With the election now set for November, this poll is a warning shot across the bow for Luxon and Hipkins. If they keep dragging their parties down the way they are, Winston Peters will keep rising. The forgotten New Zealanders have found their voice and they like what they are hearing.
In Episode 24 of The Good Oil Podcast, Cam sits down with New Zealand internet pioneer Seeby Woodhouse.
The next election will not be decided in the echo chambers of the commentariat. It will be decided by voters who are fed up with the same old games. Winston Peters understands that better than most.
Whether Aitken keeps her job is now in the hands of the politicians she clearly has strong feelings about. That is the irony she may soon have plenty of time to reflect on.
This forces Christopher Luxon and his crew to confront their bad habit of selling out to Māori interests, a pattern that kicked off under Jim Bolger and went into overdrive with John Key.
This LNG terminal might buy time, but it is no victory. It is an admission that ideology trumped common sense and now Kiwis foot the bill.
National needs to wake up. Time is running out to put the opposition away but it appears National and Luxon lack the killer instinct.
In Episode 23 of The Good Oil Podcast, Cam sits down with Hugh Devereux-Mack, public spokesperson for the Council of Licensed Firearm Owners.
New Zealand is not immune: we are just catching up. And if the major parties keep playing the globalist game, Peters will be there to reap the rewards.
