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Hot Topic Hawke’s Bay
Hot Topic Hawke’s Bay
Right of Centre
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Crime, not a lot of punishment: an election issue

OPINION: How Covid has pushed law and order in front of health as key issue.

Law and order is always an election issue. On one side you have the left-wing parties saying they want to fix the causes of crime, such as social inequality and low education levels. On the other, right-wing parties want tougher sentences and crackdowns on gangs.

But if current trends continue,

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