The latest TV3 Newshub poll results are out. The major parties are neck and neck. No surprise there. But what is stark is the public response to Christopher Luxon. Basically he is tanking. And National must be really afraid that he is going to prevent…
Trust in academics is on a downslide, as is trust in general. This is exacerbated by academics hiding a personal-political agenda when they dabble in the public domain. Dr Bryce Edwards recently wrote a piece (https://democracyproject.nz/2023/05/10/bryce-edwards-the-civil-war-in-the-greens/) that paints a negative and distorted picture of the…
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This week National Party leader Christopher Luxon reiterated his stance that National will not work with Te Pati Māori, citing for his reaon that he believes that Te Pati Māori policies are divisive and trotting out the phrase “one person, one vote”. Putting aside the…
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Since they're touted as 2023’s electoral ‘Kingmakers’, it’s time to understand what the Maori Party really want. All about the policy today folks. We’re going to deal with the recent policies since some have been COVID-specific, such as requiring 25% of all recovery projects including…
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I have very strong memories of the 2005 election. National's momentum was built behind a frankly racist speech given by Don Brash in Orewa in 2004. National's polling before that was on life support. But it then surged in the polls with the next Colmar…
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In case we just missed it, New Zealand really has picked a side. Prime Minister Hipkins will shortly head to the NATO summit in Lithuania together with Australia, Japan and South Korean leaders. Also Vladimir Zelinskyy is intending to go as well. We didn’t need…
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We are mature enough to have our own leader. Own our own shit. And with most major claims done we are mature enough to turn the outstanding Maori redress claims into standard appeals against the state for compensation, past and future. Like everyone else does. 2040 would…
Last minutes of this parliamentary term and all teams are subbing out. At 24 minutes to go Labour’s Gaurav Sharma developed a pain in the neck, argued with the coach, tried to get reselected, but then played poorly in the playoff never seen again. Labour’s weakest…
This is unfortunate. Elizabeth Kerekere has announced that she is quitting the Green Party, will stay on as an independent and not stand again at the next election. From Craig McCulloch at Radio New Zealand: Under-fire MP Elizabeth Kerekere has resigned from the Greens after…
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Originally posted on Nick Kelly's blog On Saturday, the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla will take place. The last coronation of Queen Elizabeth II took place on 2 June 1953 and was one of only five such events in the 20th century.…
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Prime Minister Hipkins has put Labour on course to win a third term. Here’s how. Mr Hipkins has been in the job just four months and has put Labour back on track. Unemployment headline rate is at 3.4%, continuing Labour’s run as keeping everyone going…
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