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Democracy upgraded

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A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.

A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.

The fact that NZ First is actually standing a candidate in Tairāwhiti can only be seen as an upgrading of our local democracy.

The recent head to head between Labour’s Chris Hipkins    and National’s  Christopher Luxton showed us that neither of those parties will really do anything  to support farmers or primary producers and we know that the Greens will continue to scapegoat them in terms of emissions and general  responsibilities in relation to global  warming.

In terms of the actual ‘head to head” it appears that the two leaders were almost  holding hands, and the head to head was just a play-fight. None of the major parties are being realistic when it comes to fixing the economy, health  or housing.

It is likely that one of the major parties will be able to form a coalition  after  the election. A  “handbrake” party in that coalition, to control the impotent and loony  policies of such a coalition,  is  essential.

The voters will decide which  party will be the “handbrake”  this time around.

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