New Zealand First Plunges in Polling

A general election will be held in New Zealand on the 7th of November, 2026. Minor government coalition partner, NZ First, has campaign hoardings up around the country, the main message being: New Zealanders First. Note, not New Zealand first, but only New Zealanders first.

They've followed that up with a policy that only Kiwi citizens can receive National Superannuation (pension). Such a policy excludes all those with permanent residence, but who still rely on their overseas passport. 

This has got to be a policy that represents the biggest act of self-harm I've yet witnessed on the campaign trail. New Zealand is an inclusive country that doesn't 'other' people. Not only that, many keep with their foreign passport as often their country of origin doesn't allow dual citizenship. They choose to keep one foot in each camp for all kinds of reasons, the principal one being they can exist in a legal sense back home. Think inheritances, property transfers and the like. 

NZ First has plummeted in two of the most recent public opinion polls. What the geniuses at NZ First failed to realise is that a lot of their voters were permanent residents with the right to vote. Now, they're not going to vote NZ First, and the party may slip below the 5% threshold under MMP and be out of parliament. 

Stupid doesn't even begin to describe NZ First. 

Luxon Destroying National and New Zealand

New Zealand's prime minister, the man who looks like a timeshare salesman from the 1990's, shiny suit, shaved head and all, has survived a confidence vote within his caucus. It was a vote called by himself. 

The bad news is diesel is still running out, but the good news is that if National go into the election in November with Luxon at the helm, they stand to be wiped out. That's because, with diesel now double the price of six weeks ago, the party of the farmer has kicked the farmer in the teeth. 

The farmers of NZ must soon realise that Luxon and his cohort represent the ruling corporate elites from overseas. They view NZ farmers as hayseeds, there to be exploited.

People may say I'm being too drastic, that National has always been around. Certainly, they've been around a long time, since 1936 in fact. They were formed out of the rubble of the rural Reform, and urban United parties. Labour had swept to its first election victory in 1935 and thus, effectively, gutted both Reform and United, as well as what remained of the once great Liberal party. Since 1936, National has been a kind of schizophrenic beast, with its urban and rural wings in constant turmoil. Now, the farmers can see just who is in charge, and it isn't them, that's for sure.

Back in 2020, there was almost an uprising with a group calling themselves Groundswell. But this was really only National supporters trying to defuse unrest. But, this time is different because in 2020 it was Labour in power, but now it is their own, National, who are the tyrants.

National deserves to be destroyed, and now that the piss-weak Luxon is hanging around longer, that outcome looks increasingly likely.