{"id":1187,"date":"2025-08-26T09:06:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T21:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daveforcouncil.nz\/?p=1101"},"modified":"2025-08-26T09:06:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T21:06:04","slug":"letter-favoring-the-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exposures.co.nz\/?p=1187","title":{"rendered":"Letter: favoring The ‘Right’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In response to Matt Bullen (\u201cNo \u2018rights\u2019 are being removed<\/a>\u201d,\u00a0Beacon,\u00a0<\/em>August 13), I have to assume when he says \u201crights\u201d, he\u2019s talking about the parties on the right, because the voter suppression efforts he is in support of have had a tendency to favour the \u201cright\u201d.<\/p>\n

How special votes changed the number of seats:
\n\u25a0 2005 – National down 1 seat, Te P\u0101ti M\u0101ori up 1.
\n\u25a0 2008 – National down 1 seat, Greens up 1 seat.
\n\u25a0 2011 – National down 1 seat, Greens up 1.
\n\u25a0 2014 – National down 1 seat, Greensup 1.
\n\u25a0 2017 – National down 1, Greens and Labour up 1 each
\n\u25a0 2020 – National down 2, Lab up 1
\n2023 – National down 2 seats, Te P\u0101ti M\u0101ori up 2 and Greens up 1. NZ First needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have to assume when he says \u201crights\u201d, he\u2019s talking about the parties on the right, because the voter suppression efforts he is in support of have had a tendency to favour the \u201cright\u201d. . . . → Read More: Letter: favoring The ‘Right’<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7411,"featured_media":407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[121,129,134,128],"tags":[145,8],"series":[],"class_list":["post-1187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-from-the-press","category-letters","category-opinion-2","category-whakatane-beacon","tag-disagreements","tag-politics","odd"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/exposures.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/57_plymouth_towcar_front.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/exposures.co.nz\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/exposures.co.nz\/?feed=podcast&podcast_series=exposures-the-blog","embedCode":"

Letter: favoring The ‘Right’<\/a><\/blockquote>