Election reaction

Why have New Zealander's clamoured towards the right in this election? Is it just about taxes? In a guest opinion piece (Is Kiwi greatness just a façade?) in Scoop I try to understand what has happened. Is this the end of the great Kiwi tradition of being a pioneer society forging into the future? Are we now meekly following the global trends of self-interest that are occuring everywhere else in the western world? I hope not.