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Conservatives Win Big in New Zealand
thenewamerican ^ | 10/17/2023

Posted on 10/17/2023 6:38:41 AM PDT by devane617

New Zealand, a country that has labored under left-wing government for the past six years, has apparently switched direction by electing a new right-leaning government in their general election, which took place on Saturday. Preliminary results show that the National Party (center-left) has garnered approximately 39 percent of the vote, with the Labour Party, which had been in charge, tallying only 27 percent.

The country’s new prime minister will be former businessman Christopher Luxon. Luxon’s National Party is expected to form a coalition government with the ACT New Zealand Party, which garnered 9 percent of the vote.

Official results are expected on November 3.

Outgoing Prime Minister Chris Hipkins conceded late Saturday night after realizing he would not have the numbers necessary to form a coalition. Hipkins took over from previous Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in January after Ardern told the nation that she no longer had “enough in the tank” to run for office again. Ardern had taken office in 2017 after a Labour Party landslide.

(Excerpt) Read more at thenewamerican.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: newzeland
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1 posted on 10/17/2023 6:38:41 AM PDT by devane617
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To: devane617

They should imprison the woman leader who violated their inalienable rights during covid and caused so much pain and needless suffering. She was a true tyrant


2 posted on 10/17/2023 6:51:07 AM PDT by Bob434
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To send a message to future leaders that if they try anything similar, they will face the same judgement when the other party takes power.


3 posted on 10/17/2023 6:52:03 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: devane617

Their conservatives are comparable to our liberals.

On social issues they are more like AOC.


4 posted on 10/17/2023 6:52:07 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: Bob434

She’s teaching at Harvard. LOL


5 posted on 10/17/2023 6:59:21 AM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: devane617

More here:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4190050/posts

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4189806/posts

Not real sure about the word “conservative” on kiwi island either.

🙏🇮🇱👍


7 posted on 10/17/2023 7:20:23 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: reg45

Lol i forgot,about that. By all rights she should be deported, not awarded a cushy job


8 posted on 10/17/2023 7:46:10 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: devane617

“Conservative” in NZ or Australia is on par with a RINO squish.


9 posted on 10/17/2023 8:44:37 AM PDT by HandBasketHell
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To: devane617

There are no conservatives in NZ. They left. It’s all left-wingers now. Some are slightly less insane. The descent into totalitarianism and the inevitable starvation will continue.


10 posted on 10/17/2023 10:13:44 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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