National Party has only hired 54 additional nurses in 2 years - public health system buckles while hundreds of millions diverted to private providers. Simeon Brown lies that National hired thousands of nurses

Hello, where have you been?

My nibling graduated nursing a couple years ago- still super keen to work in a hospital instead of private cosmetic clinic. Where's her frickin job? #nzpol

You can't do a hiring freeze & then brag how MANY you hired. Once again, I am demanding the shitbags pick a lane.

Simeon Brown massaging the numbers with the dexterity and audacity of a professional working out of a "parlour" on any given high street in any given town

Weasel! Apologies to weasels

Brown is a fucking liar

Hospitals are begging for money

Would be interesting to have been keeping tabs on the number of positions advertised by the private sector. Unlike the government, the private sector is actually committed to filling the vacancies that it advertises.

Umm . . . yeah, has SB been honest at some point in the last 3 years?

Just the latest in a long line of examples where Simeon Brown has used statistics "creatively" to create a misleading picture.