Analysis — Election 2026 — NZ Politics — Christopher Luxon — Opportunity Party — National Party — ACT — NZ First — MMP — Don Brash
Luxon Will Pick Up the Phone
Luxon has ruled out Opportunity, but he never said he wouldn’t take the call. On current polling the overhang strategy is the only way to keep Opportunity out and the coalition in.
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National Would Rather Police Its Donor Than Win the Argument
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Luxon Is Chasing Bill English’s Record and Caucus Let Him
National is on 24.8 in the latest RNZ-Reid Research poll, below Judith Collins in 2020. Christopher Luxon still says he won’t share the top job.
Quick Hit: Hipkins Dumped Leoni, Now He Might Need Her Seat
Chris Hipkins dumped Kerrin Leoni over gang campaigning. She is still on the Tāmaki Makaurau ballot as Labour, a pre-resignation Curia poll had her two points off the seat and, if she wins, only Labour can pull the party-hopping trigger.
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