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...to the easy way to view and compare policies from the major political parties, in detailed and concise summaries.
The 2008 election was held on November 8, 2008. You can find the results here >>>
All policies presented on this website use the wording of the parties who developed them. The key points have been extracted and linked to the policy documents so you can really see what they offer.
Policies can also be well understood by debate. During the 2008 election, Chris Trotter and Matthew Hooton debated the issues that defined the campaign. Although both have now ended their postings on this website, we will keep this blog open until early 2009 for readers to review their contributions.
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Chris Trotter
Chris Trotter is one of New Zealand’s leading political commentators, contributing regularly on radio and television as well as through his columns in the Independent Financial Review, the Dominion-Post and the Sunday Star-Times. His political history of New Zealand, "No Left Turn", was published by Random House in 2007. |
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Matthew Hooton
Matthew Hooton has played a pivotal role in some of New Zealand's largest commercial and politcal developments, and is well known as a political commentator, taking a centre-right perspective. He was a speechwriter and press secretary in the New Zealand government in the 1990s.
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Budget 2008/09 was presented to Parliament on Tuesday 22 May 2008 by the Hon Dr. Michael Cullen. Click Here to view a summary that makes sense of it all.
Democracy under attack: The new Electoral Finance Act has now been passed into law. Its effect is to seriously advantage the incumbent governing party and disadvantage challengers. You can read all about this issue here >>>
The new party lists are published here when available.
This site also lists the electorate candidates as they are announced, and to find them, you will need to click here to go to that section, or click on the map.
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