Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon clash in heated final debate ahead of 14 October vote as left-leaning government trails right bloc in polls
New Zealand prime minister and Labour leader Chris Hipkins and National leader Christopher Luxon have made their final appeals to voters ahead of the 2023 election.New Zealand prime minister and Labour leader Chris Hipkins and National leader Christopher Luxon have made their final appeals to voters ahead of the 2023 election.
Polling suggests the governing Labour party is set to be ousted by the right bloc in Saturday’s election, even as predictions of a green wave for Labour’s traditional coalition partner, the Green party, may result in a record 15 seats in parliament. Polls have indicated Labour is unlikely to hit the threshold of 61 seats needed to govern, even with the Green party’s predicted seats. Te Pāti Māori – Labour’s other likely coalition partner on the left – is also struggling to gain traction.
In the years since, the rising cost of living and post-pandemic malaise has translated into dissatisfaction with the political status quo, and the party no-longer has Ardern’s extraordinary star-power to bolster its appeal, after her
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