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Worst poll result for a new Government in MMP history
TL;DR: These are the six things that stood out to me in news and commentary on Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy at 9:06am on Monday, April 29:
* The Lead: A 1News-Verian poll published last night showed the collapse in business, consumer and voter confidence about the country’s direction in March and April has translated into the worst polling performance for any first-term Government since the introduction of MMP in 1996. The previous worst was the National Government in 1991 in the lead-up to Ruth Richardson’s Mother of All Budgets. (Paying subscribers can see more detail and analysis below…
The skinny
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