Herald report card on Ministers
The Herald has done a new report card on the performance of Ministers. Not online, but a photo is on Facebook. The summary of scores is:
- Steven Joyce 9.0 (+2.0)
- Bill English 8.5 (+0.5)
- Chris Finlayson 8.5 (-0.5)
- Tony Ryall 8.0 (-0.5)
- Paula Bennett 8.0 (+1.0)
- Murray McCully 8.0 (+1.0)
- Anne Tolley 8.0 (+1.0)
- Nick Smith 8.0
- Tim Groser 8.0 (nc)
- Simon Bridges 8.0 (+1.0)
- Gerry Brownlee 7.0 (-0.5)
- Judith Collins 7.0 (-1.5)
- Jonathan Coleman 7.0 (-1.0)
- Nikki Kaye 7.0
- John Key 6.0 (-1.0)
- Amy Adams 6.0 (-1.0)
- Chris Tremain 6.0 (nc)
- Hekia Parata 5.0 (+2.0)
- Nathan Guy 5.0 (-1.0)
- Craig Foss 5.0 (-1.0)
As always you agree with some of them, and disagree with others. I think most of them are pretty fair and Steven Joyce is definitely doing a great job. However I think it is beyond ridiculous to have the Prime Minister in the bottom quarter of Cabinet. National is polling better five years in than any other Government has ever managed – and no small part of that is because of the PM. With respect I think the Herald is too focused on issues that matter to them – but not to most New Zealanders.
The average or mean score was 7.2 out of 10, which is an increase of 0.4 from a year ago.
The median was 7.5, up from 7.0 a year ago.
If you take the 10 frontbench Ministers, their average is 7.4 out of 10, the same as a year ago.