"THE KARDASHIANISATION OF NEW ZEALAND POLITICS"

FOR THOSE INTERESTED in another perspective on the general election, check out this podcast featuring blogger John Moore, Dr Phil Ferguson and Sarah Martin. It was first broadcast on Dunedin's Radio One on 1 September.

Phil Ferguson suggests that we have witnessed the '" Kardashianisation of New Zealand politics'.

"Nothing has fundamentally changed with Labour Party policy. It's largely about Jacinda Ardern. She's been around for nine years, she's very much part of the establishment, and yet she had this effect on Labour support. People aren't really looking behind the selfies and the smile."