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Democracy Briefing: The Right face a miserable time in power
National will probably be able to form a government, but its fragility might make governing miserable
 • Bryce Edwards
News Briefing: 11 November 2026
News Briefing Top 10 for 11 November 2026
 • Bryce Edwards
News Briefing: 10 November 2026
News Briefing Top 10 for 10 November 2026
 • Bryce Edwards
News Briefing: 9 November 2026
News Briefing Top 20 for 9 November 2026
 • Bryce Edwards
Democracy Briefing: How the overhang put the right ahead
Labour won more party votes, but National is set to have six more seats. The vote-splitting campaign probably made the difference, and the rules need…
 • Bryce Edwards
News Briefing: 8 November 2026
News Briefing Top 20 for 8 November 2026
 • Bryce Edwards
Democracy Briefing: A fractured verdict and a fragile majority
With both old parties below 30%, the coalition is clinging to a narrow majority boosted by overhang seats. The special votes could yet hand the balance…
 • Bryce Edwards
News Briefing: 7 November 2026
News Briefing Top 10 for 7 November 2026
 • Bryce Edwards
Democracy Briefing: We still don’t know who paid to change our votes
From a million split-vote flyers to AI attack ads, outside groups have spent heavily to sway this election, and the law lets them keep their funders…
 • Bryce Edwards
News Briefing: 6 November 2026
News Briefing Top 10 for 6 November 2026
 • Bryce Edwards
Democracy Briefing: The election that finally took on broken markets
This election the parties finally took on the supermarkets, the gentailers and the banks
 • Bryce Edwards
News Briefing: 5 November 2026
News Briefing Top 10 for 5 November 2026
 • Bryce Edwards
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