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Wendy Neal's avatar

Thank Christ I’m not the only one who feels deflated with Nationals performance, but Luxon did come from one of the wokest companies Air NZ or is it Air Aotearoa! Not what I voted for, it’s just the same shit that Labour peddled. I think he has reneged on his coalition partners and they should take the reins. That’s a coup, right?

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Ken Tod's avatar

I voted for the National candidate because I wouldn't ever vote for the incumbent, a Labour candidate, however I voted for NZF as my party vote. My party vote choice will continue and the candidate choice is up for grabs - if only to send a message to National.

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Aroha's avatar

No matter how much I gritted my teeth I couldn't bring myself to vote National (my father's spectre would have risen from his grave and berated me) so went the NZ First route. Still, I'm disappointed that Luxon appears to be completely unaware of the current mood of large swathes of the electorate. He may be business savvy, though I'm beginning to doubt that, but I suspect in all the ways that matter for a politician he's quite thick.

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Matua Kahurangi's avatar

NZ First is looking more appealing every day. I'm starting to learn towards them...

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LDA's avatar

The economic pain we're feeling is because Labour's policies were such a fuck up, that we're still trying to recover and I see why Luxon and his cabinet are focused on trying to get investment going in NZ.

However why I won't give National my vote is because all the pain and sacrifice we're experiencing means jack for as long as we're paying the Maori Tax to connected, parasitic Maori elites, whom Luxon is enabling. My council which has just whacked us with an above inflation increase, earmarked 3 million for "Tangata Whenua" which is more than they're spending on Economic Development. And Luxon is too spineless to address the issue, because he's scared of being called a racist. National are Labour Lite and I am sick of seeing NZ being run into the ground and being forced to pay for it.

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Skarlett Starr's avatar

Didn’t vote for Nats - couldn’t go that far…but I hear ya…the guys a gimp.. such a fail - I’m deeply concerned for NZ next election - with the Greens and TPM desperate to institute Marxism and Tribalism in equal measures - and Labour desperate to get back in - what the hell are we going to do…and I’ve spent 17 years in OZ and I dont need to go back..I think I had the best years there and it’s all downhill. Plus I love this country…talk about existential crisis!!

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Fiona Mackenzie's avatar

Besides not doing anything about NZ’s grossly inflated bureaucracy with their excessive remuneration, National is further entrenching ways for tribes to keep blackmailing New Zealanders. We all pay these levies in the end.

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Bruno's avatar

Luxon can’t disentangle his wokeness & worship of Al Gore’s climate scam. The damage done as a result is unreliable energy security, never ending inflation on energy prices, impacting especially cost of living, punishing our farmers who keep the country solvent, plus a refusal to act fast cutting green & red tape mountains in bureaucracies all over Wellington. Voters can fix this by all moving support to NZFirst and ACT. There a few really good National Ministers, and they can find freedom & fulfilling posts in the next coalition. Imagine Labour + 🐛+🫆?

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John Hart's avatar

Unfortunately this article is so true. Luxon has sold us out to the so called maori 'elite'

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Jim Dowsett's avatar

Yep me too, bitterly disappointed 😞

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Mike Houlding's avatar

All National MP's need reminding that their term as MP's is limited. Some of them will eventually have the bottle necessary to tell Luxon to shape up as a leader. Get the email address of your MP and get the ball rolling!

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BarbWoods's avatar

Still better than the labour govt who wrecked NZ. Careful what you wish for.

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Phil 5to1's avatar

I tried to warn people, I knew we needed National either way, but as can be seen on my social media feeds leading up to Nov 23, I was doing my utmost to warn people off Luxon & National. I just hoped NZ First and ACT would garner enough support to muzzle the uniparty blue, with it's TDS suffering, ignorant, arrogant, bald Cindy leader. The warning signs were there in 2022, the separatist path had been set much earlier. All the "we will stop 3 waters" signs disappearing in August made it clear.

My grand nephew is up and coming in the Labour youth, he told me about how close thet are with the young Nats & it seems the uniparty rot will continue unless Kiwi's can clue up & end this stupid uniparty oscillation. A red & blue tyranny that appears to be representative of political diversity, but actually push 85% of the same shit that very few people I interact with are pleased about.

A thin veneer of democracy, over a globalist ideology directed by their mates in Davos, at the UN, Paris, or the WHO. We've been sold out by the corruption in our politics and the nepotism in our public service, because he average kiwi is too trusting. I wish I knew how to talk pepe around, the posts from '23 are there. Who wants to hear I told you so, from some pessimistic, grumpy prick? Not me 🤣

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