カテゴリー: National party
New Zealand’s incoming government still has three years to show it stands for something other than clumsily undoing Labour policiesNew jobs are always hard, but most people get a day or two to find out just how bad they are going to be. As Christopher …
After weeks of negotiations, incoming PM Christopher Luxon announces that populist Winston Peters and libertarian David Seymour will share deputy roleNearly six weeks after New Zealand’s general election, the incoming prime minister, National’s Christo…
Centre-right party loses two seats in final tally and will need to rely on traditional partner Act as well as NZ First to form coalitionAfter weeks of political limbo, the final results of New Zealand’s election have been released showing the centre-ri…
Bucking global trends, polls find young voter support higher for National and right coalition than Labour as election nearsWhen New Zealand’s Labour party was elected in 2017, commentators heralded the “youthquake”. Jacinda Ardern had brought a dose of…
New Zealand and the UK both have top tax rates that raise little revenue but lie as potent political traps for parties on the rightGrant Robertson and Gordon Brown have quite a lot in common.Robertson, New Zealand’s finance minister and deputy PM, had …
Influential National party figure said he had never voted ‘anything other than right’, but that some on the right were ‘getting pretty crazy’Former New Zealand prime minister Sir John Key has suggested he would have voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 U…
Many cities chose conservative candidates but the results were less about national trends than local conditionsEvery year between 2008 and 2016, political commentators would reliably announce that former prime minister John Key’s “honeymoon” was finall…
Sam Uffindell had been stood down after allegations he had bullied a female housemate while at universityA New Zealand MP who has apologised for attacking a fellow student at high school has been reinstated to the opposition National party after an inq…
Centre-right National and libertarian Act could form government, according to latest survey, with Labour-Greens bloc trailing on combined 42% supportJacinda Ardern’s chances of re-election are looking shakier, with new polling indicating that New Zeala…
Sam Uffindell was asked to leave prestigious private school Kings College after taking part in a group attack on a fellow student when he was 16New Zealand’s opposition National party is standing by its newest MP, Sam Uffindell, after revelations he wa…
The National party’s opposition to the bill outlawing conversion therapy is anti-children – a ban would send a message to all queer people that they are valid New Zealand’s National party promised grassroots activists that they would vote in favour of …
Labour’s historic win delivered Ardern a second term while voters punished politicians who embraced populism Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand’s Labour prime minister who was returned to power for a second term with a commanding majority, has often been hail…
New Zealand overwhelmingly embraced Jacinda Ardern’s Labour, leaving Judith Collins’ party in the wildernessJudith Collins had a spring in her step and a high-beam smile when she appeared for reporters the day after a New Zealand election that delivere…
With its most resounding victory since 1946, the weight of expectation on Labour has never been greaterThe Jacinda Ardern-led New Zealand Labour party has swept to its largest election night victory since 1946, winning 49.1% of the party vote and 64 se…
Judith Collins says she would not want New Zealand to emulate Tasmania economically and says it was ‘much nicer before the Green party took over’New Zealand opposition leader Judith Collins has taken aim at Tasmania, calling it Australia’s “poor cousin…