On current polling the Government is steady, and, while the Greens have slipped, the next poll could be interesting after NZ First and National effectively signalled the death of ACT's Treaty Principles Bill.
The latest 1News/Verian Poll is out and the Government is looking steady. The Greens however have dropped two points, in what may well be the start of their support abating as people realise that the Greens can barely control their party, let alone try and be a serious contender to lead a left-bloc coalition as Chlöe Swarbrick seems to believe.
Key points of the poll are:
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National really needs to do something to gain some momentum. Perhaps if their election strategist focussed on the election rather than rolling his boss then things may improve.
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With the election now set for November, this poll is a warning shot across the bow for Luxon and Hipkins. If they keep dragging their parties down the way they are, Winston Peters will keep rising. The forgotten New Zealanders have found their voice and they like what they are hearing.
The law makes it clear: parliament could abolish the Māori seats tomorrow with a simple majority – no referendum needed, no special entrenchment – yet a politically convenient referendum is being offered instead.
Transforming the revenge fantasies of anti-immigrant populists into enforceable public policy will not be easy.
You’re much better off visualising how you’re going to get there. But then that would mean actual work.
Tamatha Paul is responsible for the positions she advocated, the amendments she moved, and the prioritisation she helped secure. That is the level at which accountability properly sits. And insisting on that level of accountability is not racism. It is politics.
