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Democracy Briefing: Winston’s coalition of the disgruntled
Shane Jones had a serious argument available to him at the New Zealand First conference in Auckland at the weekend: New Zealand politicians should not…
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News Briefing: 20 July 2026
NZ FIRST CONFERENCE
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News Briefing: 19 July 2026
NZ FIRST
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Democracy Briefing: The Appointment of Judith Collins to head the Law Commission
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Democracy Briefing: National is weak but still winning
National is polling badly, and so is Christopher Luxon.
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News Briefing: 18 July 2026
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News Briefing: 17 July 2026
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Democracy Briefing: Paul Henry is a gift and a gamble for Act
Paul Henry had only been an Act candidate for only a few minutes on Tuesday before he had insulted his future parliamentary colleagues, attacked most of…
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News Briefing: 16 July 2026
PAUL HENRY AND ACT
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News Briefing: 15 July 2026
PAUL HENRY STANDING FOR ACT
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Democracy Briefing: Why New Zealand keeps promising roads it cannot build
Responding to the Government’s Roads of National Significance backdown, Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking said yesterday that New Zealand has become famous for…
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News Briefing: 14 July 2026
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Democracy Briefing: The $56 billion broken promise
National’s flagship roading programme has crashed into reality.
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