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# Who Actually Sits on the Right in NZ
- URL: https://goodoil.news/who-actually-sits-on-the-right-in-nz/
- Published: 2026-09-25T19:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-25T19:29:59.000Z
- Description: My own ideal government does not believe the state should run the economy.
- Author: MountainsideFM
- Tags: Podcasts

My own ideal government does not believe the state should run the economy. Nor is it one that believes the market should solve every social problem.

I want a right-of-centre government – but with a social conscience.

I want business to have room to create wealth.

I want individuals to have responsibility for their own lives.

I want the government to live within its means.

But I also believe a decent society has an obligation to those who genuinely need help.

So perhaps the argument isn’t about whether National and NZ First are secretly left-wing. It is about recognising that they are pragmatic parties, prepared to cross ideological boundaries when they believe it serves their purposes.

ACT, by contrast, occupies a much more clearly defined ideological position on the economic right.

Who Actually Sits on the Right in NZ

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