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GUEST BLOG: Willie Jackson – People of New Zealand! It is time to rise up and vote this National Party out!
ByThe Daily Blog 22 September 2017

Never before has Labour come from 23% to be neck and neck with National. Jacinda has touched people and made them feel like they can believe again and that is a force that cannot and will not be told by rich right-wing broadcasters to go home and be quiet. Now is the time to show National that lies, deception and deceit will not be rewarded by the people of this country! Let National learn that vision, hope and compassion will always beat cynicism, corruption and venal self-interest.

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Deconstructing Headlines · Martyn Bradbury · Most Recent Blogs

BREAKING: LAST TV3 POLL – Nat 45.8% Lab 37.3% Green 7.1% NZF 7.1%
ByMartyn Bradbury 21 September 2017

This is going to be so close it may well be decided by smaller parties like Maori Party and MANA.

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Chris Trotter · Most Recent Blogs · Setting the Agenda

You’re Wrong Keith: We Have To Do This NOW.
ByThe Daily Blog 21 September 2017

KEITH RANKIN IS WRONG about Jacinda needing to lose this election. If that’s what happens on Saturday: if National somehow hauls itself back onto the Treasury Benches; then it is the purest folly to suppose that the election of 2020 will be a Labour walkover. If the Centre-Left cannot win in 2017, then the question that begs to be answered is: “Can it win at all?”

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Deconstructing Headlines · Martyn Bradbury · Most Recent Blogs

Latest UMR Poll: National 43 Labour 38 NZF 8 Green 7 TOP 2.7
ByMartyn Bradbury 21 September 2017

The last internal Labour Party UMR Poll has been leaked and it shows once again that Labour + Green + NZF can form a Government.

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Deconstructing Headlines · Martyn Bradbury · Most Recent Blogs

The ridiculous spin of the latest TV One Poll
ByMartyn Bradbury 21 September 2017

Vote today! Take a friend and vote tomorrow! Get the family together and vote on Saturday! Do not allow National’s fear campaign on tax and their bare faced fucking lies rob us of the hope of a better way for our Government to treat the weakest and most vulnerable amongst us!

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Keith Locke · Most Recent Blogs · Setting the Agenda

Let’s make sure the Greens get well over the threshold
ByThe Daily Blog 21 September 2017

The Greens hold the key to this election. If the Greens don’t get 5% and leave Parliament its unlikely Labour will be in government. If the Greens get 5% (or 6%, 7%, 8% or 9%) a Labour/Green government is likely.

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Donna Miles · Most Recent Blogs · Setting the Agenda

Gareth Morgan’s TOP: My Hopes and Doubts
ByThe Daily Blog 21 September 2017

Although I remain interested in TOP’s policies and hopeful about their prospects in the upcoming general election, I am not without my doubts.

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Most Recent Blogs · Raw News

Statement by Waikato DHB Board member Dave Macpherson regarding the latest reported death of a baby at Waikato Hospital
ByThe Daily Blog 20 September 2017

Like many other New Zealanders tonight, I viewed the TVNZ News story of the family who lost their baby while…

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Chris Fowlie · Most Recent Blogs · Setting the Agenda

NORML’s Guide to Cannabis Policies of NZ Political Parties
ByThe Daily Blog 20 September 2017

Cannabis is well and truly an election issue. For the first time ever, most parties now have written policies or have taken a stance supporting reform of some description. There is a lot to consider so to help we have assessed the cannabis policies or public statements of party leaders against NORML’s three core policies:

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Mike Treen · Most Recent Blogs · Setting the Agenda

The only votes that count is the party vote – except in………
ByThe Daily Blog 20 September 2017

Given the momentum shift in the last few weeks it seems inevitable there will be a change in government.

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