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Racism, threats and home invasions: candidates face abuse on New Zealand’s campaign trail

As candidates report physical assaults and racist attacks, prime minister Chris Hipkins says some parties are ‘deliberately trying to persecute minorities’

The Guardian - AU · Oct 2, 2023

New Zealand Labour MPs cry foul in tense campaign

Two female New Zealand Labour MPs have offered harrowing stories from the campaign trail, one of an assault and another of racist abuse.

AAP · Sep 29, 2023

Racism and democracy: why claims of ‘division by race’ in the NZ election and Voice referendum need challenging

It’s a coincidence that New Zealand elects a new parliament on October 14, the same day Australians decide whether (at the request of Indigenous people) they will entrench in the constitution an Aboriginal and Torres Islander Voice to Parliament. But there is one striking parallel between the two campaigns.

The Conversation · Sep 20, 2023