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Politics, news, and culture from New Zealand and beyond. I share opinions, but am prepared to change my mind. Postmodernism sucks.
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Should the centre-right split their vote? (opens the original)
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I have thought long and hard about writing this. I wrote a kind of explainer about 6 weeks ago, but I wanted to be sure that I was sharing the best information before really throwing my support behind the strategy. And, to be honest, I have felt really sad for National and the situation they find themselves in. Although, of course, much of it is self-inflicted. I have a great deal of respect for many in the party and I know that they are feeling wounded by the increasing push for strategic votin
Could Opportunity really work with the Right? (opens the original)
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Ask whether The Opportunity Party are left or right and they tell you they are neither. They are “centrist”, they say, and they are teal. The three pillars that underpin their ethos are “Unity, Innovation, and Nature” and they describe themselves as a “blue-green party”. They believe that industry and nature can grow together, rail against “divisive, pendulum politics”, and promise to be a constructive MMP kingmaker rather than just another tribal appendage of either bloc.Until this week they ha
A week is a long time: 26 September 2026 (opens the original)
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A week is a long time in politics. Welcome to my weekly wrap up of the week that was in New Zealand politics with a sprinkling of international news.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="256" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NnEP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_
A week is a long time: 19 September 2026 (opens the original)
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A week is a long time in politics. Welcome to my weekly wrap up of the week that was in New Zealand politics with a sprinkling of international news.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="256" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NnEP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_
What will Hipkins have to give away to become Prime Minister? (opens the original)
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Every election campaign we, the voters, are treated to a pantomime in which parties make promise after promise about what they would do if given the power to rule these small isles. Most of us have been around long enough to recognise that a great deal of these plans are poorly thought out fiction but we will attempt to discern the realistic from the outlandish. The others will vote Green until they become a parent, own property, or simply fully develop their frontal lobe.Ooosh. That was a bit m
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