Liam Hehir
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- Sep 21, 2026
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Supermarkets v super markets: Nats' Foodstuffs split doesn't betray conservative values (opens the original)
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National finance spokeswoman Nicola Willis and leader Christopher Luxon during their policy announcement to split up Foodstuffs. Photo / Mark Mitchell I am not completely certain that a forced unwinding of Foodstuffs co-operative structure is necessarily the optimal policy for creating more grocery competition. And even if it is shown to be the best course in theory, I would not be certain about our ability to implement it cleanly. What I am certain about, however, is that there is no betrayal o
How TPM's electorate vote gambit could bring down the Māori seats (opens the original)
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Te Pati Maori, co-led by Rawiri Waititi, is campaigning for electorate votes only. Photo / Mark Mitchell This opinion piece is republished from Liam Hehir’s Substack with his permission. You can read more of his work here. All electoral systems can be gamed to a greater or lesser extent. First Past the Post invites gerrymandering, for example, where electorate boundaries are drawn to concentrate the supporters of one party in a single district, to minimise the number of seats that party’s candid
It's extraordinary National might knife a sitting PM, given the polls (opens the original)
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This opinion piece is republished from Liam Hehir’s Substack with his permission. You can read more of his work here. The phones are reportedly buzzing in National’s caucus again, over Christopher Luxon’s captain’s call on an MMP referendum. In a rapidly evolving situation, this afternoon the Prime Minister called an urgent in-person caucus meeting for 9.30am tomorrow, saying it was clear from media reports and conversations that there is “increased speculation” about his leadership, and that “d
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