At dinner, Dave found his usual chair missing. Karen had moved it into the shed and left a note on his place mat: ELECTORATE LOST. “I can still get in on the party list,” he said. Karen handed him the camping stool. “You’re not on the list.”
Wellington council spent irresponsibly, either with the support or resigned indifference of its ratepayers. The bill is due. Nobody else should be asked to cover it.
Governing demands fiscal discipline, competent execution, and tactical clarity at the ballot box. New Zealand is not someone else’s company – it belongs to all of us.
A polling clerk told me voting had been heavy all weekend. By Friday, nearly 600,000 votes had been cast, 32 per cent more than at the same stage in 2023.
You must also grow the basket if you want an economy that provides both structural and social stability.
Why visiting a criminal gang-pad may reveal more about the centre-left's future than the latest polls.
National has lost the respect of its voter base. For that it, and everyone on the right, could pay a heavy price this Saturday. I hope and pray it doesn’t happen.
Winston Peters read out a list in Papakura. We checked it against the official record.
Is there a more sinister reason National don’t want vote splitting?
Chlöe Swarbrick asked for the most powerful job in government. National quoted her. Now she says she is being cyber-bullied.
Confessions of an accidental politician.
Perhaps, by electing Chris Bishop, they will give National a better future leader.
Forget the policies, what political philosophies separate our parties?
NZ’s multiculturalism has major implications for population growth, national identity, social values and commitment to citizenship in order to foster cohesion rather than fragmentation.
