Are New Zealanders better off than we were a few years ago? And is the government helping or hindering our progress?

Andrew asks what prosperity really means for Aotearoa. He looks past the economic and fiscal numbers to ask which policies help us flourish socially, culturally, spiritually and environmentally. With the rock star economy gone and the cost of living biting, he asks whether we’re actually any better off.

This is Episode 4 of Thoughts on Politics, a five-part series asking what’s broken in our country, whether we can fix it with politics, and who’s fit for the job as Election 2026 approaches.

Chapters
0:54 Are we better off?
4:09 Doing it tough
9:44 Would you pay more tax?
10:50 Who holds the wealth?
14:07 Envy or fairness?
17:46 A vision for flourishing
22:32 Caring for the vulnerable
24:39 The problem of the heart

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