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What NZ First needs to bring its four demoted MPs back
Four sitting NZ First MPs, Marcroft, Foster, Wilson and Arbuckle, are ranked 10th to 13th and would need NZ First to poll at about 10% or more to be returned (1News, interest.co.nz, ODT). In 2023 Marcroft was fifth, Arbuckle sixth and Foster seventh.
It tests how much support NZ First expects.
Under MMP, your party vote decides how far down a list reaches.
The threshold of about 10% comes from 1News and is a rule of thumb.
DailyDrop New Zealand edition No. 4 · Morning · THU., OCT. 8, 2026