It makes sense to back down on that issue. I suspect a number of Maori abandoned NZ First for Labour over that issue AND many of the voters opposed to the Maori seats were all talk and bluster and voted for National anyway.
"shitting on immigrants"? What do you mean? Approximately 75% of new migrants voted National according to surveys. The left needs to wake up to the fact that colonisation began in 1840 and continues today in the form of NZ's large scale immigration policy....
Bill English just said half of all NZers voted National. Um...So far just under a million voted National which makes about 1/5th...
The problem is Labour seems to be backing off it's commitment to reducing immigration with Jacinda's recent comments.
As I said continued 1% population growth from immigration, as stated by James Shaw, is unsustainable in the long term.
Yes I know it's still in their website - but their policy and dialogue on immigration negates it. You are right that NZF does not have a specific policy on population - and they should. Every party should.
Good luck. NZF own the immigration issue and Labour helped get us into the mess we are in. The Greens had promise once upon a time with a good population policy - but that's on the back burner as they think 1% population growth indefinitely is ok (they ...
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