We know.

The rightwing party was an absolute shitshow last year and completely alienated themselves from the general public whilst switching leaders in a messy coup earlier in election year. Then Comrade Ardern used the mosque shootings/pandemic/increasing social welfare as she is wont to do, to try buy or sweet talk votes out of people.

It was unfortunately inevitable, but I'm extremely concerned that the majority of voters my age went all in on Labour in full american left college brat style, completely disregarding the dangers that come with voting a party into sole governance via MMP. Labour can do basically whatever they want right now. Its why they're trying to push through the hate speech laws despite a large vocal opposition.

Monkey see monkey do, I suppose. The left here and their smug white uni students see the Democrats in the US going completely off the rails with their Authoritarianism and Totalitarianism and follow them blindly.