Can Labour centrism win the election? No. But why?
The problem with centrism is not moderation. It is that voters eventually stop believing you stand for anything at all.
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Greens Push Housing Protection for State Care Youth
The Greens say young people leaving state care should never be abandoned into homelessness while emergency housing systems collapse around them.
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Greens Slam National Public Housing Reforms
The Greens say National is balancing its Budget on the backs of public housing tenants, beneficiaries and disabled New Zealanders.
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Labour Pledges to Restore Te Tiriti in Schools
Labour says Te Tiriti belongs in classrooms and is pledging to reverse what it calls the Government’s attacks on Māori education.
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Labour Slams National’s Social Housing Cuts
Labour says National is forcing vulnerable social housing tenants to pay for Budget savings through higher rents and reduced support.
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Kicking the disabled, denigrating migrants and bashing beneficiaries to balance the budget isn’t a solution, it’s social vandalism
Critics warn the Government’s public sector cuts and welfare changes are punishing vulnerable New Zealanders to fund austerity politics.
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Debt wouldn’t be a problem if this Government taxed the rich!
Critics say New Zealand’s debt panic is driven by neoliberal myths designed to justify cuts while protecting wealthy interests and property speculation.
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Tamaki, Hutt South, Te Tai Tokerau, Tamaki Makaurau and Mt Albert – the five most important bellwether electorates this election
Five electorates could reveal the political direction of the entire country, from Auckland’s urban vote to the future of Te Pāti Māori.
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Economy is melting down and all Government has is anti-Trans, anti-Māori, anti-migrants and anti-public service toxic culture war garbage – at some stage you must get angry
As the economy weakens and public sector cuts deepen, critics say the Government is fuelling culture wars instead of confronting inequality and corporate power.
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Stanford’s Magic Trick: Treaty of Waitangi in Education, gone
The argument was that Treaty obligations would move to the Crown. Critics say the latest education reforms prove they were simply removed.
