While early voting has already commenced in Tauranga, the official election day is Saturday 18 June. What can we expect to happen, based on the patterns of five previous by-elections held in safe seats?

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Stephen Berry is a former Act candidate and Auckland Mayoral candidate. The libertarian political commentator retired as a politician in July 2020 and now hosts the Mr Berry Mr Berry Show on Youtube.