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Paul Goldsmith New Zealand National Party
New Zealand 
September 20, 2020

Paul Goldsmith’s $4 billion fiscal hole proves National aren’t the “competent fiscal managers” they claim to be

Posted By: Louie Encabo 254 Views 0 Comment 2020 new zealand elections, featured, Judith Collins, new zealand national party, paul goldsmith

Steven Joyce’s infamous “$11 billion fiscal hole” claim in 2017 was enough to halt the seemingly unstoppable ascent of newly-minted Labour Party leader Jacinda

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New Zealand 
August 16, 2020August 16, 2020

New Zealand: Should the election be pushed back to a later date?

Posted By: Louie Encabo 151 Views 0 Comment 2020 new zealand elections, david seymour, featured, jacinda ardern, Judith Collins, new zealand labour party, new zealand national party, winston peters

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will announce on Monday, 17th August the fate of this year’s general elections. Originally set for the 19th of September,

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Jacinda Ardern Winston Peters Judith Collins
New Zealand 
August 14, 2020August 15, 2020

New Zealand: The re-emergence of COVID-19 has made this election a lot closer

Posted By: Louie Encabo 324 Views 2 Comments featured, jacinda ardern, Judith Collins, new zealand first, new zealand labour party, new zealand national party, winston peters

New Zealand was once hailed as a ‘global exemplar’ in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. While the rest of the world struggled to

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New Zealand 
June 23, 2020

New Zealand: National’s Todd McClay crying crocodile tears over Rotorua quarantine facilities

Posted By: Louie Encabo 237 Views 0 Comment COVID-19, featured, managed isolation facilities, new zealand national party, rotorua, todd mcclay

The Member for Rotorua, Todd McClay, who is also a senior member of the National Party, took to social media to lambast the Coalition

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Chris Bishop and Michael Woodhouse New Zealand National Party
New Zealand 
June 20, 2020June 21, 2020

New Zealand: What Chris Bishop’s “COVID tourists” saga revealed about the National Party

Posted By: Louie Encabo 329 Views 2 Comments chris bishop, COVID-19, featured, michael woodhouse, new zealand national party

After 23 days of having no new COVID-19 cases, being hailed as the envy of the rest of the world, New Zealanders were shocked

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Nikki Kaye Todd Muller New Zealand National Party
New Zealand 
May 29, 2020May 30, 2020

New Zealand: Muller and Kaye’s ascension has opened a can of worms in the National Party

Posted By: Louie Encabo 278 Views 0 Comment featured, new zealand national party, Nikki Kaye, Simon Bridges, todd muller

When the National Party caucus moved to replace Simon Bridges as their leader with Todd Muller, their intent was to turn their fortunes around

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New Zealand National Party Simon Bridges Paula Bennett Nikki Kaye Todd Muller
New Zealand 
May 21, 2020

New Zealand: The Duality of the National Party

Posted By: Louie Encabo 279 Views 0 Comment featured, national party leadership, new zealand national party, Nikki Kaye, Paula Bennett, Simon Bridges, todd muller

After a dismal polling result, many are predicting the impending demise of Simon Bridges’ reign as leader of the National Party. Last Tuesday’s Newshub-Reid

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New Zealand 
April 26, 2020April 28, 2020

New Zealand: Has Simon Bridges’ time come?

Posted By: Louie Encabo 331 Views 0 Comment featured, Judith Collins, national party leadership, new zealand national party, Simon Bridges

After a litany of disastrous PR stunts, many believe Simon Bridges’ time as leader of the National Party has come to an end. Recently,

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Jami-Lee Ross speaking to media
New Zealand 
March 10, 2020March 14, 2020

Jami-Lee Ross dropped a bombshell in the House and everyone ignored it

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1127 Views 2 Comments chinese communist party, chinese interference, featured, foreign interference, jami-lee ross, new zealand national party, Simon Bridges, xi xiaoli, zhang shaona

Botany electorate MP Jami-Lee Ross made headlines in 2018 when he blew the whistle on a large donation by a Chinese businessman to his

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New Zealand 
March 1, 2020March 6, 2020

Who does the National Party truly stand for?

Posted By: Louie Encabo 831 Views 2 Comments 2020 new zealand elections, featured, new zealand national party, Simon Bridges

Last month, the National Party showed us a glimpse of their economic priorities if elected into government in this year’s election. Reusing once more

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