Free to Disagree: Could MMP break?

from The New Zealand Initiative · host The New Zealand Initiative

Here is the full third episode of Free to Disagree, our new weekly show with Oliver Hartwich and Damien Grant. Te Pāti Māori have told supporters to give them their electorate vote and send their party vote elsewhere. Oliver and Damien ask what happens if National voters start doing the same, and whether MMP survives it. Next, they discuss coalitions and deficits, and Oliver's argument that every additional party in a coalition makes a balanced budget harder. And finally, Donald Trump scaled back a military exercise with South Korea on Truth Social, and they ask what it means for America's allies in the Pacific. Free to Disagree is a weekly conversation about New Zealand politics and economics with Oliver Hartwich and Damien Grant. Two friends on broadly the same side of politics who find plenty to disagree about anyway. Each week they discuss three big issues, leading up to the election. Free to Disagree lives on its own feed where you will find every episode. So if you are enjoying it, follow the show directly. Search Free to Disagree in your podcast app and follow it there. Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/luxon-survives-his-third-coup-attempt/id6800933200?i=1000783221395 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/64ImZwofbaKWfhfAIsAVCP?si=fAeQNsygTICNuHQKCHkzVQ&nd=1&dlsi=a877a63fc33f42f2 Produced by The New Zealand Initiative.