Stephen Berry is compiling this guide on the Auckland Local Body elections as an independent commentator. His recommendations are based on his own research and are not on behalf of any organisation. P
Her plan to steal an average of $119,316 from each New Zealand household is the most disgusting assault on individual freedom in the 2026 election campaign, so I doubt we will hear a single squeak about the freedom of individuals to defend themselves from her.
Without an overhang, we are still facing a hung-parliament but, with the overhang, the centre-right has a pathway to hold on to power so perhaps the strategic voting message is getting through.
Whichever party wins the state election, I don’t see a solution to the state’s enormous debt burden in the short term.
New Zealand First and National are not right-wing parties. Their willingness to engage in economic interventionism and steal each other’s policies places them both firmly left-of-centre.
Two more polls that replicate the results of Taxpayers’ Union-Curia could spell the end of Hipkins’ leadership.
As all scenarios for re-election appear increasingly hopeless, I say, “Good!” National deserves to lose this election and so do their supporters.
Their numbers are a chaotic mess of promises, ideology and complete disregard for simple sums.
National’s poll numbers will certainly decline from this point onward; the only uncertainty is whether that support goes to ACT and New Zealand First so something can be salvaged from this disaster.
Why are so many so invested in trying to destroy this miracle nobody imagined 100 years ago?
To truly appreciate that Allan’s loss is Victoria’s gain, let’s remember that she used her resignation speech to claim she got turfed from office because she is a woman.
I am concerned about the possibility of Labour winning this election. However, I’m equally concerned that the next three years will be wasted by New Zealand First being part of the government after November 7.
Can Paul Henry’s star-power alone give ACT a lift in the polls? Undoubtedly, which is why ACT went to the effort of holding a press conference to announce a single candidate and express confidence that he would receive a high list placing.
The ban on under-16s using social media is doomed to never, ever, work.
Given there are just under five months until election day, with support likely to only go in one direction, Victorians will certainly decide to ‘Ditch the Witch’ and her filthy rotten party.
