Left-wing budget brings Douglas/Richardson era to a close
Even better for today's National strategists, Labour – under its fourth hapless leader in a row – appears to have embraced it.
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Since it was founded in 1936, the National Party’s raison d’être has been to keep Labour out of power.
Except for a brief period between 1990 and 1995 when Jim Bolger’s government did what it believed was right for New Zealand and won three elections despite it, National has remained utterly
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Left-wing budget brings Douglas/Richardson era to a close
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