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𝕋𝕨𝕠 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕤 𝕡𝕦𝕥 𝕎𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕟 ℙ𝕖𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕂𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕣 𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕕𝕒𝕪, 𝕃𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕤𝕖𝕖𝕤 𝕝𝕚𝕗𝕥 𝕋𝕨𝕠 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕤 𝕡𝕦𝕥 𝕎𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕟 ℙ𝕖𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕂𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕣 𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕕𝕒𝕪 T wo new polls have Winston Peters' secured as kingmaker just days out from election day. In both polls National and ACT cannot form a government alone, nor can a Labour-Green-Te Pāti Māori coalition. In the Newshub-Reid Research poll, National fell 4.6 percent, while Labour was up one percent. In the 1News Verian poll National fared better gaining 1 percent to sit at 37 percent well ahead of Labour on 28 percent. In the Newshub poll New Zealand First is on 6.6 percent and in the One Varian poll the party is on 6 percent. Massey University professor of politics Richard Shaw spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. . . 𝕃𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕤𝕖𝕖𝕤 𝕝?...

𝕃𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 ℕ𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕦𝕤𝕤 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕕𝕖 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕔𝕪, 𝕃𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕘𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕝 𝕃𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 ℕ𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕦𝕤𝕤 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕕𝕖 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕔𝕪 N ational is pledging to double the value of key exports within a decade, if it leads the next government. It says it would conduct more overseas trade missions than any other New Zealand government, and sign more high-quality free-trade agreements. It's similar to Labour's Trade policy agenda: both focus on deepening ties with India and Prime Ministerial visits; and pursuing agreements with the Gulf States and South America's Pacific Alliance countries. Labour however, specifies the importance of climate change, sustainability, and indigenous people within those agreements. Joining us are the trade spokespeople for National, Todd McClay, and Labour, Damien O'Connor. Corin Dann hosted the debate. . . 𝕃𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕣 ...

𝕃𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕝 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕨𝕤 ℕ𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕 ℕℤ 𝔽𝕚𝕣𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕟 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝟙ℕ𝕖𝕨𝕤/𝕍𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕟 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕝 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕨𝕤 ℕ𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕 ℕℤ 𝔽𝕚𝕣𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕟 T he latest political poll shows Labour is failing to gain traction with voters, and National will need New Zealand First if they are to govern. The OneNews Verian poll released Wednesday night has Labour stalled at 26 percent. National remains steady on 36, but David Seymour's ACT party is down two to 10 per cent. That means a National, ACT government would need Winston Peters' support. His party is steady on 6 per cent. The poll also showed that for the first time, Christopher Luxon has inched ahead of Chris Hipkins as preferred Prime Minister with the National Party leader one percentage point ahead on 26 percent. RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch spoke to Corin Dann. . . 𝔼...

ℙ𝕆𝕃𝕃: 𝕎𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕟 ℙ𝕖𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕓𝕖 𝕂𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕣 𝕃𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕝 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝔾𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕟𝕤 𝕕𝕠𝕦𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕤𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕤 O n current polling, Labour would be out of government, but their support partner the Greens look set to nearly double their share of seats in parliament. Newshub's Reid Research poll showing the party's up at 14.2 percent. It received 7.9 percent of party votes in 2020. Greens' co-leader James Shaw spoke to Corin Dann. . . 𝕃𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝟚𝟞.𝟝 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕤𝕦𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕝 The latest political poll has Winston Peters back in parliament. On the same day Chris Luxon said he wouldn't rule out working with New Zealand First, the Newshub Reid Research poll had Peter's party over the 5 percent threshold on 5.2 percent. Both National and Labour have dropped in the poll. RELATED: POLL: Voters think Nation...

ℙ𝕆𝕃𝕃: 𝕍𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕜 ℕ𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝-𝔸𝕔𝕥-ℕℤ 𝔽𝕚𝕣𝕤𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕒 ‘𝕔𝕠𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕠𝕤’ 𝔸 𝕋𝕒𝕩𝕡𝕒𝕪𝕖𝕣𝕤’ 𝕌𝕟𝕚𝕠𝕟-ℂ𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕒 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕝 𝕒𝕤𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕧𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤 “𝕎𝕙𝕚𝕔𝕙 𝕡𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕔𝕠𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕕𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕜 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕓𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕔?”. I n May, National leader Christopher Luxon ruled-out working with Te Pāti Māori, saying that party sat firmly in the Labour-Greens camp, which he dubbed a “coalition of chaos”. He used that phrase repeatedly to describe this left wing governing formation, as poll after poll said Labour could only govern with Te Pāti Māori’s support. . . Not to be outdone, as NZ First got closer and closer to the 5 per cent threshold, Labour leader Chris Hipkins goaded National into ruling-out NZ First and Winston Peters, describing National-Act-NZ First as “a government of cuts, chaos and confusion ” . The Herald can ...

ℙ𝕠𝕝𝕝: 𝕄𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕠𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕤𝕦𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 ℕ𝕒𝕥𝕤' 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖𝕚𝕘𝕟 𝕓𝕦𝕪𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕟 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝟙ℕ𝕖𝕨𝕤 𝕍𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕟 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕝 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕨𝕤 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕂𝕚𝕨𝕚𝕤 𝕠𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕖 ℕ𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝'𝕤 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖𝕚𝕘𝕟 𝕓𝕦𝕪𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕤𝕦𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥 𝕚𝕥. C urrently, non-citizens are not allowed to buy residential property in New Zealand after the Labour-led government introduced a ban on foreign buyers. National has argued the ban should be lifted, and instead, foreign buyers would pay a 15% tax on house purchases over $2 million. The poll asked about 1002 eligible voters: "Do you support or oppose foreigners being allowed to buy existing homes in New Zealand that are worth more than $2 million?" . . Of those polled, 39% supported National's plan while 46% opposed it. The rest didn't know or preferred not to say. The groups more likely to support the poli...

𝕃𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕤𝕦𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥 𝕕𝕣𝕠𝕡𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕝 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥 ℕ𝕖𝕨𝕤𝕙𝕦𝕓/ℝ𝕖𝕚𝕕 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕔𝕙 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕝 𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕣𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕨𝕤 𝕒 𝕔𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕤𝕝𝕦𝕞𝕡 𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕦𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕃𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕘𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 L abour's political polling numbers have plummeted to a six-year low. In the latest Newshub Reid Research poll Labour is sitting on 26.8 percent support - well below a resurgent National Party on 40.9 percent, ACT is on 10.1 percent - down on recent polling, but enough to give a National ACT Government 66 seats if the results hold on election day. The Greens are on 12.3 percent, with New Zealand First close to the crucial the 5-percent threshold, at 4.6 percent. BACKGROUND READING: Newshub’s biased poll reporting  (Massey University press) Tuesday afternoon, Treasury will open the books for the Pre-Election Economic and Fiscal Update which is expected to show higher than expected debt as the economy slows, with t...