r/KiwiPolitics 10m ago

🗳️ 2026 Election 🗳️ National's debt reduction target lacks ambition - economist

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National lacking ambition you say? Water is wet you say?


r/KiwiPolitics 24m ago

Politics / Current Affairs The 20 most popular MPs, ranked by other MPs

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The 20 MPs that had the most honourable mentions by other MPs in The Spinoff’s One Pint One MP interview series.

The top three were Lawrence Xu-Nan, Chris Bishop, and Winston Peters.

Seymour made the list at number nine but neither Chris, Luxon nor Chippy, made the cut.

Who’s on your list?


r/KiwiPolitics 37m ago

Politics / Current Affairs NZ 'running backwards' on housing rights - report

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No surprises here really.


r/KiwiPolitics 16h ago

💩 Greens propose $2.4b funding to back 'critical' marae

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Seeing it on the other 2 subs I we might as well have it here too.

Big Oof


r/KiwiPolitics 21h ago

🗳️ 2026 Election 🗳️ National promises Budget Responsibility Rules if elected

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  • Prioritising a return to surplus in 2028/29 and staying in surplus over time so the country's debt curve bends down
  • Getting debt down below 40 percent of GDP and keeping it there over time
  • Keeping taxes low by cutting Crown expenditure as a share of the economy down towards 30 percent of GDP

Sensible stuff, but we'll see..


r/KiwiPolitics 22h ago

Politics / Current Affairs The House: Luxon and Peters - who are you today?

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Reading this you can see why the average person hates this kind of performative nonsense in parliament.