Tag: NZ First Party
NZ Budget 2024: the coalition needs a circuit breaker – the National Party most of all
Finance minister Nicola Willis is promising to chart a ‘middle course’ in her first budget. Her bigger challenge is to bring middle New Zealand along with her.
How the fast-track law could expose future NZ governments to expensive trade disputes
If a future government wanted to block fast-tracked projects, it could trigger investor-state dispute settlement clauses built into existing trade agreements, with billions potentially at stake.
The government’s first 100 days have gone largely to plan – now comes the hard part
The coalition has made good on pledges to repeal, reduce or reverse the previous government’s policies. But the real test will be paying for its own policies and staying stable in the process.
NZ First fears over WHO regulations are misplaced – robust checks and balances already exist
Despite demands for an urgent ‘reservation’ and ‘national interest test’ over new WHO regulations, New Zealand’s sovereignty is not at risk from international agreements or treaties.
Why redefining the Treaty principles would undermine real political equality in NZ
The ACT Party claims revisiting the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi is about political equality. But removing a Māori cultural dimension to New Zealand’s democracy would have an opposite effect.
Three parties, two deals, one government: the stress points within New Zealand's 'coalition of many colours'
The country’s first formal three-party coalition will test Christopher Luxon’s promise of ‘strong and stable’ government – and the minor parties’ patience if things don’t go their way.
Winston Peters back in the driver's seat for coalition negotiations
National and ACT will need to get past their animosity towards NZ First, and its mercurial leader Winston Peters, if the right wing coalition is to have any hope of forming a government.
National drops 2 seats on NZ final results, and will need NZ First to form government
Coalition talks can now start in earnest after the final results for the 2023 election were released.
It’s National on the night as New Zealand turns right: 2023 election results at a glance
New Zealand has swung decisively back to the right at the 2023 general election. With official results pending, it seems National and ACT can still form a government without the help of NZ First.
NZ Election 2023: final polls suggest NZ First likely kingmaker as the left makes late gains
With two days of the campaign left, what had earlier seemed like a relatively predictable election has narrowed considerably, with several variables potentially influencing the outcome.
NZ Election 2023: latest poll trends show the left regaining some ground and NZ First as possible kingmaker
The latest political opinion polls confirm the rightward trend since mid-year. But with NZ First on the rise, the shape of the next government remains unpredictable.
The RMA is dead, long live the RMA: why NZ’s resource laws won't change overnight after this election
Under the new Natural and Built Environments Act, it will take ten years to phase out the old Resource Management Act. Parties promising reform will likely end up presiding over the status quo.
NZ election 2023: combined poll trends now show a clear rightward shift since June
The Conversation’s poll-watcher breaks down the party support trend since March – which has all been surging one way, despite some variation between pollsters.
NZ election 2023: with a month to go, polls point to a right-wing coalition government
New Zealand’s proportional electoral system makes coalition governments all but inevitable. Ahead of the October 14 election, the jockeying for power is all on the right.
