Act’s voters want David Seymour to be like Winston Peters, but he’s just trying to win electorates

29/10/2026, 4:00:00 pm

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Thomas Coughlan

Political Editor·NZ Herald·

29 Oct, 2026 04:00 PM10 mins to read

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Act leader David Seymour and Tāmaki candidate James Christmas running through the election. Photo / Thomas Coughlan

“Our hope, David, is that you’ll be like Winston,” says a resident speaking to Act leader David Seymour as he door-knocks his way through Kohimarama, an affluent beachfront suburb in Auckland’s Tāmaki electorate.

Seymour is with James Christmas, a veteran of the Sir John Key Government, a former staffer to

Source: New Zealand Herald · Thomas Coughlan

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