The Gangs Row Did Not Miss The Left. It Hit The Whole Bloc.
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An Overhang Ends The List Gravy Train
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Quick Hit: Hipkins Dumped Leoni, Now He Might Need Her Seat
Chris Hipkins dumped Kerrin Leoni over gang campaigning. She is still on the Tāmaki Makaurau ballot as Labour, a pre-resignation Curia poll had her two points off the seat and, if she wins, only Labour can pull the party-hopping trigger.
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An Overhang Ends The List Gravy Train
Rodney Hide says National is heading for an overhang. If he is right, National’s party vote stops buying seats, the list loses its power and MPs who have never won an electorate lose their free pass. Paul Goldsmith has lost Epsom five times.
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