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Qiulae Wong has given Opportunity something its previous leaders struggled to provide: an appealing political personality. But behind the promises of fresh thinking and business success lies a rather more complicated record. What, exactly, is new – and what has actually been achieved?
The Voters Are Always Right
A National MP’s answer to her defeat was to blame a supposedly right-wing turn. Instead, both National and Labour should be asking why voters increasingly preferred other parties.
Quick Hit: Bottom Trawling, the Numbers Wong Got Wrong
Qiulae Wong told ThreeNews New Zealand is “one of only seven countries” still bottom-trawling. Her party now says she misspoke. Yale’s 2026 index records catch in 104 countries and MPI says about 68 per cent of New Zealand’s fish by volume is caught that way.
Election Deniers, Kiwi Edition
Hipkins told Jack Tame he would not scream about illegitimacy and would accept the result. After election night he said National was only still in the hunt because it had “manipulated the electoral system”. Swarbrick called it “mask-off voter suppression”.