Factbox-Kingmakers rise ahead of close-run New Zealand election
© Reuters. A view of a placard as anti co-governance protesters march on New Zealand's parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, September 28, 2023. REUTERS/Lucy CraymerWELLINGTON - Election polls give New Zealand's centre-right National Party a comfortable lead going into the Oct. 14 election. However, it is unlikely to be able to govern without the support of at least one minor party and probably might need two.
Its leader David Seymour, 40, has been in parliament since 2014. He was behind the law change in New Zealand to legalise euthanasia, voted in favour of legalising abortion in 2020 and attended a pro-Hong Kong democracy protest in Auckland in 2019. ACT wants a referendum on co-governance - the principle that indigenous people or Maori get a role in the management of, for example, key resources. Critics say its stance on indigenous issues is divisive and racist.
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