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2017 general election

Subjects · 23 stories · 2016–2017

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  1. Winston Peters said nothing in talks with National, just walked around room with a box cutter

  1. Look what you’ve done, New Zealand

  2. Skirting the law: Was it legal for Jacinda Ardern to walk around malls all day wearing a bag over her head?

  3. Bill English held a press conference to say he hates everyone but electoral law made it illegal to report until now

  4. David Seymour spent final day of campaign standing next to stack of his books saying ‘Hey, check these out’

  5. Grant Robertson breaking into people’s homes screaming ‘let’s do this’ in last ditch election eve effort

  6. Farmers blame absence of Bill English for failure to summon Cow God

  7. Bill English will early vote for himself tomorrow morning before he changes his mind

  8. Steven Joyce reminds journalists that everyone said Copernicus was wrong, too

  9. Nation deeply divided over whether to put expected operating spending in categorised expenses row or operation allowances row

  10. Labour’s new tax calculator lets you put in your income and creates a working group that will deliberate for two years on what you’ll pay

  1. The Great Hosking Debate: A Debrief

  2. Hosking to be replaced in leaders debates by Jim Hickey, who will ask questions exclusively about the weather

  3. National promises ambitious new expressway between South Auckland and prison

  4. Can it get any worse? Now James Shaw can’t get his hand out of the garbage disposal

  5. How is Labour going to get this Andrew Little advertisement off the surface of the moon in time for election day?

  6. Gareth Morgan promises a TOP coalition would raise Jacinda Ardern’s kids for her

  7. Introducing The Civilian’s Election Special: How Will You Vote Will You Vote At All Will You Even Consider Voting for Gareth You Probably Shouldn’t – Part One

  1. National election ad where Bill English defeats Andrew Little in climactic rap battle ‘just a massive coincidence’

  1. The Greens: Because you take great pride in riding your bicycle to your coal-heated workplace

  1. Political stunt backfires: Gareth Morgan trapped in glass case for days after no one realises he’s missing

  1. At this point, nation just kind of resigned to Prime Minister Winston Peters

  2. Opinion: You can’t compare these entirely adequate TV shows to my perfect political party, and that should really be the end of it