Politics NZ

Overhangs, gangs, rogue-ish polls, & the most unpredictable electorate

Politics NZ

Show Notes

How can you make sense of competing polls and will overhang seats win the election? How did gangs become a liability for National as well as Labour? And we take a tour of the Māori electorates with Julian Wilcox. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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