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How the land lies

The government’s apparent campaign to get itself constructively dismissed next election has gathered to a roaring pace, but two bollards have appeared that might derail it.

The polls now disclose that Labour will have to do all the heavy lifting towards its own demise, as National leader Christopher Luxon is losing traction with voters, his heady rise seemingly stalled.

And, despite an impressive suite of vote-repellent reforms, the government seems to have come up with an unintentional hit, in the unlikely form of the Resource Management Act (RMA) reform.

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