Poll slump: Are Don Brash and Harry Mowbray this election’s Kim Dotcom? – Thomas Coughlan

Opinion byPolitical Editor·NZ Herald·3 Nov, 2026 07:02 AM4 mins to readThomas Coughlan, Political Editor at the New Zealand Herald, loves applying a political lens to people's stories and explaining the way things like transport and finance touch our lives. ‌Former National and Act leader Don Brash is calling on right-leaning supporters to give their party votes to National's coalition partners. Photo / NZME The National Party has weathered arguably its most difficult week of the campaign. At the end of last week, it emerged that New Zealand First and Act had given their approval to an ad penned by former National and Act leader Don Brash arguing that a and calling on right-leaning supporters to instead give those votes to its coalition partners.