Morning Report for Sunday 18 October 2020
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Post-election special panel - analysis, commentary
9:54 AM.Four political commentators dissect the historic election result. Guyon Espiner is joined by Josie Pagani, a political commentator and the director of the Council for International Development… Read more Audio
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Fmr Green MP Sue Bradford on party's result
9:51 AM.Sue Bradford is a former Green MP who served for three-and-a-bit terms of parliament between 1999 and 2009. She's an activist and academic... who resigned from parliament after unsuccessfully running… Read more Audio
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Fmr National MP Chris Finlayson: 'a thoroughly deserved kick'
9:47 AM.Chris Finlayson QC, a former National Party list MP, says the result is a thoroughly deserved kick for his party. He served in parliament from 2005 until 2019... and was a Minister and the… Read more Audio
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Sir Michael Cullen on Labour's outright victory
9:44 AM.It's been an extraordinary result for Labour. Guyon Espiner talks to Sir Michael Cullen, who was deputy prime minister to Helen Clark, and her finance minister, about the results. Audio
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Political commentator Scott Campbell
9:42 AM.Political commentator, Scott Campbell, analyses the results for the Maori Party. Audio
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Maori Party set for return to parliament on current result
9:36 AM.The Maori Party is set to return to Parliament, if special votes in Waiariki mirror those counted last night. At the end of the evening, Rawiri Waititi was leading Labour's Tamati Coffey by 421… Read more Audio
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Greens' Chloe Swarbrick wins Auckland Central
9:34 AM.Green Party candidate Chloe Swarbrick has won Auckland Central -- beating off Labour's Helen White, and National's Emma Mellow for the role. But the gap is relatively small... with just 492 between… Read more Audio
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Labour MP Rachel Boyack beats out Nelson stalwart Nick Smith
9:32 AM.Nelson will have its first new MP in a quarter of a century, after Labour's Rachel Boyack beat National stalwart Nick Smith by 3-and-a-half-thousand votes Mr Smith has been the Nelson MP since 1996… Read more Audio
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Andrew Falloon scandal turns Rangitata voters to Labour
9:30 AM.The rural electorate of Rangitata - which includes Ashburton, Methven, Timaru and Temuka - has swung red for the first time in its 12 year history. National's Andrew Falloon won the seat in 2017, but… Read more Audio
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Shock: Gerry Brownlee loses seat to Labour's Sarah Pallett
9:25 AM.In a shock result last night, Labour's candidate for Ilam, Sarah Pallett, beat out the long-serving MP and current National Party deputy leader Gerry Brownlee in what was thought to be a safe blue… Read more Audio
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East Coast swings to Labour after Tolley retirement
9:25 AM.It wasn't just city seats going red, provincial voters were swinging left too. Labour winning back the East Coast seat for the first time in 16 years. The electorate - which includes Gisborne, Tolaga… Read more Audio
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The Green Party has exceeded its own expectations
9:15 AM.The Greens have exceeded their own expectations - not only getting eight percent of the vote but also winning the electorate of Auckland Central. The party has not held an electorate seat since the… Read more Audio
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Red wave sweeps country
9:09 AM.The country is waking up this morning to three more years of a Labour government after a red wave swept the country last night. It is the best result for the Party in 50 years. Audio
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Post-election special panel - analysis, commentary
8:54 AM.Four political commentators dissect the historic election result. Guyon Espiner is joined by Josie Pagani, a political commentator and the director of the Council for International Development… Read more Audio
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RNZ's Jo Moir on NZ First's campaign
8:50 AM.RNZ's political reporter Jo Moir has been on the NZ First bus with Winston Peters this campaign, and was with them in Northland last night. Audio
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NZ First, Winston Peters are out of parliament
8:46 AM.New Zealand First leader Winston Peters' forty year political career appears to be over, with his party turfed out of Parliament. It won less than three percent of the vote last night, meaning his… Read more Audio
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ACT goes from 1 to 10 MPs
8:44 AM.Act has recorded its best election result ever, with eight percent of the party vote and 10 seats in parliament. After six years as the party's sole MP, leader David Seymour will now have a caucus to… Read more Audio
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Post-election special panel - analysis, commentary
8:35 AM.Four political commentators dissect the historic election result. Guyon Espiner is joined by Josie Pagani, a political commentator and the director of the Council for International Development… Read more Audio
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National suffer worst defeat in 18 years
8:33 AM.From the highest of highs to the lowest of lows - National suffered its worst defeat in almost two decades last night. The party secured just 26.8 percent of the vote - well below the low 30s that… Read more Audio
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Labour wins overwhelming majority and could govern alone
8:23 AM.Labour has secured 64 seats this election - enough to govern alone. The party won 49 percent of the country's support, with more than half a million more votes than second-placed National Party. In a… Read more Audio
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National Party concedes defeat after vote falls to 27 percent
8:17 AM.The National Party conceded defeat well before it was official last night - crossing the finish line with just 35 seats in Parliament. The party's members admit it's a devastasting result but were… Read more Audio
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A landslide victory for Labour gives them first MMP majority
8:15 AM.It's been a landslide victory, so huge in scale it was scarcely the dream of even the most fervent Labour supporters. Labour has won 49 percent of the vote, just shy of twice as much as National's 27… Read more Audio
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Historic victory allows Labour to govern alone
8:10 AM.The country has voted for three more years of a Labour government. The country gave the Party the greatest support it's had for at least 50 years. With the special votes still to be counted, Labour… Read more Audio
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Greens sweep 10 seats
8:00 AM.The Green party co-leader, Marama Davidson, talks to Guyon Espiner about the results which saw the party bring ten MPs back into Parliament and Chloe Swarbrick take Auckland Central. Read more Video, Audio
