#NewZealand: Change of direction toward markets and Libertarians, Reuben Steff, Waikato University. New Zealand.
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🗓️ 18 October 2023
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/new-zealand-s-likely-next-prime-minister-signals-openness-to-china/ar-AA1i1NT1
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| 0:00.0 | Looking for keys, looking for keys, looking for keys. |
| 0:10.0 | Everyone's tired of looking for keys. |
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| 0:42.0 | To New Zealand and Australia, down under, coming Springtime Summer, El Nino grips the climate, |
| 0:51.0 | but right now, surprise glips the political scene. |
| 0:55.0 | The Wall Street Journal of the Tutorial, victories for common sense in New Zealand and Australia. |
| 1:00.0 | Subhead voters reject a labor government in Wellington, that's New Zealand, |
| 1:05.0 | and a referendum that would have added racial identity to the Constitution and Australia. |
| 1:09.0 | I'm keen on the New Zealand part because I welcome Senior Lecture Professor Ruben Steff of Y Couture University |
| 1:19.0 | in Hamilton, New Zealand. |
| 1:22.0 | That's North Island, South of Auckland. |
| 1:24.0 | I'm getting used to this. Ruben, a very good evening to you. |
| 1:27.0 | I read from the Wall Street Journal very excited about the change of government potential in New Zealand. |
| 1:33.0 | A government in a cause heralded by progressives went down to electoral defeat, |
| 1:38.0 | and US allies in the South Pacific will be better for it, writes the journal. |
| 1:43.0 | Don't believe the press that these victories are for the forces of reaction. |
| 1:48.0 | New Zealand voters moved to the right, |
| 1:51.0 | announcing their labor government after six years in power. |
| 1:54.0 | The Center Right National Party, led by a former airline executive Christopher Luxon, |
| 2:00.0 | is in a strong position after winning some 39% of the vote. |
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