"Game on" says Luxon

[Lilith7]

i dont think the noobs carry a lot of weight, yet.
i think its the swing vote numbers, instead of partisan voting.
not as many blindly follow a particular party with much loyalty, like we used to theyre too close
the shift between governments is not that great
it seems to be a point of political maturity when the two biggest parties are both so centrist the eventual outcome is a toss up.
it becomes cyclic, neither side wanting to stray too far from center.
we hover over the line down the middle taking deep breaths, in national, out labour, in national out labour
feels like we are out of breath, time to breath in.

Labour & the Greens & perhaps the Maori Party are at least a tiny bit more community-minded than National & Act who are focused on economic individualism & greed. Not to say of course that Labour hasn't encouraged greed with financial support to property investors.

The current lot exasperate me with their timidity and evasive blather but they do have a heart a little larger & a little less cold than the side has.

Agreed; their 'hearts are in the right place' but they do need to get off their comfortable bums & make a start on the hard work which is needed. Starting perhaps with poverty & housing.

Most people would have no problem with a fairer system which doesn't favour any group at the expense of another.