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Political Editor·NZ Herald·
23 Oct, 2026 03:55 AM9 mins to read
Labour candidate Kerrin Leoni speaks at an event attended by Mongrel Mob members. Credit / Supplied
The 2026 campaign had been remarkably free of scandal.
We’ve had the micro-flubs of National’s somewhat empty campaign launch, Chris Hipkins’ awkward sweariness and Luxon’s verbal gaffes.
None of that is anything like the drama of previous elections: the unfolding disaster of National’s 2020 campaign, Metiria Turei’s benefit fraud, the
Source: New Zealand Herald · Thomas Coughlan
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