On September 23, New Zealand will hold its election. Voting begins on September 11.
Debates:
First TVNZ Debate - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ch1k1bz7Rc
Second Newshub Debate - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20KBI7vV_-U
The Spinoff Debate (Multi Party) - https://www.facebook.com/thespinofftv/videos/1296683797107304/
Stuff Debate - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2dZ42gx1qI
Multi Party Debate TVNZ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPF0YpNpsr4
September 20 TVNZ Debate -
Parties:
National Party - https://www.national.org.nz/ : Incumbent, been in government for 9 years. Centre-right.
Labour Party - www.labour.org.nz/ : Opposition. Centre-left.
NZFirst - www.nzfirst.org.nz/ : Largest third-party. Centrist.
Greens - https://www.greens.org.nz/ : Like the rest of the Greens. Left-wing.
ACT - www.act.org.nz/ : Right-wing.
TOP - www.top.org.nz/ : Radical centrism.
United Future - www.unitedfuture.org.nz/ : Centrist.
Maori Party - www.maoriparty.org/ : Centre-left.
Polls:
http://i.imgur.com/tnGJCLa.png
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_New_Zealand_general_election,_2017
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Seat Allocation Calculator:
http://i.imgur.com/eOCEItm.png
Events during Election:
12 Dec 2016 – Bill English replaces John Key as Prime Minister of New Zealand and Leader of the National Party, Paula Bennett becomes both Deputy Prime Minister and Deputy Leader. -
21 Jun 2017 – National MP Todd Barclay announces he will not seek re-election after it was revealed that he secretly recorded a staff member's conversations without her consent.[71] Police re-open their investigation five days later, after Bill English stated that Barclay had admitted to him that he made the recording. - https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/94125100/police-reopen-investigation-into-todd-barclay
16 Jul 2017 – Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei admits to not disclosing to Work and Income New Zealand that she was accepting rent from flatmates while on the Domestic Purposes Benefit in the early 1990s. - https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/94777073/benefit-raise-tax-cuts-for-poorest-and-hikes-for-wealthy-in-news-greens-policy
1 Aug 2017 – Labour Party leader Andrew Little resigns as Leader of the Labour Party following consecutive poll results that show Labour with low support. Jacinda Ardern is confirmed as Leader shortly after while Kelvin Davis assumes the role of Deputy Leader.
3 Aug 2017 – Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei admits to registering a false residential address to vote for a friend who was running in the Mount Albert electorate in 1993.[80] The controversy leads Green Party MPs David Clendon and Kennedy Graham to withdraw from the party list four days later. - https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/95542553/two-green-mps-threaten-to-quit-over-metiria-turei
9 Aug 2017 – Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei resigns as co-leader and from the party list following her admission of benefit fraud. - http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/election/2017/08/livestream-metiria-turei-resigns-as-green-party-co-leader.html
27 Aug 2017 – Controversy arises after a leak reveals that NZ First leader Winston Peters was overpaid in his superannuation payments for years. - http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/election-2017/338250/timeline-winston-peters-superannuation-overpayments-saga
Personal Views:
My family support NZFirst. I've liked NZFirst over the rest of the two. I think Jacinda Ardern isn't anything new for the Labour party. Same shit, different person. Labour are basically National-lite. National have raped our country with mass immigration, housing, and trying to take away our sovereignty with shit like the TPP and supporting illegal mass surveillance on NZ residents. At least Winston has a plan to deal with immigration, housing and somewhat the economy.
National are shit, but I don't think Labour would be any better. Hence, why I support NZFirst.
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