ELECTION 2020: No deal for Greens in Auckland Central

ELECTION 2020: No deal for Greens in Auckland Central
Victoria Young
Labour’s Auckland Central candidate is ruling out a deal with the Green Party to ensure the left secures the Auckland city seat now that incumbent National MP Nikki Kaye has quit politics.Kaye first won Auckland Central from the Labour Party in 2008, and twice beat now Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for the job.Labour’s Helen White is running again this election and is ruling out a deal with Green list MP Chloe Swarbrick (pictured), who announced last month she would also run for the seat.At the last election Kaye had 45.3 percent of...

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