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Politics: this time we all lose

1 October 2026

My apologies, we're going political in today's column.

New Zealand has a general election in a few weeks and all the parties are out promising the earth to those voters who'll trust them with the management of the nation for the next three years.

Being someone who isn't particularly politically aligned, I've been weighing up all the options and have come to a disappointing conclusion.

None of them have a clue what they're doing or would do if elected.

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