the end of 2021 property prices rose by 50 per cent.

Source: Stuff January 23, 2023 04:33 UTC