Political polls provide a snapshot of voters’ views at a particular moment in time. While polls conducted months before an election cannot reliably predict the outcome – given the potential for unforeseen events – they nonetheless offer political parties a valuable guide as to how they are tracking with the electorate.
Last month’s Roy Morgan poll delivered a warning to National – and centre-right supporters. It showed support for National had dropped 4.5 points to 26.5 percent – its lowest level since the last election. ACT was up 2 to 10, and New Zealand First was up 1.5 to 11 – it’s highest since 2023.
Labour increased 4 to 34 percent, while the Greens fell 3.5 to 11, and the Maori Party rose 0.5 to 3.
On these results, a National-led Coalition with ACT and New Zealand First, and a Labour-led Coalition with the Greens and the Maori Party would be tied on 60 seats each.
National’s representation in Parliament would fall from 49 seats to just 33. That loss of 16 seats would take out all five list MPs – Nicola Willis, Paul Goldsmith, Gerry Brownlee, Melissa Lee and Nancy Lu – along with many of the MPs in the marginal seats they won from Labour in 2023 including Hutt South’s Chris Bishop with a slim 1,332 majority over Labour’s Ginny Anderson.
ACT would gain 2 seats to 13 and NZ First would gain 6 to 14.
For Opposition parties, Labour would increase 8 seats to 42, the Greens would lose one seat to 14, and the Maori Party would win four seats – down two.
This predicted party-vote scenario could create a significant overhang of Parliament. This occurs when parties win more electorate seats than their party vote allocation – as was the case at the last election when the Maori Party won two more seats than their party vote entitlement.
On these poll numbers, it’s conceivable that National could add to an overhang if their marginal electorate MPs were able to hold onto their seats.
Creating an overhang has long been a deliberate election strategy of the Maori Party – and one they are again promoting, according to a recent article by Maori Party Te Tai Tokerau MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi:
“This election will be a close one. The left bloc of Parliament is only two seats away from changing the Government. The pathway is clear. Maori have the choice to support the Greens or Labour with our party vote to create the numbers needed to form a left-wing Government. The candidate vote, on the other hand, can be used to strengthen Maori representation by backing a candidate who must win in Te Tai Tokerau in order to enter Parliament. If we split our votes with purpose, we can achieve greater Maori representation across parties and Parliament as a whole.”
By asking supporters to give them their electorate vote but their party vote to Labour or the Greens to shore up the left-wing bloc, the Maori Party wants to deliberately create an overhang in Parliament to add more MPs than their party vote entitles them to.
Choosing which Coalition they want to govern the country is clearly the key choice for voters at the 2026 election: either a centre-right Coalition of National, ACT and New Zealand First or a radical left-wing Coalition of Labour, the Greens, and the Maori Party.
And there’s no doubt, a future Labour-led Coalition would be the most extreme in New Zealand’s history: a toxic mix of ardent separatists would call the shots and dictate the future of our country.
Even Labour, a party built on representing workers, has moved to the extreme left thanks to Jacinda Ardern advancing her Marxist identity politics agenda, which shifts the struggle for social justice away from the working class to the so-called ‘oppressed’ groups in society centred on gender, race, and sexuality.
This alienation of workers by Labour, has been recognised by New Zealand First’s Leader Winston Peters, who is now repositioning his party to welcome them into the fold.
This week’s NZCPR Guest Commentator Dr Grant Duncan, a Research Associate at Auckland University’s Public Policy Institute, analysed Winston Peters’ recent ‘State of the Nation’ address and outlines New Zealand First’s strategy:
“‘Let’s give power back to the people’ was Winston’s new populist slogan as he sets his sights on voters who feel alienated from Labour and alarmed by Labour’s potential coalition partners.
“NZ First, he said, would welcome former Labour voters who feel abandoned. He also raised the spectre of Labour having to work with the Greens and Te Pati Maori, if they’re in a position to form the next government.
“The recruitment of Alfred Ngaro signifies that Pacific voters are a particular target. In 2005, Auckland’s Pacific communities boosted turnout and gave Labour, under Helen Clark, a narrow win over National. They were voting with their economic interests, but against their Christian conservatism. NZ First is now combining social conservatism with concern for the economic struggles of blue-collar workers, aiming to draw that constituency away from Labour.
“Winston’s strategy is textbook nationalist populism. Traditional mainstream parties, he says, have failed to serve the people. In particular, the left-wing socially progressive parties have lost touch with the concerns of ordinary common-sense hard-working folk. The plan is that disillusioned former Labour voters – fed up with, if not pushed aside by, identity politics and Tiriti obsession – will migrate across to NZ First, joining conservatives who are already there. Labour is the target because Winston would rather leave National alone for the time being.”
Dr Duncan explains how similar populist parties using similar tactics overseas are now humbling the traditional major parties on the left and on the right and, he suggests, there’s no reason to think New Zealand is any less ‘ripe’ for this kind of political shift.
With Nigel Farage’s Reform Party hoovering up Labour and Conservative Party votes in England, and Pauline Hansen’s One Nation Party doing the same in Australia, New Zealand First could be onto a winner. By targeting workers, they are clearly after voters who were previously loyal to Labour to build support for the current Coalition.
A second poll recently released by the Taxpayer’ Union, had better news for the Coalition: National was up 1.4 points to 29.8 percent, New Zealand First increased 3.9 to 13.6, and ACT rose 1.5 to 9 giving them a total of 65 seats – enough to govern.
With Labour down 1 to 33.4 percent, the Greens down 2.7 to 7.8, and the Maori Party down 0.6 to 2.6, Opposition parties would secure 55 seats.
But the big question in all of this, is why isn’t National doing better?
Part of the reason is that they had a single-minded focus on economic recovery and while they might have gained widespread support this year if their policies had delivered the growth they’d hoped for, international events have put paid to that.
Another key point goes back to the sheer scale of the disaster that Labour left behind in 2023, and the massive challenge the Coalition has faced in trying to fix it.
It wasn’t just Labour’s reckless economic management and catastrophic incompetence that covered all areas of governance, that concerned voters, it was their attack on democracy through the unmandated embedding of He Puapua throughout the public sector.
Few New Zealanders really understood the extent to which this radical agenda – aimed at replacing democracy with tribal rule by 2040 – had been entrenched in our regulatory framework. In fact, many of the almost 20,000 new employees hired during Labour’s time in office, were activists committed to identity politics and He Puapua. They are the ones who’ve been fighting all attempts by the Coalition to remove Labour’s agenda.
Signs of the race-based takeover are now everywhere – from the revelation that bicultural ideology was being embedded within our Defence Force; to the cultural takeover of the Medical Council – that intends imposing on doctors the same race-based requirements forced onto nurses and pharmacists; to the failure of government agencies to the uphold the Coalition directive to prioritise English in their names and public communications – with public broadcasters deliberately flouting the policy in their reporting and government agencies like the Public Service Commission still displaying their Maori name first on their website; to local body Councils that are being taken over by iwi activists appointed onto councils as advisors and given voting rights… the list goes on and on.
And the problem for National is that while a number of “fixes” are in the pipeline, they have not delivered results.
A requirement to remove Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion policies – which include biculturalism – from the public service is sitting in a Public Sector Amendment Bill that’s languishing on Parliament’s Order Paper. Once that’s passed, a directive could be issued across the entire State Sector – including the Defence Force – to eliminate all such initiatives as part of the Coalition’s “back to basics” agenda.
And while Cabinet has approved changes to ensure that professional health standards focus on “clinical competence” not “cultural ideology”, the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act has not as yet been amendment with such guidelines for the Medical Council, Nurses Council and Pharmacists’ Council.
Instead of an all‑of‑government directive instructing public service departments to prioritise English in their names and public communications, Cabinet left it to individual Ministers to ensure compliance – surely, it’s time negligent Ministers and Chief Executives were held to account.
And with a Local Government (System Improvements) Amendment Bill to require councils to stick to their knitting ready to be passed into law, the Minister could prevent the iwi takeover of councils by issuing a Supplementary Order Paper during the Committee stages of the Bill amending Schedule 7 to the effect that no-one can be appointed as a member of a committee or subcommittee of a local authority unless they are a democratically elected member of that local authority.
The failure to ‘fix’ such problems are attributed to National with accusations they are either deaf to public concerns – or lacking the backbone to deal with the problems head on. As a result, they are losing support, not only to their Coalition partners – who are much more attuned to the problems and are promising to ‘fix’ them once and for all in a new Government – but to Labour as well.
On their website, the ACT Party clearly states, “Eliminate race-based policies across all areas of Government: Wherever policies divide New Zealanders based on ethnicity, ACT will challenge and remove them. That includes reviewing remaining regulations and legislation that embed race-based considerations into law and public funding decisions.”
That’s exactly what’s needed given the extent to which resistance to Coalition policies is now embedded within the state sector workforce.
When it comes to New Zealand First, the Herald’s Senior Political Correspondent Audrey Young shared this insight from the Taxpayer Union poll: “Curia pollster David Farrar has broken down NZ First’s support in a Patreon post and says that 52% of its current supporters voted National in 2023, while only 3% voted Labour. That will be a huge worry for National, which would lose 11 MPs on current polling. NZ First would more than double its caucus from 8 to 17.”
The move of National voters towards New Zealand First is simply following the same trend that’s underway overseas, where the disillusioned major party supporters are no longer prepared to stay loyal but are switching allegiance to minor parties that are promising to address their concerns.
And with an estimated 200,000 to 300,000 swing voters who move between left and right and ultimately decide elections — many of whom backed reform — National must not only get its message right but clearly demonstrate it’s upheld its Coalition commitments.
It really is time for National MPs to wake up – or many will be looking for a new job on November 7.
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THIS WEEK’S POLL ASKS:
*Do you feel that the major political parties are addressing the concerns of ordinary working New Zealanders, or have they become out of touch?
*Poll comments are posted below.
*All NZCPR poll results can be seen in the Archive.
THIS WEEK’S POLL COMMENTS
| Have completely ignored New Zealanders concerns about the divisiveness that has been dividing the country | ken |
| Don;t be surprised, if LABOUR PULLS A SIMILAR CONVID STUNT……A similar political stunt like the one , they pulled when ARDERN was parachuted into the Bee hive to replace ANDREW LITTLE, just before the Covid Scamdemic! LABOUR are very short of POLICIES….. They are PRIMING other LABOUR CANDIDATES, FOR November 2026, so watch this space!!! ANDREW LITTLE has been appointed, once more AS Mayor of WELLLINGTON !!! They think we have terrible memories…and that we are Stupid!!! | David |
| Not one person one vote promise | Ray |
| i have definitely lost trust in the national political party who I’ve always voted for. This election NZFirst will get my vote and party vote too. | william |
| National,have not delivered, what they had promised to for KIWIS,in the main ordinary KIWIS, IN HEALTH and WELFARE. NZ FIRST AND ACT, have both done some good work, but NATIONAL, should be doing the main leading for KIWIS,that have been hardest hit, by the GLOBALIST ECONOMY… LUXON HAS TO STEP UP, AND SHOW SOME SPINE AND LEADERSHIP S.A.P!!! | David |
| But I’m still wary of NZ First – a party which talks brilliantly but never quite delivers unless it’s to their regional or fishing mates. | Anon |
| National, have broken ALL THE PROMISES, THEY MADE, TO KIWIS, BEFORE THE ELECTION…. NOW THEY ARE FACING A MASSACRE COME NOVEMBER…. BYE ,BYE NATIONAL! | David |
| They are not listening! The economy will not recore under current policies. The econmic model is not the problem it is the manipulation of to suit agenda that is the problem. Within 3-5 years Anchor, Mainland, Griffins and Arnott’s will be gone! So the real question is – What is the number of remaining companies will be their bottom line before they act? | Frederick |
| The lack of energy put into following Nationals electoral promises and not achieving a satisfactory balance between the economy and sitting on the fence in respect of one person, one vote plus a lack of showing real leadership for all New Zealanders will cost National support this year | Mike |
| Democracy is the most important issue | Perry |
| Unfortunately, the heat has gone out of concerns about constitutional issues ( a clear promise pre-election) in favour of just keeping our heads above water. | Trevor |
| It’s perfectly evident that the ‘deep state’ runs the country and that the role of politicians is simply to distract the populous. | Tony |
| M.S.M, Political poll, counts are skewed, in favour of the MSM, news, and they are never accurate. Another, 6 months to go before the election, and still lots of other parties, outside of Parliament, that never get any mention, that won,t be voting Labour, National, or any of the OTHER parties, that get any mention, in these polls, a very large pecentage as well !! These parties won,t be lying down! | David |
| It’s a silly poll question since we all know the politicians have been out of touch with reality for decades and serve only their global masters, not the people who elected them. | David |
| National have failed dismally to bring in their election promises of equality for all and no special privileges or responsibilities for any race or religion. Luxon has been consulting with Iwi and supporters of Maori supremacy. He is a traitor and a turncoat to the democracy he campaigned on. Act and NZ First need to form their own Coalition to avoid splitting the vote. If Labour get in we will end up a third world country run by Iwi who can’t even agree between Iwis. The violence will be a nightmare. | Brenda |
| Luxon should have addressed division and segregation issues by now. At the eleventh hour he still thinks the economy should take precedence. He has said his caucus stands with him and backs him. By doing so his caucus equally ignore the voters and show their cowardice in supporting democracy in the face of fractional maori rubbish. | Peter |
| All mouth and no action – somebody said its the WOKE line of – lets not offend anybody and hope that it just works out | ERIC |
| Doing what they can after Labours Financial Train Wreck | Keith |
| Major parties have their own gender’s and they are not for the better of the people or the country | John |
| National/Luxton bought and paid for by the globalists! | John |
| I see the minor populous party swing in UK , Australia and Some European countries as a result of people’s dissatisfaction with the lack of fortitude to address the problems and issues facing liberal democracies including NZ .Now more than ever we face an extremely precarious future with left leaning and socially inept options becoming the Government of the day. | John |
| Moral and civilisation decline from National. After the Ardern debacle, I will not be voting NZF. W. Peters is in it for himself only while S. Jones shovels out the free money out to Maori. | Monica |
| The only parties that are coming close to addressing the real issues are NZ first and ACT. Labour is a total waste of space and National have reneged on their election promises re Co governance. They are with Luxon at the helm a real disappointment. The only saving grace is what Erica Stanford has achieved in education | Al |
| National very disappointing | Jeremy |
| As said wake up National | Ross |
| Well all you have to do is look at no b***s Luxton. Tone deaf to their loyal voters. Act and NZ First will proffer from the tone deaf National party is NOT doing. The numbers of skilled people confirm this???? | rod |
| This Government is too slow in actioning the promises and proposed policies made during the election. But they inherited a major mess from the previous government and current global economic conditions are significant headwinds to achieving prudent progress. | Keith |
| National, have never been a STRONG PARTY. FOR DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS…. THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A MONEY PARTY! IT IS TIME FOR NATIONAL TO ADAPT, OR ELSE, THEY WILL PERISH, MAYBE, FOR FOREVER. NATIONAL, HAVE A FEW GOOD POLITICIANS WITH SOME WORK, THEY CAN SURVIVE, AND REGROUP, OTHERWISE THEY WILL BE TOAST, COME ELECTION TIME. TIME!! | David |
| The nearest I can. get to an explanation is that pm Luxon is woke. – he is finding truth difficult to determine. It has few shades of Grey- but has a false baseline. | Maurice |
| More focus needs to be put into the core needs of workers and working families. Culture is important in any society and if we (plus Political Parties) encourage all people to practice a “can do” New Zealand culture instead of divisive, separatist ethnic cultures then the ordinary worker will benefit. | Martin |
| National are toast…..LUXLESS, HASN’T DONE ENOUGH FOR A MALLOWPUFF!! He is a COWARD, and he hates POLITICS… why is he first to leave the house, at 3 pm on the dot?He is not a C.E.O either, he was sacked from AIR NZ , because that airline kept serving cold coffee, and stale biscuits, and the company lost lots of PROFIT, NO WONDER!…… | David |
| The race-based agenda is still firmly entrenched. | Caroline |
| Out of touch, its passed time to get on with all this Maori stuff that we as voters were all very worried about at the last election, but very little has been looked at or done, we have been asking know fo almost three years but i think they have got their ears muffs on, its really time to pull finger, for their sake as well as ours BEFORE ITS TO LATE. | colin |
| Election promises have failed to materiialise. | Judith |
| No, we are just trying to keep a roof over our head and food on the table at this point! | Jill |
| Clukson we didnt vote for you ! we voted for the promises that YOU made on the campaign trail, so guess what ? Promises NOT delivered equals voting for National NOT considered . TAKE A DIRT NAP NATIONAL YOUR A WASTE OF TIME | GlynJ |
| They should look back at their election promises | Stanley |
| Mostly very out of touch. Far too inward-looking | Lenice |
| This weeks NZCPR newsletter captures the disenchantment well | Donald |
| National in particular have not followed the promises made in the run-up to the last election – Racism, co-government rubbish. Nationals leaders have no backbone. | Roy |
| We are now seeing co-opted people are now out voting against their local councilor’s ! | Neville |
| It’s gone too far, can’t see this being rectified now | Yvonne |
| National has not progressed aggressively enough the local authorities (city councils and regional councils) having too much influence from Maori in the form of unelected members. Act and NZ First are more attentively against this situation at the expense of National voters. Labour have been silent on their policies (new or old) keeping their powder dry but they will be promoting more spend for the “hangers on” instead of looking after the people that are working and making a contribution to society and the economy. Greens – what a disaster they are. As for the Maori Party, what a shambles they are and continually ONLY look backwards instead of forwards. | Keith |
| No-out of touch. Or not moving fast enough to ensure1person 1vote irrespective of ethnicity. And NO voting rights unless democratically elected to whatever position. | Anne |
| Breaking election promises which addressed our concerns at the time. | Sandy |
| There was a mess to clear up, but promises were made on underlying issues, effecting the fabric of our nation…. | Lionel |
| to slow to act to soft on major issues | Anthony |
| My own poll: Major parties, minus 10, Greens, minus 20, ACT, minus 5, NZ 1st Plus 10. Maori Party, minus 25. | Ray |
| Bring back one nation one people | Mat |
| and unwilling to action the promises made by National to reverse the co-governace agenda of the public service. | Gordon |
| I don’t think it is a matter of being out of touch – it is far more sinister than that. Something is clearly tying their hands and gagging their mouths, and it’s not just a simple matter of being fearful of being called racist. I fear dreadfully for my grandchildren as NZ is a changed nation. | Heather |
| Absolutely they are not, sick and tired of National not undoing all the gender and race-based crap that ardern rammed down our throats, they havent delivered as promised. | Davi |
| National has lost it’s way and Labour are on another planet. NN First and Act are reading the room!!! | Gary |
| Kids not going to school – ignored | james |
| I don’t believe they are out of touch – I don’t think they care what New Zealanders want. They have their own idealogical agenda and are obsessed with promoting them. Labour appear to favour a socialist agenda, and National lack the backbone to follow through on most of their promises. Excuses around correcting economic woes disguise their ineptitude and they will likely be a minority party after these elections. Supposedly right of centre, we find National well over on the left with no plan to bring the country back to the what was once the centre. Too many excuses and apportioning blame – Labour and National are ineffective and deaf to their own detriment. | Martin |
| Years behind,do not listen to voters. | Ann |
| Blind! | Pam |
| Promises made to gain votes at election time are quickly forgotten after winning an election. | Hugh |
| FAR TOO MANY ORDINARY WORKING NEW ZEALANDER VOTERS ARE OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY IF THEY THINK GOVERNMENT , IN PARTICULAR BIG GOVERNMENT, IS GOING TO SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS.THE ONLY PATH TO ECONOMIC IMPROVEMENT IS REDUCED GOVT SPENDING, REDUCED GOVT REGULATION REDUCED TAXATION. ALSO DRILL BABY DRILL.. | BRUCE |
| I don’t know why we stick to our system of government. There must be a better way where the citizens have more say in the decisions that affect them and our country as a whole. | Bev |
| They have never had their finger on the pulse | Tom |
| The only parties that are in touch with KIWIWS, are the ACT, and NZ FIRST parties, as well as some of the parties,that are still operating ousde of paarliament, that could still BLOCK AS A UNITED PARTY, before the election! IF these parties can unify, they could well reach an extra 5%!! | David |
| They promised but they aren’t delivering. | Kevin |
| Where are the promises made at election time ? | Christina |
| National is not doing what it promised to do before the election. It has let everyone down so no wonder it is falling in the polls. | Pauline |
| They (MP’s) are out of touch have lost all contact with the people of New Zealand…. | Carl |
| In it for themselves | Mike |
| The Three biggest issues in NZ are being ignored by Nats/Labour: 1. Apartheid. 2. Public service capture, deliberately ignoring government directives. 3. Debt and productivity. | Geoffrey |
| Labour or “Liebour” ‘supporters’ must surely be seriously concerned about this Parties behaviour during the CVd era or ‘error’ & the reputational upheavels of “Crispy Chipkins” personal life, which certainly shows him in a bad light! There must surely be WILFUL BLINDNESS of Labour voters if they choose to ignore what ‘Liebour” did to NZ between 2017 & 2023, six years of making radical changes to the worse, going against the wishes of the majority of us Kiwis…Go NZ First, Winston Peters & Shane Jones at the Helm along with a good band of ‘merry men & women’, along with a newby to politics former All Black Captain, Taine Randell standing in Hawkes Bay for NZ First…I’m hoping that ACT & NZ First will totally out perform the Nats to the point of having them as Back Benchers in the Centre Right Coalition, that would be my Elections ’26 Biggest Wish…! | Bruza |
| NZ feels like it is going backwards | Daniel |
| Definitely OUT OF TOUCH. And of course the Problem starts at the Top with Mr Luxon being a fully committed Globalist as with some other minor Portfolios in all Parties. Their Agenda is and has always been the Collapse of New Zealands Economy and destabilizing of its Community. Time to vote for an Alternative and get out of this Rut !! | Geoff |
| waaay out | murray |
| way out of touch. Sort this racial problem out now. This not Aotearoa and Maori rights . This is New Zealand, one nation, one people, one law. | Rod |
| Also, they have broken their promises about co-governance. A number of people voted them in on that promise. | Gayle |
| GUTLESS Lining their own pockets!!! | Gordon |
| I work in govt. National are soft left businessmen. They think prosperity is everything. But democratic rights, free speech etc are existential, people are scared of an authoritarian state transing their kids and putting race bullies in charge. It’s starting to feel irreversible. People are scared. | Anon |
| National did not do what it promised to do. Luxon is too soft | Marinda |
| Very out of touch. | Pamela |
| labour are racist to the extreme and National are blind to the racial threat to their supremacy. Anti racist policies properly enacted will win for National. | terrence |
| Marsden Point Return a Must | Graeme |
| This is what I have been telling my MP (Stuart Smith) for the last 18 months and at the same time I have been telling him that the PM is the concrete block that will take them to the bottom of the ocean. National in particular need to wake up and listen to the CPR and the taxpayers union. | Neville |
| National are going back on their promises and are devoid of any real vision for NZ. | Graham |
| National is totally out of touch and hasnt delivered the basics for why I voted for them that is riding the country of Maori preference (racism) and slashing the civil service. They have lost my support. | Richard |
| Maybe they know something we don’t | maurice |
| National have failed to control the anti-democratic activists inside and outside of Government who are determined to ensure Maori control all facets of life in NZ. Labour are only good at being incompetent, the Maori party make no attempt to govern for all NZers, and these days the Greens show almost no interest in the environment. National need to stop sitting on the fence and make some of the tough decisions that are needed for NZ to cling to first world status. | Gary |
| They’re all totally ignoring the reason they were voted in… | Catherine |
| we need drastic action to go back to basics. | Gerard |
| National/Luxon, are out of touch, or just arrogant? They cannot be that Stupid to assume kiwis will vote for them again when they have failed, and seemly deliberately so, to ignore the voters on co governance, being enabled and embedded at Central Government and councils. 90% of Kiwis did note vote for the destruction of democracy and apartheid. Vote ACT or NZ First and hope to God they have more back bone to change the laws to strengthen, one person one vote, remove race from all laws, cease the TOW gravy train. If Luxon was in the least bit concerned about the economy he would know full well, spending millions on racial apartheid dividing the country is the surest way to destroy the economy and fabric of society. Who is his master? | Sam |
| Definitely, get on with looking after the workers | Mike |
| Badly | Ken |
| All political parties are the bane of democracy – Independent MPs is an option….it worked before. | Magog |
| with the past behaviour of Winston, I just can’t bring myself to vote for NZ first, he’s let the centre right down too many times, for the baubles, and I doubt very much if he’ll ever change. I notice he is up to his old tricks again, which makes being in coalition a lot more difficult for National. Winston is a rail-sitter, waiting to see which party will give in to his demands to feather his nest, None of the parties are there for the good of the country, just their back pockets, at our expense. | Merryl |
| National is extremely similar to Labour – neither want to recognise any of the major problems, or take action to fix them. | Pete |
| This latest blob absolutely spot on. National could totally change the present polls before the elections Remember Don Brash?? | John |
| Gutlessness is the key.Luxon & Co have had ample opportunity to snaffle the language issue and strangle he puapua and Co governance..they have done nothing…and the polls indicate the voters wrath. | Marshal |
| Too busy kowtowing to woke UN agendas. They have forgotten who they are supposed to be representing. | Mark |
| Both the left and the right parties are being orchestrated by the same corporate bureacrats. We are in a lose lose situation until we as a people claim our real soverignty. Not the bs kind we have been forced fed for the last 200 years. If not enough people realise this we will all remain slaves and this life will become a lot harsher. There is no fairy tale ending! | Alan |
| What a great piece by Dr Duncan! Luxon & the Nats obviously don’t have the balls to fix this absurd race thing!!! NZ First & ACT will step up & deliver. ROLL ON NOVEMBER!! | Ron |
| Forgotten why the people voted them there. | Angela |
| National started the whole treaty thing and maori make good and thats why I will never vote for them. Its obvious that others have figured that out | Mark |
| The coalition parties must unify their positions on these cultural issues and enact what they promised being the reason NZers voted them in | Stan |
| Act and New Zealand First are on the right track that will benefit all of NZ. National at the moment are not living up to their promises. Unless they return to their original agenda where everyone is equal including all those who are part Maori then they will never get re -elected . | Steve |
| the country is run by the cabal | nick |
| Very disappointed in National so far this term. They need to act urgently. | Bruce |
| Totally. | Kenneth |
| national should show some balls and get with the reforms. Thats what we voted for, We are a multicultural society, brought about by 800 plus years of settlement | bob |
| National campaigned on dumping He Pua Pua and all they have done is to encourage it’s policies, and that not the only broken promise. | Denis |
| National are a failure, no guts to do anything. I feel Act and NZ First could get a whole lot done without the handbrake of National. I hope they work together after the election with National in 3rd place. | Carole |
| Most New Zealanders want English spoken on T.V. and English to be 1st not 2nd on all signs. We need to cater for the main language spoken in this country. There is a Maori channel for anyone wanting to hear or learn Maori, instead of the rest of us being force fed. | Mary |
| In National’s case I would prefer it to be called out of step. Are we ever going to see follow through on their election promises from last election? | terry |
| The Nats have totally missed the bus & have probably run out of time now – if they do choose to do what they promised. They are losing my vote. | allan |
| get back to basics as national promised | leo |
| For instance National have rneged on their promise to address co-governance issues. | DAVE |
| National has not delivered on the last election promises and is totally out of touch with what is happening in NZ | Chris |
| What is worse about National is that they deceived the voting public by failing to address hepuapua issues, alongside a taxpayer funded leftist media, and an out of control and bloated public Service that continues to squander taxpayer funds on the ever burgeoning Maori gravy train. As a (now for er) National voter, I will now be supporting Act for both party and electorate votes! | Robert |
| National are toast if they don’t adress what they promised. | John |
| Don’t listen to their supporters. National voters are walking away because Luxon has not got the guts to be strong against the Maori issues. | James |
| Remove all racism as promised | Terry |
| No – admittedly while National and the other Coalition members have had a real mess to clean up, the fact remains that pre – election promises were made, which could have been fulfilled in the time available. In the main, these have not been fulfilled, resulting in a loss of confidence on the part of voters – particularly in National, as the major coalition member. In my opinion this is mostly due to Luxon’s inability to take a firm stand on critical issues – he acts as a manager rather than a leader when strong leadership is sorely needed. The resulting loss of support is being reflected in the polls, and will be to the detriment of the National Party, the Coalition Government and ultimately to the nation as a whole. If this deficiency is not addressed, then the Marxist/Socialist/Racist, wrecking ball, opposition parties are likely to regain control of the levers of power after the next election – the probability of this is too awful to contemplate! There is still time to turn this around if action is taken without further delay. | Scott |
| National has failed on almost ALL of it’s promises and seems to be weak when it comes to anything to do with Democracy and the idea of one person – 1 vote> | John |
| I feel they have been out of touch for a very long time, not just the last 3 years | diana |
| Luxon appears to be scared of upsetting the maoris. Same with Albanese and the muslims in Australia. | Ann |
| Yes they are, but with the huge debt left by the previous gpvernment, are severely limited in what they can achieve. I’d hate to see the debt levels increasing just to appease the radical agendas of some organisations. | Bruce |
| Read the room National. The writing is on the wall as co-governance is happening throughout the country. Either put a stop to it or miss out by the next election as our household will be watching closely. | Judith |
| Out of touch completely. Not sure whether National have any staff members who read these comments. I was a National voter but are now seriously considering NZ First. Nothing done to stem the onslaught of He Puapua throughout the country. | Lawrie |
| I BELIEVE ITS WAY OVER TIME LUXON GOT EMAILS REMINDING HIM OF HIS PROMISES THAT GOT HIM ELECTED 7 NOW HE,S FORGOTTEN TO DO ANYTHING | Cindy |
| OMG where do I start .Obviously my personal complaint ,the response to the maori mafias greed and divisive agenda. rather than take action to protect our kiwi way of life ,National in particular have ka-towed to appease maori interests ie millions spent on maraes ,cash to pay maori for ,doing what any reasonable people would done in times of natural disasters, and not expect payment,lack of support for Acts Bill for fair and equitable Treaty conditions, failure to remove woke departments heads that are at odds with most of New Zealand citizens .I unfortunately voted National last election ,at the risk of Labour ,Greens TPM holding the reigns ,even Winstone is no longer a viable option ,Act will get my vote and ,hopefully as a larger coalition member and rule with what kiwis want and demand . | Ray |
| Both the National and Labour Parties have lost their way and have strayed into uncharted territories. Neither deserve to be in Government. | William |
| National are more than “out of touch’, they have become ‘progressive’ lefties, so conservative votes are moving to center right parties the media labels as “populist” as they look to preserve our Democracy. | Peter |
| They only care about installing the WEF/UN Global communist totalitarian system. They DO NOT work FOR New Zealanders anymore. | Bryan |
| National are not awake to the feelings of New Zealanders otherwise they’d have sorted it out in the first year of Government. They’ve pretty much ignored it. And, as far as Labour is concerned. NEVER FORGET, NEVER FORGIVE! After what they have done to this country, they don’t deserve to ever be elected again. God Help Us if, we as a people, ever are stupid enough to put them in power again. | Heather |
| Our elected government is being stymied by the Wellington bureaucrats [our employees] – every instruction seems to get delayed or ignored, and Ardern’s secret agenda re Hua Pua/Tiriti/replacing democracy keeps advancing. | David |
| tokenism with regard to creating a non-race based society. The Public Service (oxymoron?) is white antng what little changes the current Govt have initiated and now the Govt lacks credibility when assessed against their 2023 election promises. Stop the “partnership” nonsense and have a binding referendum on the so-called Maori (race based) seats in Parliament. | Francis |
| Totally out of touch and broken promises | Peter |
| They have a death wish | Thomas |
| Seriously out of touch. It’s astonishingly poor electoral politics when the deep disquiet of working New Zealanders is clear. | TONY |
| I see Luxon and other ‘leaders’ being personally driven by beliefs from somewhere outside Kiwi Land as they don’t seem to relate to the beliefs, goals and social structures of most true Kiwis – One Nation for One People ! | Stuart |
| It annoys me National doesn’t highlight all the bad policies the Labour government implemented when they were in office last time. Plus what the Maori agenda is for 2040. Is it because Luxon is pro labour is his ideology. | Murray |
| Race based policies are not being addressed | Sheila |
| Promises, promises and no action. | Ian |
| we dont know how much pressure is being put on national from global control | Marie |
| National in particular have reneged on the anti co-governance promises at election time. | mike |
| We all know the National Coalition Govt were left a rabbits warren to clean up But they have not committed to their pre election promises to their voters. Putting a stop to Co-Governance with Maori, Wasteful Govt. Dept. spending on Maori Spiritual voo-doo wokeism Etc. | Wayne |
| NO, of course not. I’ve been waiting for National to act on their election promises, but zilch has happened. I have lost patience with them. | Don |
| Get rid of Luxon, he is weak and afraid of his own shadow. He is a poor debater, and when interviewed he is bumbling. Who they put in his place is uncertain. They have just reneged on everything they promised. | LAURA |
| Major being Nats & Labour. The Nats have completely failed us on stopping the division. It could have been easy but Luxon clearly does not like confrontation. He can’t handle it hence he buckles every time. I would have supported his replacement with Judith Collins, who would have relished it this time I’m sure, but sadly she is retiring. | Steve |
| National have become soft and woke, and are not doing what was promised at all!! | John |
| My recent contact with Louise Upston was she did not want to know! National are living in a make-believe world of fantasy. | Warwick |
| Have been out of touch for years and continue to get further out of touch! | Murray |
| National are out of touch with their voters and too in touch with John Key!! Another ineffectual Pm! They’re listening to the wrong people! | Brenda |
| They have not addressed the racial co-governance problems that they promised to fix. | Allan |
| National believe the voters won’t notice the reforms promised have not been passed into law and are counting on the performance of the last labour govt. to get them back into government a big mistake. | Alan |
| Political parties get voted in based on what they have campaigned on. Once in power, the failure to follow through with those campaign promises is deceit of the worst kind. | Logan |
| Spineless is the word that springs to mind, in particular Te Reo Luxon. What a tool, terrified of offending Maori to the extent that he’s betrayed those of us who voted him into power. Disgusting beyond belief. | John |
| Race base policies, i.e.co-governance legislation has turned me away from the current government | alan |
| National hides behind CEO mumble-speak. To govern a country, a party must follow through on legislative changes to ensure that public servants and professional organizations are complying. This is not happening. Luxon still blatantly calls himself NZ’s CEO, despite everyone telling him that CEOs do not lead countries. Is that thickness or wilful ignorance? | Hugh |
| Act and NZ First are the only parties addressing the concerns of voters. The others are out of touch with working New Zealanders. | John M |
| National are about where the Helen Clarke Labour government were on the political spectrum. National now are almost centre left. | Brent |
| Luxon has been a total failure when it comes to ‘read the room’ and needs to be rolled. | Mark |
| National has failed with its manifesto that they presented in the last election. Very much hamstrung by entrenched bureacrats on 5 year contracts. | Mike |
| Maori issue, council rates, electricity costs, excess immigration, poor town planning – none of it is being dealt to by National because Luxon thinks he will survive on economics alone. | Mike |
| Cannot understand the National Party malaise – we need some promises kept – We CANNOT have a Labour etc etc etc Government | Peter |
| National aren’t doing what they promised voters | Linda |
| National haven’t kept their word about the issues pertaining to maori that we voted them in on. | Sharon |
| Too slow, too many & too much pay. | DOUGLAS |
| It’s so frustrating that they are not listening to their voters | Marga |
| National is tone deaf to the people’s concerns and Labour is just anti the people and pro neo Marxist ideology. Labour is not fit for purpose at all and has abandoned its worker principals and National is a car with loose wheels and running on half its cylinders and is too cowardly to stand up for Sid Holland’s principals. | John |
| National in particular seem more intent on trying to appease all rather than articulating policies which they then implement. National simply have not delivered what they promised before the last election and deserve to be punished accordingly. Yes they did inherit a mess from Lieber but that is no excuse not to reduce the size of Government employees back to 2017 levels. | Chris |
| Only Nzfirst is doing that | Yanna |
| Yes i think economy is important but race relations is also very important !! they are completely ignoring everything race based and it is ruining this country. | Annie |
| National is ignoring concerns about immigration and creeping co-governance at local council level. | Steve |
| Far too little far too late | Bob |
| No, to varying degrees the parties appear more focused on their own agendas, although will say otherwise come election time. There is widespread concern among New Zealanders at the continual erosion of the democratic system yet little evidence that politicians are placing any priority on this. | Geoff |
| The answer is clearly NO. However, the present government has done very little to educate the populace at large as to the major problems that they were left to deal with by a grossly incompetent previous Labour coalition. ACT has voiced their agenda though clearly lack the numbers to deliver. Given the current world situation with a madman in the white house and a madman in the kremlin, New Zealand is left in the position of being takers rather than leaders. Backbone is needed at all levels of society and left wing handouts will not stimulate the commitment that is needed to save New Zealand from sliding into dependency disaster. | Peter |
| Way out of touch. | Chris |
| Both major parties no longer represent the people. Woke and useless | Gill |
| Afraid of offending people! | Peter |
| Nats are still not reading the room – scrap Net Zero and the ETS. Maorification and HePuapua garbage, race based policy- and on it goes! As for the Bureaucracy- it’s Yes Minister on steroids. I’m off to NZ FIRST. | John |
| National have proved themselves to be marginally better than Labour, but are still pandering to or to scared to address & stamp out DEI, Apartheid, Net Zero, Immigration, Oil, Coal & Gas mining, sorting out or just getting rid of broken government departments like the Ministry for Children, etc, etc. They also haven’t undertaken David Seymour’s treaty referendum so we the people can have our say. So no National are out of Touch & I hope the next election makes them a minor party behind ACT & NZ First. | John |
| They neaded to do what was promised when they formed the government | Peter |
| National has not kept pre-election promises made particularly regarding co governance | Don |
| National will not be getting our vote this time as they have not done anything about race-based creep or DEI. They promised to do so. NZ1st or ACT is our only alternative. | Stephen |
| National have been too slow and we now face an abyss. Do we go into it or not is the challenge. | John |
| What’s happening in the world is causing uncertainty and every news poll is always doom and gloom | Lynne |
| They have forgotten all their promises | Colin |
| No commitment from National to remove race based policy | STEPHEN |
| I voted for a change in co governance and still national pander to the moari activists. | Clive |
| Coalition are disappointing. | Graham |
| Well, past time for a new start for so called POLITICS in Aotearoa…….. NO WONDER .. KIWIS sick to Death, with all the LIES and B.S Politicians, Lying M.S.M ! Time for a complete RESET and Corruption, Thank god for NZ FIRST! | David |
| The focus on the economy is paramount fro preventing NZ from going bankrupt. It just takes time to turn around the ship that has been loaded with debt and too many public service workers. | Hilary |
| This will be one of New Zealand’s closest elections, as there is little meaningful difference between the two major parties and the risk that they will again, not keep to their election promises or to raise controversial subjects after the election that the voters were not aware of prior to the election. A lot of people are also so disillusioned, that the voter turnout may be one of the lowest ever. To counter this, we need an open independent public televised debate with all the party leaders and their deputies, with a very wide range of questions being supplied by the public. This is the only way that the public can get past the biased media, as well as raising subjects that few people are even aware of. The responses would be straight from the individual politician’s mouths and recorded. Failure to answer a question would also be noted and recorded. The questions would be available to the Parties well before the debate so that they can provide realistic and meaningful responses at the debate. Unless the voters come out in force, it is highly likely that the result will again be a three party coalition government. New Zealand is at a political crossroad and this coming election will define New Zealand’s future over the next multiple decades. This is the last opportunity to get a future that the majority of New Zealanders want. | John |
| Still too woke except for NZ First | Martin |
| with the resource available | David |
| I would love to give my opinion, but then I would be called racist and far right, which is not true. | Trevor |
| Failing to read the room is an accurate comment | Alvin |
| I do find talking to my friends etc I am 76 retired military of 35 yrs that none of the political parties are listening to the people. We dont know who to vote for as none are convincing enough. | Barbara |
| On another planet | Bob |
| But National get it !..they need another term | Ian |
| our govt is a uniparty. offering different outcomes if vote red not blue is a nonsense even the seppos are waking up to. the nz govt machine works for the globalists not we citizens | mark |
| far too much race policy enforced on the public to national’s disadvantage | ARTHUR |
| Hopelessly out of touch and NOT LISTENING!! | ypmu |
| ACT and NZ first have got it right, but Chris Luxton is just a wimp – he seem to have the balls to be able to make the changes that New Zealanders voted him in to carry out. I wouldn’t be surprised if he isn’t rolled shortly for someone who has the guts to make the changes needed to get this country back on track. | Trevor |
| National are just Labour lite. They do not have the spine or the competence to even slow down He Puapua | Frank |
| I voted labour/green since 1965. After Labour’s treasonous treatment of the populous in 2020/23 – NVLA – never vote labour again!! | Bruce |
| New Zealand is plummeting towards a take over of our Westminster Parliamentary and Legal System. Winston Peters was right in his warning at the Northern Club. | Eileen |
| National are completely out of touch and too timid to do the right thing | Warren |
| All globalists not for the citizens | Max |
| National in particular need to listen to the voters and get a real grip on their concerns, co governance, treaty principals, maorification and the continued promotion of te rao | Alec |
| National are not fulfilling their promised deletion of separatist political stances set in place by Labour. | John |
| They are out of touch and not even addressing their pre-election policies | Ian |
| Its not quite a NO/YES answer | Sheena |
| Why won’t National act more decisively re stopping advance of the Puapua right throughout our lives? | Donald |
| They’ve been out of touch for decades but of recent years really have become arrogant ruling elites. | Rex |
| They need a reality call. How come there are a number of list members in Prime positions. They were never voted in. | ROB |
| i couldnt believe the National MPs are that stupid when it comes to the maorification of NZ but they are. | Brian |
| on issues like co-governance, climate bullshit and pandering to the left | Phil |
| I don’t have faith in any political party. They are a bunch of crusty old men that have only ever served themselves! they are completely out of touch with the people! and people need to wake up to Winston, he talks a good talk, but never comes up with the goods! and how fkn old is he? 80? ffs! we need governance not government! | lisa |
| Weak leadership and not doing what voters voted for. Get rid of all He Puapua and iwi out of kegislation | David |
| Hopelessly, appallingly out of touch, especially National. Whats wrong with them ??? !!! | George |
| Very disappointed that National are being too weak | Dianne |
| With Luxon it’s the economy stupid,with everyday kiwis it’s the Maori takeover.As maoris have bred with every nationality to come to NZ it is imperative to reintroduce blood quantum. If you aren’t 50% or more Maori,then you are not maori, this would stop all the wannabes who ignore their majority blood ethnicity. | Peter |
| National seems to be out of touch with those who voted for them by not addressing the issues they campaigned on such as economic recovery after the disastrous economic mess Labour left us with, along with not dealing with race-based ideology. | Laurence |
| Only babble and no action. NZ needs a third major party that listens to the people and drives legislation that is clearly for all people in this country. | Raymond |
| It is operational, is said too often. | glenn |
| National are clueless. Labour are hapless. Both are living in Wellington. There’s a whole other country out here where they’re both going to be jobless. | Mick |
| They need to read and listen to the news. | Warren |
| Address superannuation | Les |
| This coalition ‘government have been very disappointing & have not kept their promises to get rid of the Maori agendas. | david |
| How many times have they backed down on all they have promised? | Anna |
| Only ACT and New Zealand First have the voters and their real problems in mind. | AndyE |
| World events are killing our Recovery. Blame Donald Trash. | Dave |
| They are out of touch The alternative parties are all mickey mouse outfits so where do you go???? | Bruce |
| Being all down to National having a weak, feeble woke, devious, narcissistic Prime Minister. | Alan |
| Some concerns are addressed but other important ones are not | Chris |
| They have done little to address the divisive nature of recent legislation and policies. | William |
| The globalist tendencies of Marxist Labour and National need to be eliminated. | Lawrence |
| National are either spineless, or Ardern’s 5th columnists. | Russell |
| Both major parties have totally lost touch with public opinion | Gareth |
| The issues they were elected on they are not upholding | Vivienne |
| Like many center right voters I feel that the coalition has let us down. They promised the reforms to restore the pillars of our democracy and they haven’t done it. Why should we trust them again? | Ken |
| Too full of themselves. | Jakz |
| The globalist agenda is happening and no party l can see is here to help the people. I think the whole system needs to change Leaders have an employment contract | Nicola |
| Way out of touch, especially with regard to unelected people being appointed to councils. | Rod |
| National has focussed on financial matters but lacks leadership in moral issues. Race-based parties should have been ended by now and we need signs of real leadership from the top. Peters is a Christian and many are considering him now, who were formerly National supporters. Luxcon pretended to be a Christian but his performance shows that he clearly is not. Unless he changes, or leadership changes, I see NZ First helping Labour to get in . What a disaster . The only real hope is that the Christians start praying . like they have in Americas. | Harvey |
| They have had 2yrs. Changes should be complete by now. Luxon has shown he has no intentions of doing so . Another traitor like his mentor | Harvey |
| national need to get there heads out of there ass and do what they promised | Barry |
| I voted them in the get rid of co-governance & here we are 2.5 years later, it’s worst than ever. | Nigel |
| National is absolutely clueless – asleep at the wheel. | Tony |
| They need to get in touch with how hard New Zealanders are working just to put food on the table. We are in struggle street and they don’t appear to care. | Jill |
| Energy security must come first | Bruce |
| Broken promises to fix race based politics turn voters away. Wake up National ! | Brenda |
| National’s problem is it is scared of Maoris. It is gutless | fred |
| Not following up on what they campaigned on. English language first. Take subsidies away from the media | Lindsay |
| The current coalition needs to pull its finger out. National in particular appear asleep on the job! | Mel |
| Luxon is either too weak or scared to face Maoridom face on. He needs to seriously pull his finger out and grow a spine!!! | Chris |
| They have both gone way from Christian values which is the bases of our society and law was based on. | Dean |
| AWOL | Colin |
| Not supporting the CREATIVES in our community nor the WORKERS who provide taxes. Bring back technical colleges and night schools. Stop pandering to academics and their narrow views. | Lyn |
| National has gone so far left with the CORRUPT WEF Puppet Luxon just a lying conman | Greg |
| National are the Party letting New Zealanders down. They get my electorate vote most elections but, that is in doubt his year. | pdm |
| Mr Luxon needs to read this column every week | William |
| The present government is not Sticking to their promises to treat all New Zealanders equally. As there are no full blood Maories We should be all treated the same. The Maori roll and seats should be gone. | Andrew |
| I think they’re trying to but are daily sidetracked by other issues which are often totally irrelevant and unimportant, instead of dealing to Local Councils running away with their own agendas, and probably more importantly than anything else in my view the threat of Co-Governance,- | Ian |
| Many parties but especially National are riding the huge level of apathy that typifies the NZ voter at the moment. People seem determined to talk just about the fluff and litter of life and ignore matters of substance. | Roger |
| Totally out of touch and they refuse to listen to our comments and complaints! | John |
| National does not seem to appreciate that the major concern of many of its supporters is not the Economy but “Maorification”! | John |
| The local councils are absolutely flouting the will of the voters – almost all councils had the Maori wards voted out, and yet those in council have and are ignoring this fact and following in the woke direction. | Meg |
| No men in womens’ sports is a No-Brainer but reveals who the weak leaders are. | Bruce |
| They have not acted against co-governance which was a “bottom line” election promise. I have told my local National MP (also a cabinet minster) that they have lost my vote. | Dave |
| National under PM Luxton in my opinion does not have the courage of their convictions. Act and NZ First together with their different priorities cover most of New Zealander’s concerns. I would not be surprised to see both parties gain more seats and Winston as a future Prime Minister. | Dianne |
| A deplorable fail mark. | John |
| National are to blame for all this by not doing what they said they would do,getting rid of race based policies. Time National had a clean out of the people making its policies,they are out of touch. I’ve been a National supporter for 60 odd years but they get nothing from me now. To me Act make the most sense,not sure I could trust Peters and Jones yet. God help us if the other lot get in,how could anyone with even half a brain vote for them. | Peter |
| Totally out of touch. We have a weak Prime Minister — eg the Treaty Principles Bill should have been discussed and indeed probably been adopted. Luxon failed to stand up to the Maoris showing his weak side. Labour are no better and some of their statements are just ramblings. NZ is heading downhill and the concerns of the average Kiwi are being ignored. | Alan |
| I even wrote to James Meager with my concerns about National not upholding their election promises and received word salad as a reply. My vote will now be going to ACT. | Sue |
| It is very apparent that each polical party is driven by different Ideologies, none of which is actually putting NZ first, but have damaged economy, and the social structure. There are definitely politicians going back a number of years who have a case to answer. | Roseanne |
| Our main concern is just cost of living and how we can pay all our bills when the price of everything is skyrocketing – so not really! | Kim |
| way out of touch,i do hope that they can turn this around | rodger |
| Failure to address the preferences whether DEI or Maori is going to hurt National bigtime. I have been a bolted on National voters all my life but not this election !! | Graeme |
| Completely out of touch. Thank you Muriel, your article struck at the very heart of what irks me about National. Race based takeovers, D.E.I. ,unelected Iwi activists given voting rights on Councils. All threats to our Democracy. There appears no urgency from National to correct these concerns and they are paying for it in the polls, and rightly so. | Allan |
| National.has lost its touch altogether!.do.no care about NewZealanders altogether | Dominique |
| Get some guts Luxon and listen to your partners | Robbie |
| Right or wrong – the is a suspicion amongst many ordinary people that both of the major parties , are more concerned with the goals of the Global political elite than the aspirations of ordinary folk in New Zealand.. Socialism is a mind virus – but so is Internationalism. As as for the term Populism – which the elite imagine is derogatory – what is that but the will of the people? | David |
| They’ve dropped the ball and lost sight of what they stand for. | Andrew |
| They are fast running out of time. | Laurie |
| Dr Muriel Newman is exactly right. | Bryce |
| grow some and do what needs to be done before u are outed from lack of them | michael |
| The Coalition are doing a great job of getting the Country back on track. The left still cannot see that there is no free lunches.. It is not the average person who is sucking on the Kumera it is all the Burearcrats who, are on a high standard of living that are the problem. Far too many people unaccountable for their Performance. | frank |
| would be great if yhey would just stick to their pre election promises and stand up to the racism promoted by the marxist left | john |
| Easy to blame a party that inherited a massive debt and a broken country. national and the coalition are not going to fix it over night. It took six years for labour to wreck the economy. It will always take longer to fix what is broken. | Shane |
| The left more than the right wing. One thing is for sure: If the lefties win the next election then one thing is certain: GAME OVER. Welcome to the Third World. | Michael |
| They have failed to deliver most of their election’s promises. As a consistent National voter, they have lost mine and my family votes in this next election. Lucon may as well move to the Labour party. I think the country really needs a more progressive conservative party like Act and a prime minister and MPs that want to stop all the non- sense that we inherited from the Labour/ Green/Maori parties. We need radical changes. No the same bullshit. | Luciane |
| I voted National last election because they were going to sort out all this He Puapua rubbish, silly me, they will not be getting my vote this year, and so many of our friends are saying the same thing. | Robyn |
| National have been so disappointing.The racial nonsense issues are out of control and need fixing now.Wake up mr luxon,you and your troops are asleep at the wheel. | galem |
| Out of touch and CORRUPT TO THE CORE. | Coral |
| Definitely not. Labour is handing our country over to tribal eletists and National to date are letting it continue. Average hard working New Zealanders are lost in Labours far left agendas and National only appears to be concerned with the economy. NZ first and Act are the ones to vote for this election. | Kevan |
| Both major parties are much the same, too woke, and led by politicians who have lost the trust of common everyday New Zealanders. | Alec |
| Remove race based agendas and disband entities such as Watercare, Auckland Transport and other CCOs that are out of control. | Deborah |
| National need only review their party values and align their policies accordingly, and the voters will return. They lack the necessary courage, sadly. Winnie for PM as his swan song. The Green nutcases would squirm! | Pete |
| They should have sorted the issues around Democracy & co governance in their first year. | Philip |
| Spineless wokeness led by Big Chris | Eric |
| The National MPs are predominantly left wing, led by a woke prime minister | Geoff |
| And luxons stance on the MM climate-change nonsense whilst ignoring sensible environmental cleanup & NZs very own energy makes him look egotistical & silly Sigh..! What is it about bald faced ideologists .. | Franke |
| Totally out of touch and heads in the sand! Christopher Luxon definitely holds his party back as he pounces , names and shames any who show any sign of voicing National,voters concerns .He is so uneducated and refuses to update his views despite so much information readily available, one can only assume he is arrogant, think he knows it all .He recently stated he is the CEO of NZ. No, he is not – he is the Prime Minister and making a very poor job of behaving like one. | Gail |
| NZ First and ACT appear to be making progress on the things they said they would do, and for which voters voted, but National’s progress has not been as evident (what have I missed?) and it doesn’t appear Labour has any policies (am I wrong?) | Merie |
| Trust in NZ politics is fragile. Not addressing the issues that National campaigned on has now become a voter priority. | Andrew |
| Sometimes I wonder if National are committed to wining the next election. | Alan |
| National as a government, aren’t just out of touch – they have proved themselves to be dishonest and disinterested. Won’t even go there with Labour – they are just pure poison. NZ First and Act are doing their best to address issues and act in the interest of the voters. National won’t be getting our vote in the next election. | Christine |
| Switched from the Slow Nats (Snats) to ACT. | Paul |
| I’ve voted national for sixty years but now hello winston | Des |
| The main coalition member is not carrying out its promise to stop giving my money away to terrorist groups within New Zealand | Alastair |
| Unfulfilled pre election promises, lies re co governance and a total lack of leadership to stem the tribal radical takeover of our country | Lindsay |
| National deserves to become a minor coalition partner this election. | Howard |
| They are simply not reading the room. Both myself and I am sure a lot of other long trem supporters of National will and can no longer support these jellyfish I.O.W spineless | Mike |
| NZ First is the only party making sense to the ordinary Kiwi. | Doug |
| Good results take time …the other political outfits are all fit for the trash can. | Chris |
| Democracy hasn’t existed for a very long time. We’re run by globalists | Grant |
| Completely out of touch and certainly not fixing the main problems that bedevil us. Seem to not be listening to us. | Lee |
| Upping the levels of glyphosate admissable in our food has not won National more supporters. It’s a really dumb move. | Janet |
| For two and a half years !!! | Geoffrey |
| Totally out of touch | Collin |
| Heads in the sand ears blocked, don’t want to know just a fat pay. | Chris |
| They are both climate change alarmists. | Chuck |
| After 60 years they have lost my vote. Untangling the tribal involvement in councils and government is still out of control. So much for promises. | Rob |
| They’ve lost my vote and now left with the dilemma of ACT or NZ First or just abstaining | Bill |
| Simon Watts is useless | John |
| Tribal control and emphasis on matters maori have gone miles too far and politicians are too deaf and scared to listen to voters concerns. The certainly havent heard the comments in every part of my area. People are more than a little annoyed with the lack of listening. | Graham |
| New Zealanders generally have contempt for the chin tat wearing morons that are infesting the political scene – time for it all to stop and concentrate on work and caring for all people and stop all the TDS moronity that is typical of leftist green eyed views | chris |
| the problem is that people cannot look past next weeks pay…where longterm fixes (badly needed) take years. national has to be far more flexible and feed the needs of those who are under stress while still attacking the big issues.Its corporate style thinking not re-election type actions. | Gavin |
| They are not out of touch. They know exavctly what radical Maori are doing. The problem is they are afraid of ther backlash from Maori if they stop the Political momentum they have at presernt in cfreating a separate soveignty. Ad to this the PM tries to please all of the people all of the time. Does not make a stand in this area. | Dene |
| They all seem to be concentrating on the wrong things – optics instead of reality. | Janet |
| National has not delivered on the removal of race based decisions and will lose support to NZ1st or Act because of it | Peter |
| ACT is hamstring by national and nzf. | Evans |
| Ignoring the concerns that got them into power! They have not halted embedded co-governance into so many institutions! | Gabi |
| Legislation on retirement villages is an example. Lictor laws is another example | George |
| Hon Simon Watts is the WORST minister of a very bad bunch. He needs to support the LG Amendment Bill or resign…… | RICHard |
| They are definitely not addressing the concerns of all New Zealanders. Why because they have not got rid of the Co-governance issue which National promised to do when they became Government! We are multicultural not bicultural and this UNDRIP needs to be prevented from going further! | June |
| The coalition campaigned on getting rid of co governance but things are getting worse. This country’s going to end up in a civil war if we’re not careful. | Dave |
| The biggest problem this country faces is woke bureaucrats. They live mostly in Wellington and infect politicians. Polliticians need to ignore bureaucrats and listen to the people. | Tony |
| Definitely out of touch | Murray |
| They care nothing about Council rate increases or, Electricity and Home Insurance costs. Don’t get me started on Co Governance!!!! | Ross |
| They have not kept their election promises and have failed the people | Gavin |
| Some concerns only | Phy |
| They need to get back to basics and stop funding ‘woke’ projects | Selwyn |
| Promises from the last election have been forgotten/ ignored. The voters have NOT forgotten and won’t be ignored! | Elizabeth |
| Tossing up between ACT and NZ First, David Seymour has now shot himself in the foot. The decision is clear NZ FIRST | Claire |
| Out of touch for sure | chris |
| No, So out of touch their voters are leaving to the minor parties along with me. National will no longer get my vote, they have been extremely poor at reversing the tribal takeover especially at local councils. Far north council has already been taken over. What have they done to date? NOTHING. HE PUA PUA ON STERIODS. | Allan |
| Alot of people who voted in our current Government were hoping to see politicians working to help stamp out Co Governance, actually this really hasn’t occurred much at all. The other problem is that so many New Zealanders are so unaware of what is slowly but surely happening to our democracy with the endless attacks by the activists. New Zealanders really need to wake up. | Paul |
| National need to be more concerned with keeping their election promises. | Lee |
| Of all the questions asked this has to be the most vague / open ended. Just which concerns? | Sean |
| Out of touch, weak, and slow. | mike |
| I can only surmise that Luxon and National are facing a barrage of feedback that they have abjectly failed to address He Puapua and continue to turn a blind eye to Maorification & Co-governance, or more to the point seem to be in full support of the dual ills that beset our fair land. Well, assuming this remains the status quo, they will deservedly reap all they have sown early in Nov with a number of their MPs needing the dole office. I will not weep if Goldsmith (List) goes – if I were him, to get re-elected, I’d be fighting like crazy to do those things they were elected to do and which they are clearly ignoring. | Doug |
| Luxons weakness and blindness to the division, racism, and destruction of democracy will cost him my vote. As I’ve said before, let’s be clear, the state of the economy does not matter if the social fabric of the country is destroyed to the stage where large numbers of people no longer want to live here. Why will no government treat all New Zealanders equally? There’s nothing I like about this National Party. Nothing. | Peter |
| Definitely out of touch – they are pursuing their own agenda and ignoring the real concerns of voters. | Donald |
| National should look at what’s happening to the Conservatives in the UK – it will happen to them too unless they fix the problems voters asked them to sort out at the last election. | Murray |
| National is a hold it steady party not a reformist, but the problem is they inherited a country that had been torn apart by Ardern and co, and real change has been required. Unfortunately they have only tinkered instead of properly fixing things. | Paula |
| He Puapua is a major threat to NZ. The Coalition should have hunted it down and exterminated it – including in local government where it is now engineering a tribal takeover. | Hugh |
| Both major parties have lost touch – it seems incredible that they are allowing that to happen. | Frank |