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5:30 pm, August 12th, 2026 - 12 comments
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Daily review is also your post.
This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day.
The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy).
Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
Penk's position "untenable" but Peters' isn't??
Luxon, you're a jellyfish.
Verian Poll just out:
Lab 30 Gre 12 Opp 8 TPM=51
Nat 29 ACT 9 NZF 8=46
The Lab/Gre/Opp have 50 between them (assuming Opp go with the larger party Labour). This is enough to form a government.
The racist party is still falling.
Well done to Jack Tame who included the Maori electorates in the reckoning. They are often ignored in superficial analysis of polls.
61 might be a majority. It isn't now.
Heartening poll BG.
Opp same as NZF at seems an outlier.
Yes poll opens possibilities….and hopefully not outlier
. Peters may be in freefall.
Sorry in my poll post it should be TPM 1
Uh oh……. first casualty…….
https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361017190/live-christopher-luxon-leadership-vote
Luxon kills Penk's political career.
"He was seen as a rising star of the National Party. "
https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361017190/live-christopher-luxon-leadership-vote
Luxon doesn’t like to be eclipsed, outshone, and out-performed, which shows what kind of leader he really is, and he’s definitely not a team-player, let alone a team captain who unites his team to a win.
The BHN Finance debate is in Wellington at the end of Aug. Paul Henry is a recent addition. Entry is under $20.
Featuring Shane Jones (NZ First), Paul Henry (ACT), Barb Edmonds (Labour), Chloe Swarbrick (Greens).
Hmmm, Shane Jones, that would make an otherwise interesting watch a painful watch.
Everyone at the meeting should have a watch with spikes out, to remind them painfully to think hard as time is advancing quickly to the election, along with amalgamation of local politics and councils furthering them to be unmanageable and distant from the locals; only contactable through the internet if you have your device live and paid-up.
The Overhang has a hung parliament from polling average, after including the Verian poll. Click through for the graphics
https://x.com/Overhang_AoNZ/status/2087430196400161241