From a red tide in 2020 to blood on the floor in 2023 – NZ slams the door on Labour
- Written by Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Massey University
Close, but so far no “baubles of office” for Winston Peters and NZ First. “We have done the impossible,” he told supporters on election night. But as the old saying goes, politics is the art of the possible.
For the past two weeks, as the polls showed NZ First climbing towards and then past the 5% threshold for securing...