Quick Hit — Political Intelligence — ACT — NZ First — Winston Peters — James Christmas — Paul Henry — David Seymour — Election 2026 — NZ Politics
Quick Hit: Last Time It Cost Them Points
ACT’s James Christmas and Paul Henry have gone after NZ First on abortion and foreign aid with four weeks to run. ACT is down to 9.2 in Curia. The last time ACT attacked Winston, it cost them points.
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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.
Quick Hit: ACT’s $22b In Four Lines
ACT’s manifesto puts $22 billion of savings on the table over four years, debt $12.4b lower by 2031, Super at 67 by 2035, and a three-year minimum wage freeze. One headline muddled that to $2b. Hipkins still has not priced his first week.
Quick Hit: Hipkins’ First Week, Unpriced
Hipkins promised five actions at his first cabinet meeting. Labour’s own fiscal plan puts a price on two of them. For the hiring freeze, the ED plan and the price-gouging law, we found no published cost.
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