With neither Labour nor the National Party expected to storm elections in Australia, the Maori Party hold the balance of power
I don’t think that Australian elections include a Labour or a National party, do they? And certainly not enough Maoris to make a difference….
7 responses so far ↓
1 Kay Tie // Nov 8, 2008 at 12:17 pm
To a Times journalist they all look alike..
2 Kay Tie // Nov 8, 2008 at 12:17 pm
(Kiwis and Aussies)
3 Peter Metcalfe // Nov 8, 2008 at 12:24 pm
The Australians do have a National Party – they are a country party that is usually in coalition with the Liberals. But the other guys have always called themselves the Labor Party.
4 WhitDawg // Nov 8, 2008 at 12:28 pm
‘No-one will notice. They’re all the same south of Hastings …’
5 DBC Reed // Nov 8, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Its just a sub-editor’s mis-reading of the actual story which is about N.Z. Get a grip., Timmy.
6 TimT // Nov 9, 2008 at 3:14 am
The Labor Party changed their spelling at some point in their history. I think it was to differentiate themselves from a number of other proclaimed ‘Labour Parties’ in Australia at the time.
7 Helen // Nov 9, 2008 at 11:28 pm
And if it is New Zealand the article is about then it is plain wrong on the results.
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