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.
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Quick Hit: Hung Parliament, Explained in Numbers
On a 120-seat count the blocs were 60-all. The 11-seat overhang turned that into 67-64. A majority is 66, a tie loses and a new election needs a majority of the new House.
Quick Hit: RNZ’s Unlawful Overdraft, Explained
The RNZ board approved a $5 million Westpac facility on 9 June without the two ministers the Crown Entities Act requires. The chair who signed it now says the breach is very difficult to explain.
Quick Hit: The Briefing Was Promising. The Department Wants Easier Weekends.
A September briefing said the second military-style academy cohort had not reoffended. Officials are now looking at less intense weekends because staff got tired.
Quick Hit: A Finance Job With No Obvious National Name
Seymour says National keeping Finance is no longer tenable. Luxon says the job stays with a National Party person. The most obvious National holders are already out.
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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.
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”.
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‘And they always give a warning – they tend to bop you on the head’ – Ken Brown.