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Election 2020

Māori Party co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi (Photo: Hagen Hopkins/ Getty Images; additional design by Tina Tiller)

How the Māori Party defied expectations at the 2020 election

Is this the springboard for a bigger resurgence in 2023?
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By Lara Greaves and Ella Morgan | 14th November, 2021
Guest writer
Jacinda Ardern speaks during the Labour election night party at the Auckland Town Hall. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images)

Colin James: Ardern’s 2020 election victory and the echoes of history

A journalist who has covered NZ elections across seven decades puts Labour's win last year in perspective.
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By Colin James | 13th November, 2021
Guest writer
ACT leader David Seymour celebrates with his party on election night in Auckland. (Photo: Greg Bowker/Getty Images; additional design by Tina Tiller)

David Seymour: The real story of our surge from one MP to 10 at the 2020 election

We knew we were making progress when a female focus-group participant said: 'National only cares about money, Act cares about people.'
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By David Seymour | 12th November, 2021
Guest writer
James Shaw and Marama Davidson arrive at the Green Party election night event. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images; additional design by Tina Tiller)

Why we chose accelerator over handbrake: The Green leaders on the 2020 election

Our wealth tax policy became a flashpoint and sparked a backlash. That worked for us.
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By Marama Davidson and James Shaw | 11th November, 2021
Guest writer
Judith Collins on the campaign trail. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images; additional design by Tina Tiller)

‘We did not look like a credible alternative’: Judith Collins on the 2020 campaign

We have taken a battering but we have got up, says the National Party leader.
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By Judith Collins | 10th November, 2021
Guest writer
Jacinda Ardern: The day I decided to delay the 2020 election

Jacinda Ardern: The day I decided to delay the 2020 election

There was a focus on traversing the country, making the 'double duty' case, and avoiding the Kool-Aid, says the Labour leader.
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By Jacinda Ardern | 9th November, 2021
Guest writer
Image: Tina Tiller

Chlöe Swarbrick actually believes better things are possible

Chlöe Swarbrick was seemingly the only person who believed she could win her electorate in 2020. A year later, the Auckland Central MP is still believing in the impossible.
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By Hayden Donnell | 6th November, 2021
Senior writer
Jacinda Ardern speaks to Labour’s election party at Auckland Town Hall, October 17, 2020. (Photo: Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

Anniversary of a landslide: What really swung the 2020 ‘Covid election’

The Covid response and Jacinda Ardern's personal popularity were decisive factors, while talk of strategic anti-Green voting appears to have been overblown.
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By Guest Writer | 15th October, 2021
Guest Post
Image: Tina Tiller

Watch every episode of Youth Wings, New Zealand’s youngest political documentary series

Watch the show that went behind the O Week stalls to get to know some of the youngest and most passionate members of Aotearoa’s main political parties.
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By Youth Wings | 20th August, 2021
Guest writer
Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins at last year’s Newshub leaders’ debate (Photo: Michael Bradley/Newshub)
Opinion

Why election promises aren’t the be-all and end-all

Is the government making decisions outside of its mandate, as alleged by Judith Collins? The answer isn't clear-cut.
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By Nicole Geluk-Le Gros | 13th July, 2021
Guest writer
The Electoral Commission has asked MPs to consider legislation for future emergencies. Image: Tina Tiller

Law change needed to prepare for next election emergency, urges Electoral Commission

New Zealand’s spy boss and representatives from Facebook have also appeared at parliament’s inquiry into the 2020 election.
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By Alex Braae | 3rd June, 2021
Staff Writer
Unaffordable adult dental care is forcing impossible choices (File photo, Radio NZ)

The Bulletin: Bite taken from emergency dental funding promise

Bite taken from emergency dental funding promise, public servants in Sāmoa keeping heads down amid turmoil, and bubble with Victoria paused.
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By Alex Braae | 26th May, 2021
Staff Writer
Helen Clark and Sophie Handford. Photos: Kieran Scott; Lynn Grieveson, Newsroom via Getty
Opinion

‘Take it up a step’: Helen Clark talks climate change action with Sophie Handford

The former prime minister interview meets the former coordinator of School Strike 4 Climate.
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By Sophie Handford | 27th April, 2021
Guest writer
Judith Collins leads her caucus into a press conference at parliament on October 20, 2020 in Wellington. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)
Opinion

Is a war on wokesters and cancel culture a smart strategy for the National Party?

The opposition is better when it's focused on the hard yards of asking questions, following leads, and tugging on the loose threads.
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By Ben Thomas | 10th March, 2021
Contributing writer
Chlöe Swarbrick campaigning in Auckland Central (Photo: Three Ticks Chlöe)

Frame: Behind the scenes of Chlöe Swarbrick’s historic Auckland Central campaign

VIDEO: Here's how they turned Auckland Central green.
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By The Spinoff | 26th January, 2021
Staff writers
Gone By Lunchtime: The morning after election night, with Chlöe Swarbrick

Gone By Lunchtime: The morning after election night, with Chlöe Swarbrick

Summer reissue: The new Auckland Central MP joins the GBL team to discuss the big night.
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By Gone by Lunchtime | 19th January, 2021
Guest writer
Photo: Kai Schwoerer/Getty Images

Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: We must urgently boost border controls in the face of the Covid peril

As more virulent Covid-19 strains threaten to breach our borders, the Māori Party co-leader calls on the government to take more drastic measures.
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By Debbie Ngarewa-Packer | 15th January, 2021
Guest writer
A podcast in the grips of Mervmania (Image: Tina Tiller)

Gone By Luncthime: Mervmania hits the 2020 election campaign

Summer reissue: Merv Manhire, Merv Lee-Mather and Merv Thomas on Auckland Central, the Labour launch, the plight of NZ First, and Merv.
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By Gone by Lunchtime | 13th January, 2021
Guest writer
 Prime minister Jacinda Ardern at Labour Party Congress 2020 (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)

The next six months are make or break for Labour

The government must hit the ground running.
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By Pattrick Smellie | 12th January, 2021
BusinessDesk editor
Photo: Getty Images

NZ politics in 2021: The big issues on which the year will hinge

Our political sleuths nominate the issues that will loom large.
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By Group Think | 11th January, 2021
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