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Speaker 1: It's slightly old message I thought yesterday from Labor over

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Speaker 1: the Maory Party as they try and work out how

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Speaker 1: to deal with them. The truth is they will need

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Speaker 1: them to form a government if they get their numbers

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Speaker 1: to a point of victory. Now, there's no way the

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Speaker 1: Greens and Labor alone will come close to crossing the

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Speaker 1: line first. So small reiteration in case you missed it

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Speaker 1: a month or so back. None of this matters because

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Speaker 1: the current government will be re elected on what I

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Speaker 1: am calling November seven, twenty twenty six, election day. But

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Speaker 1: for argument's sake, the Hitkins comments that they're going to

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Speaker 1: campaign vigorously in Maory seats with no concern. If that

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Speaker 1: happens with no concern that you know, it might mean

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Speaker 1: they wipe the Maory Party out. It rings awfully hollow

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Speaker 1: given I watched them campaign vigorously the other day in

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Speaker 1: the Auckland Maray seat and two things happened. One no

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Speaker 1: one turned up and two those that did vote for

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Speaker 1: the Murray Party. It was the most shockingly inept display

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Speaker 1: of modern campaigning, or lack of it, have seen in

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Speaker 1: many a long year. My guess is, what's happening to

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Speaker 1: the Maray Party will not affect the vote for the

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Speaker 1: Murray Party. Whiteta and Co. Are clearly liked in their

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Speaker 1: seats and there is no reason to believe they won't

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Speaker 1: get back. Further, Most of the Labour candidates will be

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Speaker 1: on the list anyway, so why not get two for one?

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Speaker 1: Which brings us back to yesterday's so called announcement. It's

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Speaker 1: a sham talk tough, get a headline, hope it flies.

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Speaker 1: The big, big issue for Labor, apart from the fact

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Speaker 1: that they're still poisoned by their last stabbed power, is

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Speaker 1: the fact they are so called partners and nuts and

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Speaker 1: most of us know it. Vote for Labor all you

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Speaker 1: want if you can stomach the incompetence. But having done that,

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Speaker 1: stand by for the circus that comes with the green

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Speaker 1: to the Mary Party. It's calamitous with a capital calamitus.

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Speaker 1: At some point, Hipkins will have to face the fact

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Speaker 1: we need some detail. Who's out, what are the bottom lines?

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Speaker 1: That's where the real rubber hits the road for the voter.

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Speaker 1: Yesterday's hot air exercise is seen for what it is.

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