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US-style negative election campaigning likely despite Kiwi distaste, lawyer says

Court of Appeal decision last year paves way for negative ads that government party can't respond to easily.

Fiona Rotherham
Tue, 28 Feb 2017

US-style negative election campaigning is likely to feature in this year’s general election even though Kiwis are likely to be uncomfortable with them, Otago University professor Andrew Geddis says.

Up until October last year television and radio advertising were assumed to be off limits for

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Fiona Rotherham
Tue, 28 Feb 2017
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