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See more about Life Direct here With days to go before the election, the pressure is on, and the gloves are off. Paul joins Duncan Garner to break down what is really going on behind the campaign slogans. National continues to fight the split vote, but is the party putting its own survival ahead of locking in a center-right government?
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See more about Life Direct here Poll numbers are dropping, ordinary voters are fed up, and New Zealand is suddenly staring down the barrel of a centre-left comeback just three years after kicking them out. How on earth did we get here?
Topics: Campaign overview and mourning Patrick Stewart · The left-bloc coalition and TOP's role · How MMP overhang seats actually work · Dissecting the latest Reid Research polling · Who takes the finance portfolio? · The Reserve Bank holds the OCR
10:279.5K views · 2d ago · 10:27
See more about Life Direct here With polling day just seven days away, this election is wide open. Chris Hipkins wants voters looking straight at Labour, but the numbers show he cannot get across the line alone. If The Opportunities Party crosses the threshold, a left-bloc victory becomes a real possibility. But that means an unprecedented four-party coalition with Labour, the Greens, Te Pāti Māori, and TOP.
Topics: Will David Seymour get Finance? · The four-party monster on the left · Billions in spending and missing coalition details · National's mistakes and the final verdict
47:3230K views · 3d ago · 47:32
See more about Life Direct here A brutal new RNZ Reid Research poll has put National on just 24.8 percent. The party calls it a rogue result, Labour calls it momentum, and politicians on both sides are playing selective games with the numbers. Duncan Garner cuts through the spin to look at what is actually happening as election day closes in.
Topics: Shock poll results drop National under 25 percent · Why one-on-one leaders debates fail MMP voters · David Farrar joins to break down polling averages and overhang seats · The coalition math and portfolio demands facing business · Christchurch parent feedback on classroom basics
14:3720K views · 4d ago · 14:37
See more about Life Direct here Ten days out from the New Zealand election, neither National nor Labour has broken away, with both major parties stuck in the high 20s despite spending millions on the campaign trail. We look at why the government has struggled after just one term, from weak economic bounce-back and squeezed household budgets to a flat housing market.
Topics: Ten Days Out: Flat Polling and Wasted Millions · National's Senior MPs on Political Death Row · Exclusive Rolling Poll of Polls Projections · Kingmakers: The Greens, ACT, and TOP · Why Luxon and National Are Stuck · The Labour Alternative and Coalition Risks
33:5025K views · 5d ago · 33:50
See more about Life Direct here New Zealand kids have been failing basic reading and maths for far too long, with only 22 percent of boys passing basic maths exams when entering high school. Now, just as evidence-based reforms like structured literacy and dedicated daily maths begin lifting achievement, the opposition appears ready to pause or unwind the progress.
Topics: Labour refuses to debate school policy · Erica Stanford joins Duncan on the campaign trail · Stopping the decline in reading and maths · The union pushback on structured literacy · Calling out Labour's delivery track record · Retraining Kiwis into teaching careers
10:4711K views · 5d ago · 10:47
See more about Life Direct here Duncan breaks down a massive week of political fallout as Labour deals with the fallout from the Kieran Leone affair. After flatly denying she went to a gang pad despite clear social media proof, Leone made Chris Hipkins look terrible before finally getting booted. We ask the tough questions: why did Labour let this drag on, and why did it take potential coalition partners to call it out in public?
Topics: The Kieran Leone meltdown inside Labour · Why did Hipkins take so long to act? · Oriini Kaipara exposes the left · 300,000 voters shut out by enrolment changes · Could missing youth votes swing the election?
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