Nicola Willis Unemployment Blunder Exposed
Nicola Willis didn’t just dodge the jobs crisis. She got the basic unemployment facts wrong in her own city.

Nicola Willis didn’t just dodge the jobs crisis. She got the basic unemployment facts wrong in her own city.

The Government can spin the numbers however it likes. But 163,000 people unemployed and 406,000 underutilised is not recovery. It is warning sirens.

The Government is celebrating a 0.1% dip in unemployment while youth joblessness and city unemployment continue climbing. That’s not recovery. That’s drift.

More Kiwis are out of work, wages are falling behind inflation and entire communities are being hit by closures. And Labour says National has no answer.

When every problem gets answered with “cut spending”, it’s not policy — it’s ideology.

Luxon promised fewer jobseekers. Instead, tens of thousands more Kiwis are out of work — and the numbers are still climbing.

Trump’s geopolitical madness won’t stay in the Middle East. It’s coming for your groceries, your mortgage, your job and every excuse this Government makes for staying silent.

Turns out the “recovery” wasn’t growth — it was a sugar hit. And now the crash is coming.

The Iran conflict could push NZ fuel prices up by 20–50 cents per litre — with inflation and unemployment rising.

The McCain Hastings closure is the latest in a string of job losses — and Labour says it’s part of a deeper economic problem.