12 Dec 2022

Political commentators Imam & Morten

From Nine To Noon, 11:06 am on 12 December 2022
Tama Potaka speaks to reporters with National Party leader Christopher Luxon after the preliminary results are counted.

Tama Potaka speaks to reporters with National Party leader Christopher Luxon after the preliminary results are counted. Photo: RNZ / Andrew McRae

Brigitte and Lamia join Kathryn to look at Labour's continuing slide and the polls and a weekend win for National in Hamilton West. Which portfolios are continuing to give the Government a headache and could a cabinet reshuffle planned for early next year make a difference? Three Waters has passed, but questions remain over the entrenchment clause and has co-governance been put on ice?

Brigitte Morten is a director with public and commercial law firm Franks & Ogilvie and a former senior ministerial advisor for the previous National-led government. 

Lamia Imam worked for two years for the Labour Party in the Leader of the Opposition's office under Phil Goff and David Shearer. She also worked for the Ministry of Justice, before gaining a Masters in Public Affairs from the University of Texas at Austin. She currently works for a large technology company in Wellington.

Tama Potaka up on stage with his whanau after preliminary votes show he has won the Hamilton West seat by a comfortable margin.

Tama Potaka cruised to victory in the Hamilton West by-election - what does that indicate for Labour? Photo: RNZ / Andrew McRae