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OBITUARY: New Zealand Labour Party, 1916 - 2016

by Alex Eastwood-Williams · 31/07/2017 1pm
The following article is one I wrote last year for another publication, which I have decided to republish in light of Labour's recent polling woes: New Zealand Labour Party 1916 - 2016 On behalf of the New Zealand political family, it is my sad duty to announce that the New Zealand Labour Party, ...
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In Defence of Little Andrew

by Alex Eastwood-Williams · 12/07/2017 5am
Anyone who has read the recent polls, even badly, knows that the New Zealand Labour Party are on course for a cataclysmic defeat in the September general election. Labour have dropped to 27% in the latest Colmar Brunton poll - on par with their crushing defeat in the 2011 election and barely two ...
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How New Zealand First have shot themselves in the foot with Shane Jones

by Alex Eastwood-Williams · 03/07/2017 5pm
With just over two months to go before New Zealanders head to the polls, the New Zealand First Party are having a dream run: Labour are in disarray, National's credibility is under attack, and with immigration becoming a central issue in the campaign, the stars seem to be aligning for Winston ...