Election year has only just begun, but Heather du Plessis-Allan and Barry Soper are already ripping into the Greens on air;

https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?share=9330bb2d-f301-4237-90b6-1a67e31ce87b

Presumably in the hopes this will shift "swing voters" from Labour to National. But I wonder if this kind of strategic denigration could backfire on them Streisand Effect style.

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The best time to influence a NZ government is when they're still on the opposition benches. I encourage everyone who wants to see the current regime tipped out of office this year to write to opposition MPs and pitch your visions and policies for the next government. Be as practical and detailed as you can, and you might even see some of your proposals enacted.

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