A year in politics 2020 was a punishing and relentless year in politics, both abroad and at home. We take a look back at the ‘unprecedented’ year. It was a year which exhausted the word “unprecedented” and forever tainted the exhortation: “be kind”. In early December, MPs went hard and early into the summer break as Parliament shut up shop for the year. Lucky for some. January The year 2020 began roughly a year ago. MPs were gearing up for the election with National in the box-seat to govern. Multiple polls had National ahead of Labour. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s daughter ...