caretaker government « The Standard thestandard.org.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thestandard.org.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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As it stands right now with the indecisive election result, we're probably into having a caretaker government for some time. The election results after the special votes are targeted to be declared on November 3rd. The last day for the writ is on November 9th.It may then take some time to form a governing number of seats in parliament.
MEDIAWATCH: How the NZ Media helped National trick you over their tax lie thedailyblog.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thedailyblog.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
This week political reporters seized on fresh figures showing the National Party overstated the benefits of its tax cut policy - and accused its leaders of misleading the public. Yet some of them had repeated the party's spin in their own reports when it was unveiled a month ago - and even praised the 'political marketing.