Mid-term pressures test Jacinda Ardern’s Labour government, but National must still find the new political centre
- Written by Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Massey University
Whether or not recent (if limited) polling accurately reflects sympathy for the protest, the current spectacle in parliament’s grounds will be worrying Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her government – not least for its suggestion the “team of five million” may be breaking up.
Opposition Leader Christopher Luxon certainly...
