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Each episode tells the story of a political event in New Zealand or world history.
Today I describe the worst job in the country, the Leader of the Opposition. Thankless, stressful, and powerless, but ambitious people will give it a shot in order to win the top job.
Being PM sucks, but women Prime Minister's have significant advantages. What is the job like? Can anyone do it? Should anyone want to? I look into these questions.
NZ has just held a general election and the Labour Party won in a landslide. What is the MMP electoral system? Why do we have it, and how does it effect politicians?
The 1984 snap election. Why did it happen, and how? A maverick female MP, a PM under pressure, and a building economic crisis. Those ingredients would mix and end Sir Robert Muldoon's eight and a half years in power.
