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National risks being eaten alive by NZ First & ACT

Kia ora. Long stories short, here’s my top six things to note in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Tuesday, November 5:

* Strangely for a party that prides itself on being a mainstream bastion of ‘small c’ conservatism, National under PM Christopher Luxon is increasingly at risk of becoming consumed from the inside-out by the extremist policies of some National ministers and those of its coalition partners NZ First & ACT.

* Scoop of the day: RMA reforms being hastily reversed by the Government could cost more than a quarter of a billion dollars. NZ…

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