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Election 2017: Open economy vs closed, English names the date

'Labour's now quite happy hugging the Greens. Something's changed and it's not the Greens' – Prime Minister Bill English.

Rob Hosking
Wed, 01 Feb 2017

The 2017 general election will be on September 23.

Prime Minister Bill English announced the date today after an all-day caucus meeting of National MPs at Wellington's Premier House. 

Mr English cited the need to provide some certainty and to not use the election timing as a political tool,

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Rob Hosking
Wed, 01 Feb 2017
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