[ad_1] Shane Jones says “I have no doubt” that Winston Peters will remain as leader of New Zealand First, after the two spoke this morning after a tough electoral defeat for the party. “Our Rangatira Winston, he’s tough, he’s tenacious, and I’m sure when the time is right he’ll tell …
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[ad_1] Jacinda Ardern says we must acknowledge the decades that Winston Peters has devoted to New Zealand politics. The longtime MP is out of Parliament, after New Zealand First missed the five percent threshold and failed to win Northland. Ardern says she would like to think that she has built …
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[ad_1] First-time MP Brooke van Velden is the deputy leader of the ACT party at just 27 years old. But the rookie MP has already had a lot of experience in the halls of Parliament. He worked behind the scenes to get the End of Life Choice Law made public. …
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[ad_1] Megan Woods, chair of the Labor campaign for the 2020 elections, says the party is still taking stock after last night’s “extraordinary” results and has not yet considered its next steps. Your playlist will load after this announcement. Woods says there is no plan yet for coalition talks or …
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[ad_1] National Party deputy leader and campaign chairman Gerry Brownlee says the party had an “absolutely shocking year” before Labor’s biggest victory in 50 years. Talking to TVNZ Questions and Answers On Sunday morning, fresh after also losing the Ilam electorate he had held since 1996, Brownlee refused to compromise …
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[ad_1] Leading drivers and co-drivers are ready for a grueling and rain-stricken 2020 edition of the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000. Sunday’s forecast for Bathurst is a very high probability of showers with a possibility of a thunderstorm. With that in the cards, race officials chose Friday to advance the start …
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[ad_1] Northcote’s new MP Shanan Halbert lost his father on Election Day Halbert said he had lost his “greatest champion,” but his father, Winston, had kept his promise to be there until Election Day. His father was diagnosed with terminal cancer in October of last year. Halbert described the cancer …
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[ad_1] ALDEN WILLIAMS / Stuff Even though early voting is open fifteen days before Election Day, we will not know the outcome of the two referendums until early next month. (File photo) Voting is ready, but the fate of the End of Life Election Act and the legalization of cannabis …
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[ad_1] Crowd outside Ardern’s house. photo / Peter Meecham Crowds have gathered outside Jacinda Ardern’s Auckland home in the suburb of Sandringham About 100 supporters are now gathered across the street and path outside Ardern’s house, waiting for their famous neighbor to emerge. Labor leader and second-term prime minister Jacinda …
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[ad_1] Scottish authorities approved plans by US President Donald Trump’s family business to build a second golf course in Aberdeenshire, despite campaigning by environmental activists. The Aberdeen council on Friday released documents showing it granted full planning permission for the development, subject to some conditions, such as measures to minimize …
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