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Tania Waikato’s Bold Roll Switch Campaign | Auckland News
Green Party’s Tania Waikato is turning heads — and votes — with a bold, social-media-driven campaign to get Māori voters to switch to the Māori roll before the August 6 deadline. With no traditional campaign budget, she’s posting swimwear and shirtless photos that’ve racked up over 890K views and 23K interactions, driving 3K clicks to vote.nz. Ninety-five percent of comments are supportive, and even Green co-leader Chloe Swarbrick calls it “a brave new world” — a consensual, youth-focused way to cut through political noise. While Labour’s Kieran McAnulty remains skeptical and ACT’s David…
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