The quarterly plans released near the start of each quarter typically had about 30 to 40 actions the Government intended to complete in the three-month periods. A Herald analysis of the first quarterly plan from April 2024 found more than half of the 36 items on it were easy ticks or mere formalities. The Government's Chris Bishop commented on X after news of the quarterly plans coming to an end. Photo / Mark MitchellHe later said he was referring to dashboards from the previous Labour Government, but wouldn’t give his opinion on the quarterly actions produced by his Government. Labour leader Chris Hipkins on Monday said the quarterly plans had become “an exercise in managerialism rather than actually setting the direction for the country”.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 25, 2026 06:06 UTC