It's a solid base for nine new MPs to become the household names of the future, and this year we have everything to play for. The best way of finding out what is really happening is to ask the majority of New Zealanders a simple question: is the country going in the right direction or the wrong direction? And what is going to set the tone for this year is that for the first time since the global financial crisis, the majority of New Zealanders are telling this Government this country is going in the wrong direction. We now have a gap of 25 points between the left and the right on election night, down to a gap of only six points—100,000 more voters changing their mind about Jacinda Ardern's leadership is enough to change the Government. And it's not difficult to see why.