Labour’s Māori Seat Suicide Pact: Butt Hurt vs Butt Hurt in a Pre-Coalition Brawl
This contest is a genuine test of whether these two can ever function together. Labour needs the seats to get close to power. Te Pāti Māori needs to hold them to keep their leverage.
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Are We Not Living in the Most Privileged Time?
Isn’t capitalism and democracy history’s most powerful driver of human progress? By incentivising innovation and rewarding efficiency, haven’t free markets and democracy shifted NZ into a more egalitarian country?
Austerity? The Public Service Size Increased Again
That means there is currently a broken promise of $295,200,000 per annum with the 1,476 extra staff.
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