NZ Politics

It really depends on which policy you look at.

e.g. (not the complete list)

Left wing:

• Free public transport. IMO this is pure left wing policy, it is good and makes sense but is unambiguously left.

Right wing:

• Abundant energy. This is right wing, the government underwriting the risk in new energy development. It is working well in Australia, but this is firmly right wing.

Both left and right:

• Tax reset. This is probably the most easily painted by either side as the opposite. It is both left and right, it is tax cuts (right) and wealth redistribution (left). I think it is (if it goes through) going to be stimulatory, and directly cause growth, but could also be an inflation driver.

Not left or right:

• Clean up politics. Politics is broken, both the left and right agree on this (they just blame each other). It is politics about politics, not really left or right; it is meta policy.