Written By: weka - Date published: 12:05 pm, October 15th, 2023 - 74 commentsCategories: election 2023, greens, labour, maori party - Tags: green politics, how change happensFirstly, my commiserations to Labourites. Not so devastating for the left generally, well done to both Te Pāti Māori and the Greens on increasing the left vote. TVNZ’s coverage of this last night was all a bit FPP, with a nod to vote splitting, and John Campbell shouting from the side ‘but look at the Greens!’ Menendez got the Greens 23% of the party vote in Mt Albert. Likewise the Greens’ court jester candidate in Dunedin, Francisco Hernandez’s team ran a strong campaign, with the Greens getting 26% of the party vote there. The Greens have long campaigned in electorates they cannot win because it raises their party vote.
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