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So Labour got 3,650 more votes than National and six fewer seats. Cool system.
131-seat parliament. Eleven overhang. National won 42 electorates on 29% of the vote: seven seats they weren't entitled to. TPM got four more the same way. Worst result in thirty years of MMP.
TOP cleared 5% for the first time and got seven seats. Proof the party vote works when you let it. Also proof the threshold nearly killed a party three elections running for no reason.
Wrote up a fix before the election, ran the actual results through it over the weekend. STV list seats, provincial electorates instead of 71 tiny ones, mana whenua seats that can't be singled out because they're structurally identical to every other seat. Three preference-transfer scenarios. All three produce the same seat count.
Charts, data, R code: https://codeberg.org/aenertia/nz-electoral-reform/src/branch/main/analysis/provisional-results.md
CC-BY-4.0. Have at it.
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The millionaires can thank the billionaires for rescuing them from troublesome concepts such as empathy, care and community.
It was "really vital to push the country further to the Right" (P Henry). Really vital for who? Not for most of us, just for rich pricks like him.
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Recommended attitude for the next three years. #NZPol
Seeing as I'm on special vote-issuing duty tomorrow from sparrowfart, and chances are I'll be doing the count as well, tomorrow could be a very long day...
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absolutely savage political commentary in the village this morning #NzPol
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@BobLefridge@mastodon.nz @pezmico@mastodon.nz Perhaps it does if you're planning a grand coalition with the National party.
Hear me out! Policies broadly aligned, Chris can be prime minister (18 months each), work to repeal MMP and get back to proper politics at the next election (or the one after. Thereafter take turns every few years as it should be.
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This is a great write up about WTF is up with Hipkins and why he sucks so much.
A Unified Theory of Hipkins - Hate To Say It
https://hatetosayit.com/unified-theory-of-hipkins
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Tired of cups of tea and old boys club call outs?
The Māori roll opt-in model already works. Extend it to everyone.
One roll: ~17 provincial electorates (Northland, Canterbury, Taranaki. Not Epsom) alongside existing Māori seats. Same mechanism, same mana. Don't want an electorate? Stay on general, rank your party vote. One ballot. Actually simpler than MMP.
No Epsom. No overhang. No parachute candidates. Can't run "abolish Māori seats" when they're structurally identical to the Southland seat. The Māori roll becomes the model, not the exception.
96 STV list seats handle proportionality. Electorates are for community voice. West Coast gets a champion at 32K people.
Number the boxes. Done.
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Now, the very wealthy in New Zealand pay just an 8.1 percent effective tax rate on their comprehensive income – less than half the 17.4 percent effective tax rate paid by middle New Zealand. Yet it’s middle New Zealand who will vote, and pay, to maintain this seemingly unfair status quo.
https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/10/30/middle-nz-wage-earners-now-paying-twice-the-tax-rate-of-the-most-affluent-kiwi-report/
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Paul Goldsmith with a quote for the ages on PM Luxon foolishly insulting NZ's small businesses.
“...the words didn’t come out quite right”
It's funny watching National MPs having to explain to media that their leader is not a blithering idiot trapped in a world of corporate speak. Here's another Goldsmith quote.
“The words that came out gave the impression that we don’t support small businesses – of course we do."
If Christopher Luxon doesn't have imposter syndrome by now, he bloody well should have.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/obviously-the-words-didnt-come-out-quite-right-national-mps-arrive-at-parliament-after-christopher-luxon-apology/3EJDMUNXJNAUFMX5ZDUYMR4HFM/
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I dunno. But with freedom of association in our Bills of Rights Act and with universal suffrage, maybe talking with gang members about civic duty is a good thing? #NZPol
Has anyone seen this "outrage" except for the racist attacks by the coalition MPs?
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The Green Party has released AI policy today as part of our general election campaign: https://www.greens.org.nz/ai_policy
I’m pretty happy with it. There are some things I’d word differently for a more technical audience, but as something going out to all voters I think it strikes the right tone: “AI” isn’t magic, it’s software made by large, financially unstable overseas companies. Governments can and should regulate it to protect the environment, data sovereignty, and democratic accountability.
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"Now, there's one of two failings: either New Zealand has become a much sicker place in the last seven years, or we have got a lot worse at managing and helping people who could be working. And I suspect it's the latter," he said"
Well according to MoH about 400,000 kiwis have had long COVID. So yes, the country has clearly got a lot sickker in the last seven years.
And no, that doesn't mean we should kick people off disability benefits while cutting taxes for the rich FFS.
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Hell yeah! Choo choo mfers! 🚉
If I wasn't already locked in for a green vote, this would certainly do it. ✅✅💚
Green Party announces plan for passenger rail between major NZ cities https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_election-2026/1701879/green-party-announces-plan-for-passenger-rail-between-major-nz-cities
#NZPol #voteGreen #train #PublicTransport
Today I went along to the debate organised by our local Youth Council & I’d love to underline the need to lower the voting age to 16. Young people don’t get involved in politics because it’s intangible to them at high school. There’s no point in teaching “civics” if the kids can’t access it. #nzpol
BREAKING: National announce it'll use AI to cast your vote for you...
(not true....or is it?)
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The AoNZ general election will be held on SATURDAY, 7th NOVEMBER 2026.
Check your enrolment before Oct 25th deadline: https://vote.nz/
The election is in 37 days.
which is also: ~ 1 month ~ 5 weeks
- 888 hours
- 53,280 minutes
- 3,196,800 seconds