In short, 2025 was a difficult year. New Zealand often scores well or shows improvement on global indexes, but look closer to home and the devil is in the detail. To borrow a phrase from old school reports: Shows great potential but needs to try harder.
Its a ranking of countries by perceived corruption. We used to be higher and we are slipping down, so people are noticing the corruption.
But also, every country likely has this sort of corruption, being #1 doesn’t mean you have no corruption, just seen as having less corruption than others.
That’s what I mean by it’s a bit grim. If we’re 4th in the world for perceived corruption, and it’s obvious what is happening here. Then that makes the majority of the world more corrupt, which is a bit depressing when you think about it.
There is little we can actually do about it except vote wisely. However, given the media and mainstream social media bias to right wing politics (largely owned by billionaires who have their own interests) it’s difficult for me to see a fair election happening in the future.
Sorry, I may not have phrased my initial thoughts very well
Yeah sorry I misunderstood, yeah it’s a bit grim. With micro targeting it’s hard to imagine it getting better soon 🙁
In saying that, I also need to look at the positives, that we do live in a country that is highly regarded internationally. So all is not lost.
I just need to do what I can to make our slice of the world a better place to live.
Yeah exactly, we aren’t aiming for perfect, just trying to make sure things are getting better not worse, and most of all understanding our sphere of influence and our what is outside our control.