Fighting in the Captain’s Tower
If you’re left you’re right. If you’re right, you’re left behind.
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What Happens Next?
For two more weeks, there is little for New Zealand political-tragics to do rather than play guessing games, critique the campaign or ponder ‘what ifs?’ What’s going to happen on 27 November? I haven’t the slightest idea.
We Are Swimming In Electoral Fraud
Forget ballot stuffing and media bias. That’s surface-level fraud. The real fraud is that New Zealand is full of people who are under no incentive pressure to care about its future.
Election 2026 – An Expert Explains
Time, I think, to consult a bona fide expert on the topic (and get some value from his $100,000 taxpayer-funded salary).
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The Q Factor: A New Face and a Good Marketing Campaign
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”.