Cartoon. Title: “Great White Hope” Opposition leader Chris Hipkins on a call to Vice President of the USA, J D Vance. Hipkins is looking upward, with his fingers crossed, saying, “Pick up…pick up…pick up… Oh, hi, Mr J D Vance? Would you consider coming to New Zealand to endorse Mr Luxon and his coalition? Like you did for Viktor Orban in Hungary?” Vance, wearing a MAGA cap, looks angry.

The Great White Hope. Opposition leader Chris Hipkins makes a call to Vice President of the USA, J D Vance.
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Cartoon. Title “A King and a Bishop” PM Christopher Luxon and Chris Bishop viewed from behind, against a chess board background. Luxon is saying, “I’ve given ‘Leader of the House’ to Louise, and ‘Campaign Chair’ to Simeon. Because you’re under so much pressure. Do you feel the pressure, Chris? Between the shoulder blades?” As Luxon is pressing a knife into Bishop’s back, and the word LUXO is etched there.

A King and a Bishop.
PM Christopher Luxon shuffles his cabinet.
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Cartoon. Title: “Poll Position” PM Luxon, Leader of the Opposition Chris Hipkins, and New Zealand First leader Winston Peters, atop coloured bars on a bar graph. Luxon has fallen off the second highest bar and is grimly hanging on. Hipkins is perched on the highest bar, and waiting for the budget. And Peters is on the lowest bar, with his hands in the air, grinning.

Poll position.
I don’t think I can stand another eight months of this.
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Democracy Briefing: The Five voter tribes that will decide who governs New Zealand If you want to understand what will happen on 7 November, forget the polls for a moment.

A very interesting analysis of the New Zealand voter profile. Major political parties have lost sight of a large segment of potential voters who should be their base but feel ignored and excluded.
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