New Zealand shifts rights as voters punish ruling party

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New Zealanders gave the country’s conservative opposition party the lead in Saturday’s election, as voters punished the ruling Labour Party nine months after former prime minister Jacinda Ardern suddenly resigned.

The rising cost of living dominated campaigning with voters New Zealanders ending six years of Labour Party rule, the latter half of which was dominated by the country’s strict response to the coronavirus pandemic that successfully kept infections low but battered the economy.

With more than 80% of votes counted on Saturday evening, the center-right National Party, led by Christopher Luxon, had amassed around 40% of ballots, CNN affiliates RNZ and Newshub reported.

Incumbent Prime Minister Chris Hipkins conceded Saturday night, saying Labour did not have enough votes to form a government.


https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/13/asia/new-zealand-general-election-labour-national-intl-hnk/index.html

[Timber Rattler]

Serves the Labor Party right, for how it behaved during COVID with its draconian lockdowns, turning New Zealand into a prison.

[Cyber Liberty]

The Kiwis have a long way to go in "shifting Right."

[PeteS in CA]

Serves the Labor Party right, for how it behaved during COVID with its draconian lockdowns, turning New Zealand into a prison.

That year or two of near-total isolation devastated NZ businesses and people. As well as slowing the development of immune system resistance to the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

[Free Vulcan]

Actually a little surprised, I thought NZ would goosestep and arm band right over the cliff into the sea for their leftist cult religion.

[Kamaji]

Every little bit helps.

[Right_in_Virginia]

New Zealand elects conservative premier after 6 years of progressive rule
Just the News, Oct 14, 2023

Conservative former businessman Christopher Luxon will be the next prime minister of New Zealand, according to reports Saturday of him decisively winning the election.

The makeup of Luxon’s government is unknown at the moment due to ballots still being counted, according to The Associated Press.

For the last six years, New Zealand had been ruled by progressive leadership, led most of that time by Jacinda Ardern.

Ardern had stepped down as prime minister at the start of this year, saying that she didn't have “enough in the tank” to continue the job.

She was succeeded by Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, who was in the role for nine months. Hipkins told his supporters late Saturday he had called Luxon to concede.

At his victory event in Auckland, New Zealand, Luxon said that he was thrilled to start his new job. “You have reached for hope and you have voted for change,” he said onstage.

According to the AP, two of the main issues Luxon ran on during his campaign were cracking down on crime and cutting taxes for the middle class.


https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/new-zealand-elects-conservative-premier-after-6-years-progressive-rule?utm_source=mux&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tw

[Right_in_Virginia]

Actually a little surprised, I thought NZ would goosestep and arm band right over the cliff into the sea for their leftist cult religion.

I think this is more an expectation of Australia.

[Elderberry]

Legal Insurrection by Fuzzy Slippers 10/14/2023

PM-elect Christopher Luxon: “Thank you so much and thank you New Zealand … you have reached for hope and you have voted for change”

Most of us were shocked and horrified by the covid tyranny that took place in New Zealand: total nationwide lockdowns sparked by a single case, devotion to completely lunatic “zero covid” policies, and hysterical reactions to the short-lived protests against covid restrictions like the trucker “freedom convoys.”

Their lockdown-crazy, authoritarian PM Jacinda Ardern, who resigned her post in January of this year, shared her views on free speech (spoiler: it’s a weapon of war).

If Saturday’s elections were any indication, the people of New Zealand are fed all the way up with leftist government. And I do mean all the way up, the numbers are quite staggering.

    With 99% of the vote counted, the National Party had garnered 39% of the vote, while Labor managed only 27% after getting 50% in the previous election. The Green Party, meanwhile, nabbed 11% and the small-government, libertarian ACT Party collected 9%.

    The National Party will forge a governing coalition with the ACT Party, which between them total 61 seats, the barest possible margin to govern in New Zealand.

And you just have to get a load of CNN’s fawning, gushing “report” on Ardern.

    A progressive global icon, Ardern’s time in power was defined by multiple crises, including the Christchurch terrorist attack, a deadly volcanic explosion, and a global pandemic.

    Overseas she became famous for being a leader unafraid to show empathy and compassion at a time when populist demagogues were coming to the fore in many other western democracies.

    But back home her popularity ebbed amid a rising cost of living, housing shortages and economic anxiety. And she faced violent anti-lockdown protests in the capital Wellington, with threats made against her.

Surreal, right? This is their “news” page, too.

Anyway, New Zealand is happy to see the back of her and is eager for new leadership.

More: https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/10/new-zealand-rejects-tyrannical-labor-party-elects-conservative-pm-government/

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