Re the race baiting etc.
It's not left wing voters going to meet the candidates evenings & hissing or booing every time a Maori word is spoken. Sometimes the Labour or Greens candidates aren't even allowed to get a word out. It's disgusting behavior and not what most of us from either the left or right want.
People go to these meetings to hear the candidates, not a bunch of self appointed, rude objectionists. I have seen this first hand over the last 10 years where it was the likes of Maggie Barry at the time leading a co-hort of National supporters boo squad. I really don't think they understood how poor their behavior looked and they were letting down their own party.
We now still see the same hardcore National supporters doing the same, but now joined by various Freedom & ant vax parties etc. And they complain about Ardern's kindness message, when they are anything but & use very aggressive tactics.
According to reports, Willow Jean Prime, who I'm not a fan, of wasn't allowed to get a word out at the candidates meeting in Kerikeri recently.
Here's another witness account of similar behavior.
https://www.tiktok.com/@paul_barlown...SdxUbvkGoeoSbY