The latest Newshub/Reid Research poll is out and it runs red, blood red. The headline numbers are: Labour: 56.5% – 72 seats National: 30.6% down 12.7% – 39 seats (down 16 seats) NZ First: 2.7% Greens: 5.5% Act: 1.8% Preferred PM Ardern: 59.5% Bridges:
Newshub have released their latest poll. The headline numbers are: Labour: 56.5% – 72 seats National: 30.6% down 12.7% – 39 seats (down 16 seats) NZ First: 2.7% Greens: 5.5% Act: 1.8% Preferred PM Ardern: 59.5% Bridges: 4.5% down 6.1% In depth analysis
Two articles in yesterday’s Sunday Star Times broached the sensitive topic of mass-media survival. Both had some points more relevant to a decade ago than today, such has the landscape changed in the period. One piece noted that the government had failed to ‘front up’ with a media
George I witnessed an extraordinary event last night, a whole news hour on TV1 without one item where the PM was featured. But in Stuff yesterday morning I was confronted with the breaking news that the PM had to wait for two minutes in a queue for a coffee at
Budget, economy John Armstrong (1News): Jobs, jobs jobs or spend, spend, spend? Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Political Roundup: A homecoming or still adrift – how radical is Labour’s budget? Audrey Young (Herald): National’s uphill battle on a Budget for a crisis (paywalled) Peter Dunne: An extraordinary but pedestrian budget
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I’ve gotten sick and tired of hearing the “hard and early” slogan from the Prime Minister. So, I decided to create an interactive timeline of key events to see if we really did go “hard and early”. Click on any event to see further details. As you will be
Budget – commentary and reactions Henry Cooke (Stuff):Grant Robertson isn’t using this crisis to transform the country Max Rashbrooke (RNZ): Robertson goes for repair, not rebuild Matthew Hooton (Herald): Grant Robertson conservative despite huge numbers (paywalled) Audrey Young (Herald): Simon Bridges vs Jacinda Ardern over $20 billion blank cheque
Ever since the Christchurch massacre, the Police have been operating in a doctrinaire and dictatorial fashion. We know that they used massive over-reach to grab as many guns as they could, and have treated their minister like he’s their lap dog. Earlier they announced that, despite disarming a
Budget Hamish Rutherford (Herald): Prime Minister warns coming months the most challenging in a long time (paywalled) Jane Patterson and Gyles Beckford (RNZ): What to expect from the 2020 Budget Richard Harman (Politik): It’s budget day and the election campaign begin Tim Watkins (Pundit): NZ’s Economy Has Been
