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1-on-1 in 10 Interview – Salvation Army State of the Nation Report Salvation Army Social Policy & Parliamentary Unit Director…

From a National–NZF–ACT coalition to a Labour–Green–Māori alliance, here are four realistic scenarios that could shape Election 2026.

Winston Peters proposes a referendum to abolish the Māori electorates, reopening Treaty tensions and testing Luxon’s coalition stability.

Floods in Waikato and Wellington expose the gap between climate science and Government policy, as Civil Defence funding is cut during escalating disasters.

It is painful. It is infuriating. And it forces victims and the nation to endure trauma once again. But…

I don’t need to carry in KFC and pretend to care when it’s not a climate event
Now can you see Mark Carney and Donald Trump doing this.
Jeez cobber this ain’t what fair suck of the sav means
I don’t have many friends can you be one
Scomo…” Christopher is that a phone in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me”?
Christopher….”shhhh Scomo I’m in Te Puke, alright”
Scomo…”well Christopher, I hear you’re never in NZ”?
When it comes to hugging NZ PM’s Scomo got the best
Scomo long gone.
It’s Albee.
Yes but think what NZ PM Scomo had the pleasure of getting a hug from
Did they have to use a pinch bar to separate them?
ALBANESE: There there Chris…let it all out…it will be alright…things can only get better!
LUXON: Oh my dearest Albo…as bitter cold temperatures fall to -1 -2 -3 etc, at what point do I take action,
and round up rough sleepers, to give them shelter. I mean, if a plane went down, I would be the first to go to the scene, and get people into shelter, to stop them freezing. So why don’t I do this for rough sleepers?
I mean, if I was taking a car load of freezing aircraft passengers to shelter, and one of them said “excuse me Chris, but I’m actually a rough sleeper” then what the heck do I do? It would put me on the spot.
I mean, I’m driving past rough sleepers on the street, without batting an eyelid, when tempertures are falling to -1 -2 -3 etc. And now I have a full blown rough sleeper actually in my car, that I’m taking to shelter. Should I turn around, and take him back to the downed plane, so he can sleep there? Should I drop him off with the other rough sleepers at the roadside? Should I take him to Chris Bishop’s house, or Louise Upston’s place…I mean, what a conundrum?
ALBANESE: Thats a deeply profound sobering thought Chris, I feel your pain.
LUXON: Nah…get off the grass…I’m just kidding…serves people right for not being rich and sorted eh!