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Bridges eyeing drum kit but PM says all she wants is sleep.

NEW ZEALAND

Jacinda Ardern and Simon Bridges talk turkey before big day

24 Dec, 2018 5:00am
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Jacinda Ardern and Simon Bridges on Christmas, and the PM's Christmas Eve recipe.

Sally Dellow says she doesn't want young trans people to suffer as she did. Photo / Marty Melville

NEW ZEALAND

Big Read: A matter of identity

21 Dec, 2018 5:00am
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A bill which would allow trans people to self-identify gender has stirred bitter debate.

Treaty Negotiations Minister Chris Finlayson. Photo / Mark MItchell

NEW ZEALAND

Trevett: Finlayson put in effort to deliver a better NZ

20 Dec, 2018 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Every journalist has favourite politicians, although some will not admit it.

Retiring National MP Chris Finlayson at Parliament, Wellington, this week. Photo / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

A final roadie with Chris Finlayson

15 Dec, 2018 5:00am
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Chris Finlayson leaves quite the legacy but will not bore people by boasting about it.

Opposition leader Simon Bridges in Parliament. Photo / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

Trevett: Air NZ strikes the bad news National wanted

13 Dec, 2018 5:00am
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The Air NZ strikes were timed to cause maximum damage to Air NZ - and the Government.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern meets French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Photo / file

NEW ZEALAND

Trevett: want a fuel tax break? Look to France

6 Dec, 2018 5:00am
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French President Emmanuel Macron's plight should be an alarm for PM Jacinda Ardern.

One woman interviewed by the Herald says her feeling regarding her abortion is relief and

NEW ZEALAND

Doctors to fight new abortion law

3 Dec, 2018 5:00am
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Law reform may make doctors refer patients specifically to another doctor for abortions.

Abortion is now back in the spotlight. Photo / 123RF

NEW ZEALAND

Abortion reform - NZ grasps the nettle again

1 Dec, 2018 5:00am
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Abortion is now back in the spotlight.

Justice Minister Andrew Little. Photo / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

Little to take plan to Govt for abortion reform

1 Dec, 2018 5:00am
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The content of Little's legislation will determine whether reform becomes a reality.

NEW ZEALAND

Claire Trevett: Curiosity kills the Nats

24 Nov, 2018 5:00am
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COMMENT: National stands accused of a fishing expedition by tsunami of 'trivial' questions

NZ First leader Winston Peters and Regional Development Minister Shane Jones plant the first tree at the Ngati Hine Forestry project. Photo / John Stone

NEW ZEALAND

Shane Jones' self-inflicted fog

17 Nov, 2018 5:00am
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COMMENT: Shane Jones is suffering from a case of pork barrel at haste, repent at leisure.

Pike River family members Sonya Rockhouse, Anna Osborne and Bernie Monk embrace as Pike River Re-entry Minister Andrew Little announces he has approved a re-entry plan. Photo / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

Claire Trevett: Things turn right way up for Pike River families

14 Nov, 2018 2:53pm
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COMMENT: The words "we are returning" marked end of 8 years of dashed hopes and promises.

The National Party leader says he is enjoying proving wrong those who have already written his obituary. Photo / Getty Images

NEW ZEALAND

Dead man walking? Simon Bridges on life after Jami-Lee Ross

10 Nov, 2018 5:00am
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Simon Bridges insists he can prove his critics wrong and survive the Jami-Lee Ross saga.

The Speaker, Trevor Mallard, telling off the National Party's Paula Bennett earlier this year. Photo / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

Trevett: The Speaker, Gerry Brownlee and the Peace Mission to Japan

8 Nov, 2018 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Trevor Mallard spent the equivalent of 34 Winter Warmer payments on a trip to Japan.

National deputy leader Paula Bennett has devised a cunning plan. Photo / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

Paula Bennett's cunning plan to save Bridges

1 Nov, 2018 1:53pm
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National's plan to prevent repeat of the turbulent fortnight.

Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway reveals he has new information on Czech criminal Karel Sroubek during Question Time in Parliament. Photo / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

Trevett: Minister red-faced, National in muck over Czech decision

1 Nov, 2018 5:00am
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The trouble with a lack of facts is it feeds conspiracy theories.

A protest against the Speaker's decision to take Jesus out of Parliament's prayer wound up just before the earthquake hit. Photo / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

How Parliament reacted to quake

30 Oct, 2018 5:44pm
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Parliament is one of the safest places in a quake, but it doesn't make them easy.

The Labour Party, NZ First and the Green Party have sailed smoothly in their first year as a coalition. Illustration / Guy Body

NEW ZEALAND

Claire Trevett: Ahoy! One year down for PM but pirates ahead

27 Oct, 2018 5:00am
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COMMENT: Likeability is power for a prime minister, but it is not everything.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern with Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters. Photo / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

Claire Trevett: Kindness and chaos - Ardern and Peters are political odd couple

26 Oct, 2018 5:00am
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COMMENT: Govt's 'odd couple' happy with year, just don't talk 2020.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern with Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters in her Beehive office. Photo / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

Watch: Jacinda and Winston look back - and forward to 2020

25 Oct, 2018 5:00pm
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Jacinda Ardern and Winston Peters look back on a year of Government - and forward to 2020.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Photo / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

Claire Trevett: PM Jacinda Ardern's John Key moment

24 Oct, 2018 7:06pm
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COMMENT: PM's announcement on fuel tax thrilled Simon Bridges but surprised Shane Jones.

Judith Collins and Simon Bridges. Photos / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

Comment: Simon Bridges' poll rating: Cue the Jaws music - here comes Judith

24 Oct, 2018 5:00am
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COMMENT: The only thing worse for National than now would be a second bout of disloyalty.

Jami-Lee Ross during his press conference at Parliament on October 16. Photo / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

Jami-Lee Ross: The MP who is burning Bridges

20 Oct, 2018 5:00am
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Claire Trevett looks at how the National Party scandal unfolded.

NEW ZEALAND

Claire Trevett: Simon Bridges' odds after week from hell

20 Oct, 2018 5:00am
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COMMENT: Ross attacks have shored up support for Bridges but it's up to him to keep it.

An angry National Party leader Simon Bridges responds to Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross' release of taped conversation. Photo / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

Bridges wins battle, but does death by 1000 tapes await?

17 Oct, 2018 8:05pm
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Comment: Simon Bridges will survive tape one, but there is no promise of reprieve.

MP Jami-Lee Ross leaves after announcing he was leaving the National Party and hitting out at Simon Bridges. Photo / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

Claire Trevett: Singing 'all the burning bridges'

17 Oct, 2018 5:00am
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COMMENT: In one day, National managed more fireworks than Labour had in nine years.

If Simon Bridges is to survive, he must now discredit Jami-Lee Ross immediately, Claire Trevett writes. Photo / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

Comment: Ross' revenge could prove fatal to Bridges

16 Oct, 2018 12:55pm
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If Bridges is to survive, he must now discredit Ross immediately, Claire Trevett writes.

Bridges in troubled waters. Illustration / Rod Emmerson

NEW ZEALAND

Bridges in troubled waters: 'Nats have one choice today'

16 Oct, 2018 5:00am
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CLAIRE TREVETT COMMENT: A torrent of tweets by Ross has eroded any sympathy among MPs.

National Party leader Simon Bridges sets out findings on Jami-Lee Ross with deputy leader Paula Bennett alongside him. Photo / Doug Sherring

NEW ZEALAND

Claire Trevett: Bridges also faces day of reckoning

15 Oct, 2018 3:20pm
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COMMENT: If caucus does not back Bridges over Jami-Lee Ross he'll be a dead man walking.

Prince William and Sir John Key at the Earthquake Memorial Service in Christchurch in March 2011. Photo / NZPA

LIFESTYLE

Prince William's NZ escape bid revealed

13 Oct, 2018 5:00am
4 minutes to read

New book: NZ was responsible for Queen's first public 'walkabout' and commercial flight.

Jacinda Ardern in New York with Clarke Gayford and baby Neve in a photo issued by her office today.

NEW ZEALAND

PM's US film crew: 'This is against the rules'

30 Sep, 2018 9:28am
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The crew of three who photographed the PM during the trip were paid for by taxpayers.

NEW ZEALAND

Q&A: Ardern on Trump, curtsying and Clarke's tweets

29 Sep, 2018 8:30am
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Ardern talks about Donald Trump at the UN, accidental curtsies, and Clarke's tweets.

NEW ZEALAND

Jacinda's New York: What really happened

29 Sep, 2018 5:00am
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Neve stole the headlines, and Jacinda Ardern's big speech was to a near-empty UN chamber.

NEW ZEALAND

PM's New York climate change challenge

25 Sep, 2018 4:17am
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PM Jacinda Ardern announces extra funding, challenges others to do their bit.

Clarke Gayford and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, with their baby daughter Neve in August. Photo / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

MPs' travel rules tweaked to pay for nannies (but PM foots Gayford's bill)

22 Sep, 2018 5:00am
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PM Jacinda Ardern is paying for Clarke Gayford to travel to New York herself.

Jacinda Ardern (centre) in the Herald newsroom last night as guest editor of today's Suffrage 125 anniversary edition. To her left is premium content editor Miriyana Alexander. Photo / Michael Craig

NEW ZEALAND

Women's suffrage: 125 years of speaking up

19 Sep, 2018 5:00am
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#MeToo was a defining moment in the battle for equality women have fought over centuries.

Women MPs Mary Batchelor, Ruth Richardson, Fran Wilde, Marilyn Waring, Helen Clark and Anne Hercus leaving the debating chamber after the anti-abortion bill was voted down. Photo / file

NEW ZEALAND

Women of Parliament: Kicking in the door of old boys' club

19 Sep, 2018 5:00am
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Marilyn Waring, Ruth Richardson, Dame Annette King and Dame Tariana Turia share a story.

NZ First's Winston Peters, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Green Party co-leader James Shaw. Photo / Greg Bowker

NEW ZEALAND

The three words that annoy Winston Peters

17 Sep, 2018 7:05pm
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Labour ministers fall in line with Peters' request not to talk of "Labour-led Government."

Clare Curran delivers a short statement at a stand-up over her resignation. Photo / ODT

NEW ZEALAND

Claire Trevett: Curran a warning for PM Ardern

8 Sep, 2018 5:00am
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COMMENT: Curran's exit highlights the need for a rescue plan for beleaguered ministers.

Treaty Negotiations Minister Andrew Little. Photo / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

New plan for Treaty settlement

10 Aug, 2018 5:00am
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Little said the proposal was something the Crown had not tried in a settlement before.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Health Minister David Clark. Photo / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

PM unveils new high-needs mental health facility

9 Aug, 2018 1:22pm
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Mental health was one of the focuses of Labour's campaign.

Justice Minister Andrew Little gives the side eye. Photo / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

Trevett: Andrew Little and the art of compromise

9 Aug, 2018 5:00am
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COMMENT: Little's bout uncompromising behaviour on the waka jumping bill will end today.

NEW ZEALAND

Andrew Little 'clears air' with Australia's Peter Dutton

7 Aug, 2018 3:30pm
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Andrew Little says 'robust' discussion and the Lombok quake helped mend bridges

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Health Minister David Clark at Parliament after the nurses' pay deal was signed off. Photo / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

PM: Nurses deal 'historic' but more to do

7 Aug, 2018 1:22pm
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Health Minister David Clark says safe staffing accord the clincher.

Jacinda Ardern and Clarke Gayford leave Auckland City Hospital with three-day-old Neve. Gayford now sports a beard. Photo / Greg Bowker

NEW ZEALAND

Claire Trevett: Ardern prepares to enter no-man's land

4 Aug, 2018 12:00pm
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COMMENT: PM Jacinda Ardern presents the best chance for Labour to calm business down.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's immediate priority will be addressing business confidence after an effective six-week pause in terms of the Labour Party branding and direction of the Coalition Government. Photo / NZH Focus

NEW ZEALAND

Life with Neve: Jacinda Ardern on being a mother and PM

3 Aug, 2018 5:00am
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PM Jacinda Ardern will add running the country to "feeding, nappies, sleep" routine.

BUSINESS

PM Jacinda Ardern gets back to business

2 Aug, 2018 5:01pm
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PM Jacinda Ardern says addressing business confidence problem will be a top priority.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern with her partner Clarke Gayford and their daughter Neve. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Life with Neve: Jacinda on being a mother and PM

2 Aug, 2018 4:56pm
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has spoken about her first six weeks as a mother.

The videos were uploaded to YouTube under an account called Mob Music.

NEW ZEALAND

Questions raised over gang member's jail videos

1 Aug, 2018 2:49pm
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Videos on YouTube show a gang member getting a tattoo and shouting gang slogans.

Peters reveals he too eats a pie with a knife and fork because of flaky pastry and sauce. Photo / NZME

NEW ZEALAND

Peters goes into bat for PM Malcolm Turnbull in pie scandal

1 Aug, 2018 9:32am
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Peters reveals he too eats a pie with a knife and fork because of flaky pastry and sauce.

Finance Minister Grant Robertson. Photo / Mark Mitchell

BUSINESS

Govt on defensive over business confidence slump

31 Jul, 2018 4:40pm
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Acting PM Winston Peters accused former PM Sir John Key of trying to talk down economy.

Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard at the National Party Conference. Photo / Dean Purcell

NEW ZEALAND

Bridges: Winston Peters 'thin-skinned'

31 Jul, 2018 12:20pm
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National Party President Peter Goodfellow declines to repeat comments about Peters.

Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters at his last post Cabinet press conference. Photo / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

Claire Trevett: Welcome to midnight Mr Peters

31 Jul, 2018 5:00am
3 minutes to read

COMMENT: Acting PM has had an awesome time at the ball but Cinderella returns tomorrow.

National Party leader Simon Bridges on stage with his wife Natalie and kids Emlyn, Harry and Jemina during the last day of the National Party Conference held at SkyCity. Photo / Dean Purcell

NEW ZEALAND

Trevett: Prime Minister 'peeing on Bridges' parade'

29 Jul, 2018 3:33pm
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COMMENT: The reminder of Jacinda Ardern's existence will have been no coincidence.

National Party leader Simon Bridges arrives for the National Party Conference at SkyCity. Photo / Dean Purcell

NEW ZEALAND

Claire Trevett: Nats a bride short of a wedding

29 Jul, 2018 5:00am
3 minutes to read

COMMENT: Conference had a nervous groom plus something old, new, borrowed and blue.

National Party leader Simon Bridges at the 82nd party conference held at SkyCity. Photo / Dean Purcell.

NEW ZEALAND

Bridges to set out a policy shift

29 Jul, 2018 5:00am
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National is pointing to Australia to highlight drop in business confidence.

Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters speaks to media at Parliament. Photo / Getty Images

NEW ZEALAND

Goodfellow: National dodged 'whisky-swilling' bullet in Peters

28 Jul, 2018 11:50am
2 minutes to read

National President returns serve after Peters' attack on Simon Bridges

John Key and Simon Bridges. Photo / George Novak

NEW ZEALAND

Sir John Key to try Midas touch on Simon Bridges

28 Jul, 2018 5:00am
5 minutes to read

Simon Bridges kicks off his first conference as National Party leader today.

National Party finance spokeswoman Amy Adams outside Parliament. Photo / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

Amy Adams' heartbreak over losing mother

28 Jul, 2018 5:00am
11 minutes to read

She dealt with personal heartbreak as well as public interest in the euthanasia bill.

That's where it all comes from ... Far North Holdings chief executive Andy Nock, Economic Development Minister Shane Jones and Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters. Photo /file

NEW ZEALAND

Claire Trevett: Trying to derail the $3 billion man

26 Jul, 2018 5:00am
4 minutes to read

"Goldfinger" Jones - coming to your region with goodies

National Party leader Simon Bridges says the party's bill will make it very clear who can buy or sell medicinal cannabis and how the process would work. Photo / Stuart Munro

NEW ZEALAND

National to put up own medicinal marijuana bill

24 Jul, 2018 6:33pm
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National's Simon Bridges supports medicinal marijuana but Govt bill lacked needed regime.

Green Party co-leader James Shaw with Jan Logie (left) and ministers Julie-Anne Genter and Eugenie Sage. Photo/ Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

Green Party releases details of ministers' meetings

24 Jul, 2018 1:51pm
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Taxpayers' Union says Labour, NZ First should release same information.