Contrary to the pearl-clutching in the media, this policy will deliver a solid stack of votes to NZ First. People are sick of it. They want their country back, starting with control over who gets a say in how it is run.
The unions have taken very real problems in our health system and packed them with partisan political conclusions. It doesn’t matter that the numbers do not back up their claims, because if you can win the narrative and control the framing, you can set perceptions.
Luxon can keep smacking it around the world if he likes. Meanwhile the rest of New Zealand will be wondering why their government seems more interested in distant billion customers than the struggling families right here at home.
Opportunity is no longer marooned in the world of one to two per cent. Cross five per cent, and the whole post-election arithmetic changes. Which is why the knives are suddenly out from every direction.
Can you trust Chris Hipkins when lies and mistruths utter almost constantly from his mouth? On the accommodation supplement he has executed a full flip from supporter to critic without breaking stride.
With National stuck in neutral, minor parties eating into the vote and a gaping gender divide in voter sentiment, that majority is far from comfortable.
If ever there was a policy that is crying out to be campaigned against, this TOP plan, to literally ‘top’ the elderly, is surely it. And it is tailor made for NZ First to take up.
Why a vote for the Opportunities Party is simply a vote for the Greens and Labour.
Do you want parties that let the CCP in the door or do you want ones that actually put New Zealand first? The choice is getting clearer by the day.
TOP just wants to redistribute more than ever before, with no strings and no obligations, all the while pretending they have a magic bullet to do away with complexity, EMTRs and to fire-up the economy. I don’t think they understand human nature.
This is the sleeper issue of the 2026 election. The real test for political parties is whether they can step up to the challenge.
Until Luxon lifts his game and stops handing ammunition to the other side, the next election remains National’s to lose. Right now he is working overtime to make sure they do.
The gap between what Luxon promised and what the country is actually getting remains the simplest attack line the opposition has. They would be fools not to use it.
If the goal was to manage public concern over immigration while keeping India’s relations smooth then the current approach has failed on both counts. Immigration policy should stand on its own merits in full public view.
