Podcast: Unravelling MMP: How the 2026 election could break the voting system from two sides
Dr Oliver Hartwich
Nick Clark
20 August, 2026
In this episode, Nick talks with Oliver Hartwich about how the 2026 election could break MMP from two sides. Oliver's latest research note traces Te Pāti Māori's call for supporters to split their votes, why current polling could leave National with an overhang, and how the absence of compensation for overhang seats in New Zealand, unlike the German system it copied, could produce a Parliament that does not match the popular vote.
To read "Unravelling MMP", click here.