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The Periodical looks at the institutions the form the political structures in our society, with a particular focus on New Zealand Politics, and political structures, but with occasional thoughts about these institutions globally.
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- Sep 29, 2026
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Soft landing: why Opportunity’s bottom lines are a fair play (opens the original)
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Bonus: Campaign Launches and Strategic Voting (opens the original)
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What the 2026 campaign launches tell us (opens the original)
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New Zealand’s election campaigns, for all their variety of stagecraft, tend to open the same way: a leader before a friendly crowd, a laminated card of promises, and a speech built as much around the other side’s failings as their own vision. This year is no exception. On Sunday 27 September, both major parties formally launched their bids for the 7 November election within hours of each other, Christopher Luxon at Auckland’s International Convention Centre and Chris Hipkins at the Due Drop Even
Gaming the House: overhang seats and the 2026 election (opens the original)
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With the election on 7 November and the contest too close to call, a technicality of MMP has moved from the political science lecture theatre to the campaign trail. The overhang, a small quirk in how seats are handed out, is now being discussed openly as a way of tipping a tight result. Te Pāti Māori have built part of their campaign around it, and a mirror-image plan has emerged on the right. I think both are a corruption of what the system was designed to do.<a class="image-link image2 is-view
The fragmentation election: why 2026’s best electorate races are civil wars (opens the original)
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Ask which electorates will decide the 2026 election and most people picture government and opposition trading blows in a handful of marginals. Under MMP that is the wrong picture. Only 71 of the 120 seats come from electorates, and the party vote decides how the whole House is shared. A National win in one seat and a Labour win in the next mostly change who sits on each side, not how big each side is.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lkxA!
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