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Can New Zealand's National party reinvent itself under Todd Muller? | Jennifer Curtin

The new opposition leader must win back centrist voters, just four months out from the election It was never a foregone conclusion, but with three poll results in the last three weeks putting National’s support at around 30%, the chances of Bridges remaining as leader were increasingly slim. By 1pm on 22 May, the parliamentary National party had sealed his, and deputy Paula Bennett’s, fate. The new leader, Todd Muller, now faces the unenviable task of clawing back the centre right voters who appear, for now, to have deserted National in droves. Continue reading...
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