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10. Update log (overnight campaign watch)
Run — Sun 1 Nov 2026, 01:00 NZDT (first overnight run; corpus baseline 31 Oct 2026)
- National: NEW — ACT/NZF authorised the Don Brash split-vote (overhang) ads, 30–31 Oct; Luxon: promoters "trying to confuse" voters. Hutt South: Bishop in serious doubt, accepted Peters' cross-party endorsement. No score change.
- Labour: minor — 31 Oct: confirmed major court/prison reform not high on agenda (no comprehensive justice plan; score stands).
- ACT: NEW — confirmed (Post) it authorised the overhang/split-vote ad; coalition friction in final week. No score change.
- Green: minor — 31 Oct: Swarbrick attacked government fast-tracking of hyperscale AI data centre, Auckland CBD; Greens press for EIA + renewable cover. No score change.
- NZ First: NEW — 29–30 Oct: Peters endorsed Bishop (Hutt South, "statement of respect"); ~31 Oct: explicitly ruled out governing with Opportunity; SME tax cut to go "much further" (no detail → 20% company tax stays feasibility 3). No score change.
- Te Pāti Māori: no new info.
- Opportunity: NEW — ~31 Oct: Peters' rule-out (with Luxon's existing rule-out) doubly closes the National-led path; realistic government path = left bloc or propped-up minority. No score change.
- Meta-analysis (09): polling UNCHANGED (no new polls — latest fieldwork 20–26 Oct); scores unchanged → composites, ranking, recommendation unchanged (Labour). Added dated changelog; overhang-play note in §4; NZF + Opportunity stability notes; fuel wildcard refreshed in §6.
- Economy/geopolitics (00 §3): Hormuz blockade still on (transits ~3% of pre-war). 30 Oct: 12+ hours Qatari-brokered talks in Tehran ("positive progress"); direct US–Iran talks set for Doha 1 Nov; draft framework (uranium transfer/reduction, Hormuz reopen ~1 week after initial understanding). US no-strike pause ends 3 Nov; reported possible short strike round from 4 Nov. October worst month for attacks (30+). No deal, no price relief.
- Key links: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/harry-mowbrays-split-your-vote-website-down-after-electoral-commission-investigation/GJBN6G7QWNGYXNQQG6GFZ5QYOA/ · https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics_election-2026/2211837/winston-peters-endorses-national-s-chris-bishop-over-nz-first-s-hutt-south-candidate · https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/140900/winston-peters-endorses-chris-bishop-calls-deeper-sme-tax-cuts-and-rules-out · https://www.iransitrep.com/day/2026-10-31 · https://sundayguardianlive.com/world/us-israel-iran-war-latest-news-qatar-holds-12-hour-talks-in-tehran-to-revive-deal-before-midterms-314579/
- Note: web_extract unavailable in this environment (broken) — search snippets only; all cited URLs were seen in search results.
The ledger above is the footnote record for the whole site: every overnight run, what changed, and why. Sources are on each run line.