The Nats are stuck between a rock and a hard place with their vacuous leader;

https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/focusonpolitics?share=9b2d99b4-c151-457e-8dea-47701f053f44

They have a deeply unpopular leader who the electorate have got to know very well. A smug, entitled reciter of empty talking points, fairly unlikable and mostly disliked.

But if Nats replace CLuxon with someone whose personality isn't pasted on, it might lift their party's polling, but either Rimmer or Peters could trigger an early election

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"We've had 4 or 5 decades... of an economic system that says 'don't worry about concentration of wealth, eventually that will flow down, everyone will be better off', and a lot of people are going, '... that's not what we're experiencing, the cost of living is getting more, we're feeling more marginalised economically, our jobs are less secure', and they want something different"

#ChrisHipkins, 2025

https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/30-with-guyon-espiner?share=529f222f-cd18-45ae-9a52-39bfda42b320

Bang on, but ...

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https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1CNLQ6Aq8o/

"We're going to have a great election campaign, with ACT and NZ First doing all the dirty work, and placeholder PM just kind of being like the default FB picture on everything ... All the billboards going up on the country and there's just him with no absolutely no face, just so people aren't reminded that it is actually Chris Luxon."

https://www.1of200.nz/podcast/1200-s2e194-shoes-on-the-ground

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When Teanau Tuiono said "I sit on the Security and Intelligence Committee" I heard it as 'I sit on the Scary Intelligence Committee'. For a second I thought Parliament had set up a committee for "AI" doomers : P

https://www.1of200.nz/podcast/1200-s2-e192-green-party-foreign-policy-w-teanau-tuiono

#TeanauTuiono #NZPolitics #1of200 #podcasts

National Party Support Dwindles, Left Bloc Gains Momentum

New Zealand's National Party support drops to 30% in April 2026 poll. Left bloc gains momentum ahead of the November 7, 2026 general election.

#NZPolitics, #NationalParty, #LabourParty, #Election2026, #NewZealand

https://newsletter.tf/nz-national-party-support-drops-april-2026/

The latest 1News Verian poll shows National Party support at 30%, a 4-point drop. This is lower than previous polls from early 2026.

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https://newsletter.tf/nz-national-party-support-drops-april-2026/

Maybe media in Aotearoa would benefit from a cross-party working group on media? One that oversees media regulation covering print, broadcast and digital media, as well as public media, in a holistic and coherent way.

It's role could be to find consensus on media legislation so it doesn't become a political football, subjecting people and organisations working in media to constant, whiplash-inducing changes of policy direction? Eg the future of the #BSA;

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/media-technology/592650/what-is-the-broadcasting-standards-authority-and-why-is-its-future-in-doubt

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Who gives the big money in NZ politics?

Big donors = anyone giving over $5,000 in a single year. Direct from official 2024 Electoral Commission returns.

Total big-donor dollars by party:
⬛ National: $1,613,844 — 96 large donors
🟢 Green: $663,697 — 34 large donors
⬛ ACT: $588,240 — 23 large donors
🔴 Labour: $452,767 — 46 large donors
🟡 NZ First: $336,907 — 22 large donors
🔵 TOP: $10,000 — 1 large donor
🏴 Te Pāti Māori: $0 — 0 large donors

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