Neck and neck

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Date published: 8:12 pm, October 13th, 2023 - 8 comments

Last post before election day but the big mo is on and the election is getting closer and closer.

Election day rules

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Date published: 7:45 pm, October 13th, 2023 - Comments Off on Election day rules

The rules about election day are pretty clear. You may only keep existing election material up on a website or social media if all the following apply. This time we will start moderating all comments with rules at midnight. OpenMike will be the only open post. Normal service back at 7pm

Daily review 13/10/2023

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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 13th, 2023 - 15 comments

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About last night’s debate

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Date published: 8:21 am, October 13th, 2023 - 42 comments

It is very clear now why National did not agree to a further debate between the leaders. Last night’s debate between Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luzon was totally one sided.

Open mike 13/10/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 13th, 2023 - 66 comments

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Daily review 12/10/2023

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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 12th, 2023 - 37 comments

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Down to the wire

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Date published: 8:06 am, October 12th, 2023 - 52 comments

Two new polls were released last night and they both confirm a tightening of the race with the right slumping and the left improving.

Open mike 12/10/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 12th, 2023 - 58 comments

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Daily review 11/10/2023

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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 11th, 2023 - 53 comments

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Multimillionaire landlords are the real squeezed middle according to National

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Date published: 8:20 am, October 11th, 2023 - 24 comments

Craig Rennie of the CTU has continued his excellent work analysing National’s proposed tax cuts and has come up with a doozie.  Landlords who own multiple properties will get huge tax cuts if National’s policy is put in place.

Labour surges in latest poll

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Date published: 7:55 am, October 11th, 2023 - 82 comments

A new poll has Labour surging into the 30s, Act continuing its decline and National going backward. This election is not over.

Open mike 11/10/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 11th, 2023 - 49 comments

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Daily review 10/10/2023

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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 10th, 2023 - 16 comments

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Israel and Saudi Arabia

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Date published: 8:40 am, October 10th, 2023 - 28 comments

I don’t want to talk about Saudi Arabia but it’s time.

The lost art of the heckle

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Date published: 8:33 am, October 10th, 2023 - 12 comments

What has happened to the fine art of intelligent heckling?

Managing Expectations: Community transmission of coronavirus in NZ was inevitable

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Date published: 6:05 am, October 10th, 2023 - 5 comments

The sad thing about the NZ COVID response is that overall it did deliver in that it protected the public health system and saved lives. But expectations about stopping all community transmission were set too high, and walking back from that politically has been challenging for Labour.

Open mike 10/10/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 10th, 2023 - 85 comments

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Daily review 09/10/2023

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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 9th, 2023 - 23 comments

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Winston Peters? I barely know him

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Date published: 10:50 am, October 9th, 2023 - 46 comments

National has over the past couple of weeks indicated that it will ring Winston if it needs his votes, then saying that if he negotiates too hard it will seek a further election. This is real coalition of chaos stuff.

Open mike 09/10/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 9th, 2023 - 67 comments

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The Big Mo

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Date published: 11:49 am, October 8th, 2023 - 48 comments

Recent polls suggest that National and Act is going backward while Labour has stabilised. A win for the left is possible but this last week will be all important.

Open mike 08/10/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 8th, 2023 - 47 comments

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New Zealand’s climate obligations and National’s climate policy

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Date published: 6:05 am, October 7th, 2023 - 18 comments

National plans to renege on our Paris Agreement pledge

Open mike 07/10/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 7th, 2023 - 81 comments

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Daily review 06/10/2023

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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 6th, 2023 - 11 comments

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Like two cats in a sack

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Date published: 1:38 pm, October 6th, 2023 - 15 comments

The minor leader’s debate last night confirmed the fact that David Seymour and Winston Peters hate each other.

National’s credibility problem

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Date published: 9:34 am, October 6th, 2023 - 31 comments

National has suffered further damage to its credibility with its promise of a $250 tax cut per fortnight for an average family only being realised if that family spent at least $300 per week on childcare and was a two income family with each adult earning between $53,500 and $66,000.

Managing Expectations – the NZ Housing crisis and Labour’s response.

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Date published: 6:15 am, October 6th, 2023 - 42 comments

Watching the 2023 election campaign in New Zealand, one of Labour’s challenges appears to be that it has failed to manage voters’ expectations over the last six years. Recalling the election campaign in 2017, Jacinda Ardern gave people hope that politics could be different. However government is about handling problems – like building at scale and pandemics.

Open mike 06/10/2023

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Date published: 6:00 am, October 6th, 2023 - 38 comments

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Daily review 05/10/2023

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Date published: 5:30 pm, October 5th, 2023 - 38 comments

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Why can’t National answer straight forward questions about the Council of Trade Union’s critique of their tax policy?

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Date published: 10:38 am, October 5th, 2023 - 40 comments

National’s tax policy doesn’t add up, and they’re trashing election and media conventions to avoid accountability. UPDATED.

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