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# Ten@10 Lite - 2026/199
- URL: https://goodoil.news/ten-10-lite-2026-199/
- Published: 2026-10-27T21:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-27T21:00:00.000Z
- Description: 3 of today's 10 stories. The full Ten@10 is a VIP benefit.
- Author: Cam Slater
- Tags: Ten@10, Politics, Newsletters

Good morning. Here are 3 of the 10 stories in today's Ten@10.

## 5\. RODNEY HIDE - Election outcome: the real losers won't be on the ballot

Hide calls a centre-right government, a National overhang, ACT and NZ First on top, and Opportunity out. The real losers, he says, are the New Zealand media, who spent the year selling a close race and an Opportunity kingmaker.

[Read it at Brash and Mitchell](https://www.brashandmitchell.com/post/rodney-hide-election-outcome-the-real-losers-won-t-be-on-the-ballot?ref=goodoil.news)

## 4\. The case for saving Chris Bishop

National's overhang puts list MPs like Bishop at risk unless they win electorates. Ani O'Brien makes the case for saving him in Hutt South: Andersen returns on the list either way, and NZ First's Alistair Boyce is already telling voters to split for Bishop.

[Read it at Ani O'Brien](https://aniobrien.substack.com/p/the-case-for-saving-chris-bishop)

## 10\. Where’s the party?

Markets expect the Reserve Bank to hike the OCR to 3% on Wednesday. Jenny Ruth says that would be a third mistake this year: CPI is 3.7%, core ex-transport is inside the band, unemployment is 5.6%, and house prices are still falling. "Where's the party?"

[Read it at Just the Business](https://justthebusinessjennyruth.substack.com/p/wheres-the-party)

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