February 15, 2022 11:00am by David Farrar

Goff retires

As expected, Phil Goff has announced he won’t seek a third term as Mayor of Auckland. This graph partially explains why:

Net favourability in Curia polls

Goff came in with a public that liked him when elected in 2016 and in his first year of 2017. But after his first 18 months in office it all went wrong. His favourability declined massively. It did recover in 2020 but fell away again in 2021.