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# Faces of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/faces-of-the-day-154/
- Published: 2026-01-22T17:30:33.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-22T17:30:32.000Z
- Description: If you thought Nanaia Mahuta’s Three Waters ‘co-governance’ was bad, imagine what Chris Hipkins will need to cook up to keep Te Pāti Māori happy!
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day

> **The polls show the same thing: this election will be decided on a knife-edge.** A handful of seats. A small shift in public opinion. A few months where the narrative is either challenged – or allowed to harden.  
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> And right now, the danger is clear.  
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> There has not been a single mainstream poll in the last two years showing Chris Hipkins returning to power without being **completely dependent on the Greens and Te Pāti Māori**.  
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> That would be the most radical government in our lifetime. It would be a government **forced to trade policy, spending, and democratic principles for coalition survival**.  
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> You’ve already seen what that looks like.  
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> **If you thought Nanaia Mahuta’s Three Waters ‘co-governance’ was bad, imagine what Chris Hipkins will need to cook up to keep Te Pāti Māori happy!**  
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> Higher taxes. Radical co-governance entrenched. Economic growth sacrificed.   
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> Make no mistake, **this is the real risk New Zealand faces in November**.  
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> Taxpayers’ Union Press Release