The Government formation talks verged on farce yesterday when Winston Peters refused to divulge the names of the NZ First board who, he says, will have the final say as to what sort of arrangement he makes w…
NZ First yesterday brought their Rotorua MP, Fletcher Tabuteau into their negotiating team for talks with National and Labour – a clear indication that the Reserve Bank Act and possibly also the TPP was on…
The final election results released on Saturday showed what many pundits picked – that the special votes would go to the centre-left.
It is now possible to look at the overall trend of the election result…
Perhaps the most notable thing about the Government formation negotiating teams yesterday was who wasn’t there.
The National Party team did not include Deputy Leader, Paula Bennett; NZ First were minus ne…
No one – except, presumably, the NZ First caucus – knows exactly what Winston Peters will want when he goes into negotiations today with first National and then Labour.
But it is possible to make some i…
