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19th November, 2021

The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending November 19

Blockbuster fiction, a nifty cookbook and a big, beautiful new anthology of queer writing.
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By The Spinoff Review of Books
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Māori Party co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi (Photo: Hagen Hopkins/ Getty Images; additional design by Tina Tiller)
14th November, 2021

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
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Jacinda Ardern speaks during the Labour election night party at the Auckland Town Hall. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images)
13th November, 2021

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
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ACT leader David Seymour celebrates with his party on election night in Auckland. (Photo: Greg Bowker/Getty Images; additional design by Tina Tiller)
12th November, 2021

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
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James Shaw and Marama Davidson arrive at the Green Party election night event. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images; additional design by Tina Tiller)
11th November, 2021

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
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Judith Collins on the campaign trail. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images; additional design by Tina Tiller)
10th November, 2021

‘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
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Jacinda Ardern: The day I decided to delay the 2020 election
9th November, 2021

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
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