BREAKING: TVNZ POLL: Labour 43% National 41%
When you consider that a poll in Whangarei had Labour on 37%, we could see a Labour Party taking a majority Government without needing any coalition partner.
New Zealand Politics
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What new horizon poll should tell the Greens – hold the line on poverty!
The Greens can not lose the impact they are having with beneficiaries (who rarely turn up in these polls anyway), the sudden collapse in Green vote is not supporters leaving because of Metiria, they are leaving because of Jacinda.
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The Finance Leaders Political Debate – James Shaw clear winner
The Finance Leaders Political Debate was held last night and it was far more insightful and interesting than anything we’ve seen so far.
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Monarchy still constraining democracy in Tonga
Tongan politics are so poorly reported in New Zealand that it is hard to judge the actions of the various players in the latest political crisis.
However, we should be concerned that the monarch, King Tupou VI, has sacked the elected government headed by Akilisi Pohiva, an advocate of greater democracy.
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Tales From A Possible Future: The Mother Of All Scandals Breaks
THE STORY APPEARED FIRST on an offshore blog. After that, not even the best legal brains at Crown Law could prevent the voters from learning about the “Mother of All Scandals”. The Internet, as always, prevailed over the frantic machinations of desperate politicians.
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Hell hath no fury like a Winston warned
Winston Peters is going to get medieval on who ever leaked his information to the media.
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WTF – [W]inston’s Pension; [T]he #MotherOfAllScandals; and [F]ilthy Politics in 2017
Look “behind the curtain”, if you will.
The timing of events is, in politics, almost never coincidental.
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Major boil over in Māori Politics – Can Māori Party finally work with Labour?
This could undermine Winston’s power of Kingmaker more than any other move in the rubric cube our political landscape is becoming.
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GUEST BLOG: Willie Jackson – If Māori back Labour – Labour will back Māori
Apathy is easy to feed when we have been so disappointed by the political leadership of the last 9 years, but Jacinda alongside Kelvin is the best hope for all New Zealanders to see a country that actually lives up to our expectations rather than lowers them.
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Increasing Teina Pora compensation is disgusting
Fuck inflation adjusted, what about justice adjusted rather than justice adjacent?