It’s Tuesday, September 26 and welcome back to The Spinoff’s election live updates. I’m Stewart Sowman-Lund, on deck from Palmerston North, with support from our news team around the country.
Get in touch with me on stewart@thespinoff.co.nz
Learn more about the political parties and where they stand at Policy.nz
The agenda
- The latest Newshub poll showed Winston Peters would be required to prop up a National-Act government, with Labour and the Greens trailing.
- Chris Hipkins says he’s “doing fine” despite the poll result and labelled the NZ First leader a “force for chaos”.
- John Key floats Winston Peters as speaker of the house.
- On The Spinoff: What would the different parties’ policies mean for disabled people? Plus: The political heft of Te Tai Tokerau.
- In The Bulletin: Juxtaposition aplenty as candidates front for young voters’ debate.
- Coming up today: Both Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon are in Auckland as they prepare for the next leaders’ debate on Tuesday night.
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