The three factors driving the swing back to National
Last night's poll suggests the election might be slipping away from Labour. Former National cabinet minister Wayne Mapp gives his perspective on the slide.
Wayne Mapp
Wayne Mapp was a National Party MP from 1996 to 2011, and minister of defence from 2008 to 2011
NZ’s choice now: energy over experience or track record over excitement
Labour’s surge makes a change of government a very serious possibility. History offers some interesting lessons, writes former National cabinet minister Wayne Mapp
Amid all this political turmoil, where are the policy faultlines?
I've never seen such tumult in NZ politics, writes National Party cabinet minister Wayne Mapp, but what matters most remains policy - how are the alternative governments likely to proceed in five key areas?
Ardern’s rise confirms three runners for PM. Will it be Bill, Winston or Jacinda?
Against a new challenger, Bill English will need to lift his game, while Winston Peters as PM becomes a real proposition, writes former National Party cabinet minister Wayne Mapp.
Winston Peters is persuading New Zealand to party like it’s 1969
Will the appeal to regional New Zealand and a pitch centred on reviving the economically interventionist state bear fruit for NZ First, asks former National Party cabinet minister Wayne Mapp.
To offer a real alternative, Labour and the Greens may yet tear up their fiscal pledge
If they want to move the dial and mobilise young people, Labour and the Greens could yet jettison the budget rules they signed up to, writes former National Party cabinet minister Wayne Mapp.
