Yesterday Radio New Zealand released its annual report indicating a $12 million deficit had accrued. Mass redundancies have been announced. But a deeper dive into the figures suggests that this is not the crisis that it is being portrayed to be.
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To fix our democracy we need to consider increasing the size of Parliament to improve proportionality, urgently improve transparency of funding of third parties and allow election day enrollments.
I think we’re overcooking both the overhang and Labour’s supposed failure to anticipate it.
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Where we are now The electoral position is clear pre-special votes: National, ACT and NZ First are up on the opposition parties by […]
The right has never met an electoral system that it did not want to rort.
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We voted, now comes the fun part.
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If you’re after a place to vote – then you should look at the Vote NZ polling booth page where they allow you to put in electorate, optional suburb and if the polling place is accessible for the disabled and elderly. There is also a drill down map.
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The “tax the billionaires” resolution went down in California thanks to billionaire money, but the voters have spoken on the “next big thing” […]
It has been a long three years. This Government has shown extraordinary incompetence and cruelty. Make sure that you and your whanau vote.
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We don’t allow people to comment on The Standard during election day. The primary reason for this is s197 of the Electoral Act 1993. However I mostly finished playing around with the search and archives feature of the site. So you get a day to play with it, and then we will shut down the complaints – all in the standard of this Coalition’s select committee procedures for important bills.
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Bad news for National as the unemployment rose to its highest level in nearly 11 years.
The wins are good, but neither MAGA nor Trump is over.
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Elections are currently being held in the United States on November 3, 2026
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The spectacle of the overhang this last week and the disfranchisement by legislation of our fellow voters just bring into focus just how bad the government this term was. The support of the overhang appears to mainly have been about how to divide the spoils in the next cabinet if the right win the government benches. That isn’t a stable and effective government.
Kapiti is one of the seats where the electorate vote can make a difference to the outcome of the election.
Qiulae Wong flip flops on partners. Plus: National Party panics as they record the worst result since 2020. And Labour talk cost of living
Act has distributed an unbranded pamphlet in the Tamaki electorate using last election’s result in the seat implying that its candidate is ahead.
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Keep it seemly.
National members in Tamaki have been told not to wear National Party tshirts during a Luxon walkabout so that they can engage with Luxon “organically”.
RNZ reported this morning on the latest IPSOS poll, Fuel rises become top-three concern, as Labour extends lead – IPSOS poll The latest […]
Protecting the environment is a policy choice.
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Barbara Edmonds has a plan and Labour aren’t mucking around.
