The portfolio battles
So now we have an opposition lineup, who is battling who in the key portfolios. The major ones are:
- PM – Ardern vs Bridges
- Foreign affairs – Peters vs McClay
- Finance – robertson vs Adams
- housing – Twyford vs Collins
- Education – Hipkins vs Kaye
- Justice – Little vs Mitchell
- social Development – Sepuloni vs Upston
- health – Clark vs Coleman
- Economic Development – Parker vs Goldsmith
- Regional Development – Jones vs Goldsmith
- Labour – Lees-Galloway vs Woodhouse
Of these 11 areas I'd give the Government Minister the edge in five of them and the Opposition Spokesperson the edge in six.