"Maybe a NatLab government would turn out to be stable. Almost certainly though, for that to happen, it would be because it adopted only the policies they both agreed on.

This is not a better option. We’d have a government with a supermajority doing very little: 'managing' the status quo but not improving it. A stable government where nothing much changes."

#SimonWilson, 2026

https://simonwilsonhopetown.substack.com/p/the-silliness-of-a-natlab-coalition

That's effectively what we've had in the decades since the mid-1990s.

#NZPolitics

There's a common complaint among the political commentariat these days that election campaigns are getting longer and longer. So once elected, governments have less and less time to actually govern before they're thrown back into election mode. From this POV, Labour are doing the right thing by holding most of their election policy announcements for the 6 months between Budget Day and the election.

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"Labour have said they won't necessarily commit right away to reinstating it. So we haven't necessarily seen a strong approach from Labour saying what they would do."

#LaraGreaves, 2026

https://feeds.95bfm.com/link/18452/17338732/political-commentary-w-lara-greaves-r%C4%81tu-may-12-2026

One of the hosts read my mind with their reply;

"Well, we don't see much of a strong approach from Labour on anything at the moment, do we?"

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#NZPolitics #PoliticalCommentary #95bFM #podcasts

Opportunity Party Tax Policy dropped - UBI _ move to property based tax to leave (checks notes) 70% better off, and only the top 10% of wealthy paying more.

https://www.opportunity.org.nz/tax-reset

#NZPolitics, #TOP

"There's a rule in politics, that when politicians start attacking the media, they know they're losing. They know that they're going down in the polls, and they're trying to find someone to blame."

#AndrewGeddis, law professor, Otago University, 2026

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/594582/david-vs-the-media-has-seymour-gone-too-far

#NZPolitics #NewsMedia

"Fisheries Minister Shane Jones overrode official advice a $50,000 fine for leaking footage from fishing boat cameras - five times the penalty under the Privacy Act - would be 'unreasonable'."

#RussellPalmer, Political Reporter, #RNZ, 2026

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/594464/fisheries-minister-shane-jones-overrode-official-advice-for-fines-related-to-leaking-fishing-boat-footage

Overriding official advice to pass deeply corrupt policy into law seems to be a hobby for NatACT First. It's like they're trying to fill a bingo card, by ignoring advice from every government department.

#NZPolitics #corruption