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I don’t know what Chris Hipkins has been huffing, it might be hopium, but he reckons he’d take a call from Winston Peters on election night if he needs to. Chance would be a fine thing.
Labour leader Chris Hipkins says he would answer a phone call from Winston Peters following the election, but remains steadfast in vowing not to work with the New Zealand First leader to form a coalition government.
It comes after the latest Newshub Reid Research Poll revealed Labour has just 26.5 percent of support and would need the six seats New Zealand First would get if Hipkins wants any chance of remaining Prime Minister, based on the poll results.
The poll results weren’t great reading for Hipkins with the left bloc of Labour-Greens-Te Pati Maori only getting 54 seats, well short of the 61 needed to form a government.
Support for National and ACT also tumbled, meaning the right bloc of National and ACT would only reach 60 seats, so Christopher Luxon would need to call Peters and ask for the six seats New Zealand First received if he wanted to form a government.
But despite all this, Hipkins is insisting he will not work with New Zealand First post-election when questioned about it on AM on Tuesday. Luxon suggested on Monday Hipkins would change his tune and ask to work with Peters if it meant Labour if he needed to
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The only call Hipkins is going to get is from the Governor-General to arrange a time for him to hand in his ministerial warrants.
After that his phone will stop ringing.
All we have to do now is wait for the results to see what the various negotiating positions will be.
Nothing is going to change the outcome for Labour though. They are about to be eviscerated.
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