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Toby Manhire and Jacinda Ardern at the Aotea Centre for the Auckland Writers Festival

Reliving the 2017 election with Jacinda Ardern

In this bonus edition of Gone By Lunchtime, the prime minister talks to Toby Manhire at the Auckland Writers Festival
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By Gone by Lunchtime | 25th May, 2019
Guest writer
Illustration: Toby Morris

‘We didn’t pay enough attention to the brand’: David Seymour on Election 2017

ACT struggled thanks to the two-horse race, the approach taken by some media, and the behaviour of our coalition partner. But we are ultimately the author of our own result
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By David Seymour | 16th September, 2018
Guest writer
Illustration: Toby Morris

When the wheels came off: James Shaw on Election 2017

The Green co-leader on fearing he might be the party’s last leader, why Jacinda Ardern was a boost to their electability, and the nine-dimensional chess of coalition negotiations
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By James Shaw | 15th September, 2018
Guest writer
illustration: Toby Morris

‘Confident but paranoid’: Bill English reflects on election 2017

New Zealanders were highly engaged in the campaign of 2017, and despite the result Bill English loved it.
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By Bill English | 14th September, 2018
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Illustration: Toby Morris

‘We chose the harder path’: Winston Peters on election 2017

The NZ First leader defends his party’s approach to coalition negotiations, explains why they went with Labour and, of course, upbraids the media.
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By Winston Peters | 13th September, 2018
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‘I remember the crunch point’: Jacinda Ardern looks back on the 2017 election

‘I remember the crunch point’: Jacinda Ardern looks back on the 2017 election

The now prime minister recounts the wild weeks that saw her catapulted to lead the Labour Party.
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By Jacinda Ardern | 12th September, 2018
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