A Double Cliffhanger for New Zealand
NZ voters are in a unique situation. MMP rules and consistent polling indicates we may get a hung parliament or a coalition with the slimmest of margins - but will it be red or blue?
NZ Politics
Quick Hit: Back to the Dual Mandate
Barbara Edmonds wants unemployment back in the Reserve Bank’s mandate. Labour added it in 2018 and the coalition took it out. Last time, cheap money came with an inflation bill.
There’s the Bloody Ball. Use it!
The Nats still have a chance but they have to change tactics.
Three Polls Say Split Your Vote
Tuesday’s three polls all show the majors bleeding to the minors. Neither Chris is liked. National’s list lift is a forlorn hope. Electorate National or best candidate; party vote ACT or NZ First.
NZ Shows How Not to Run a Census
Two millennia ago, Augustus counted his empire because he wanted to know what he ruled. In 2028, New Zealand will count itself because the parties could not agree on how to stop.
Beyond the Boats Invading Our Mother Country
The only souls still possessed of political zeal are those whose fervour is the fervour of the wolf. What they see is a flesh-and-blood civilisation, meaty and unguarded, to be looted for the survival of their own mangy pack. I mean the commies, of course: the Greens, Labour,
A Super Policy
Seymour may have devised the policy as an alternative to compulsory saving, but I think he has a winner for the retired.
The Left Are Out to Lunch
How can Barbara Edmonds possibly manage to balance the books with ‘treats’ for just about everyone. It can’t be done, which is the message Nicola Willis is running with.
Quick Hit: Pharmac Said No in May
National wants $604m more for medicines, paid for mostly by a 10 per cent aid cut with the Pacific protected. In May its own budget turned down Pharmac’s request of about $800m and gave it $54m.
The Battle Over the Waitangi Tribunal
When the Treaty of Waitangi settlement process was introduced by Norman Kirk’s Labour government in 1975, it was framed as a means of dealing with ongoing injustices. The Waitangi Tribunal was established as a permanent commission of inquiry to investigate contemporary claims that the Crown had breached the Treaty.
Luxon Is Finished, So Split Your Vote And Save The Coalition
National 25.9 per cent, its worst since 2020. Neither bloc gets to 61. Luxon survived two recent confidence votes and the party is paying for it. Vote National in the electorate, party vote ACT or NZ First.
The Gilded Lobster-Pot of the Globalist Left
Wallowing in the Globalist trough in Fiji.