Election 2020
Jacinda Ardern has started her second term with a bold reshuffle and seven new ministers coming into cabinet. There’s a hat tip to the regions and women, but Maori are the big winners with today’s announcement, thanks in large part of Kelvin Davis
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Labour’s historic victory was a surprisingly large endorsement for Jacinda Ardern’s first term, but it has now built an unlikely coalition of supporters who will be demanding very different things of the government over the next three years
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Crisis management and an unimpeachable personal reputation have been the features of Jacinda Ardern’s first term. Which is lucky for her because her track record on housing, poverty and climate hasn’t come close to her promises
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Judith Collins plucks votes from the low hanging trees in the second leaders’ debate, but also makes promises she may live to regret
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The first Election 2020 leaders debate bounced from rabbit hole to rabbit hole, as a flat Jacinda Ardern and grinning Judith Collins fumbled their way though a contest that struggled to find a focus
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Greens leader James Shaw has been under the cosh for his Green School decision, but what's going on behind the scenes and will it cost votes? Social media rears it's sulky head, vaccination lies and debate over 'the single source of truth'. Plus, is Winston Peters in cabinet or not?
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Labour won’t want to change the election day, but it’s going to get hard to resist if campaigns are delayed much longer. If National gets the gift of time, however, it will want to do better than seed conspiracies. From Caucus
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Jacinda Ardern’s popularity means Labour is defying gravity as the election campaign kicks off. But it’s not through breaking the rules and doubling down on transformation… and her approach could be winning some surprising fans
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While Covid is the big C this election, you can also put character, campaign strategy and culture on the list of things to consider. And then there’s the return of Caucus
Read MoreThe Greens and ACT stand out as relative winners in recent polling and for much the same reasons. But there’s one big difference
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Future or past? Merit or representation? This leader or one of the previous ones? National has been making some headlines this week and getting on the news. But not in ways that helps Todd Muller
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