She won the first overall majority under the country’s proportional electoral system, but voters feel she has done little with it.
A win will be another step in the right direction for the Opposition, and their leader, after several challenging years.
After an historic victory in 2020, her government has fallen short on housing and infrastructure whilst overseeing a ‘brain drain’.
There are special gains in luxury cars, migration and services – as Australia looks away from the Pacific and we stride in into the wider world.
Polling well, more than financially buoyant and administratively competent and unified, the National Party is in a strong position.
Voters habitually opt for parties of the Right when times are tough, only to ditch them for the Left once there’s money to spare. But now populists seek to break the cycle.
It has been dispatched by one man – New Zealand First’s party leader, Winston Peters, who has Labour’s inexperienced leader in his pocket.
A solid but unspectacular centre-right Prime Minister, with a good economic record, is trying to fight off a charismatic, high-spending challenge from the left.
Bill English, his successor, worked co-operatively with him and Wayne Eagleson. There’s a lesson here for Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill.
To mark Key’s resignation, we republish our founder’s insights into the basis of his success.
How a New Zealand attack ad is inspiring the Prime Minister’s election push.
Notwithstanding the recent poll showing of New Zealand First, the country’s coming election is still Key’s to lose.
Tony Abbott, like Stephen Harper and John Key, is a convinced monarchist – and support for the institution in the countries they govern is stronger than many believe.
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter The international governing politician who David Cameron is closest to is New Zealand's 51 year old, 38th Prime Minister, John Key. Mr Key is no firebrand, reforming conservative. He prides himself on his pragmatism and after a long period of Labour rule he was re-elected at the end of 2011. […]
Time and again, the National Party has moved swiftly to depose disgraced Parliamentarians whilst their Westminster counterparts cling on.