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In New Zealand politics, the phrase "coalition of chaos" was widely used during the 2023 New Zealand general election campaign. The phrase was a pejorative term used primarily by Christopher Luxon, Leader of the New Zealand National Party to describe the potential left-wing coalition that Prime Minister Chris Hipkins of the New Zealand Labour Party might have formed after the election with describe a potential between Labour and the major progressive third parties, Te Pāti Māori and the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand. Hipkins occasionally used variants of the term, such as "coalition of cuts", to emphasise potential National austerity through a partnership between National, ACT New Zealand, and the New Zealand First parties.
Since the election, "coalition of chaos" and similar pejoratives like the "three-headed taniwha" have primarily been used by the opposition and some media commentators in reference to the resulting right-wing[1][2][3] National–ACT–New Zealand First government that formed upon National emerging as the largest party after the election.[3]
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- ^ "New Zealand's government veers hard right". Le Monde.fr. 16 January 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ Frost, Natasha (14 October 2023). "New Zealand Elects Its Most Conservative Government in Decades". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ a b Cooke, Henry (4 November 2023). "Bumpy roads ahead: New Zealand's incoming PM set to lead a three-headed, 'anti-woke' government". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 8 April 2024.