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Audrey Young: The best thing about Luxon’s absence from Waitangi

OPINION: Luxon's absence shone a light on the best speech about the Treaty in many years.

Audrey Young: Coalition partners take control; Luxon takes a hiding

OPINION: National's attempt to set the agenda lasted about a nanosecond.

Audrey Young: Doctor v ex-bank clerk – why the PM dumped Reti for Brown

OPINION: Reti's demotion was brutal, but it had to be done.

Audrey Young: Troubled waters – Peters, Seymour clash over ferry plan

OPINION: The new Minister for Rail is not in a collaborative mood.

Audrey Young: Put up or apologise – Verrall walks a fine line with Levy slur

OPINION: Prosecuting your case is very different to attacking someone personally.

Audrey Young: Winston Peters dings PM on coalition anniversary

OPINION: It's a fraught business when political leaders talk about each other.

Audrey Young: Shallow takes on Treaty hīkoi underestimate its power

OPINION: Change is coming – whether critics like it or not.

Audrey Young: KC smackdown – top barristers join Treaty bill backlash

OPINION: Protesters have some heavyweight legal experts on their side.

Audrey Young: David Seymour's Treaty bill is already a disaster

OPINION: No, we don't yet have a draft. But we have at least one unworkable principle.

Audrey Young: New Māori Queen begins her reign with a deep well of goodwill

OPINION: Also in this week's wrap – Shane Jones takes his medicine.

Audrey Young: The mother of all political questions - Hipkins wades into Māori sovereignty debate

OPINION: Also in this week's wrap – the controversial comments that won't go away.

Audrey Young: If Seymour can't stop dissing the boss, he shouldn't be Deputy PM

OPINION: Act's leader is pushing his luck over the Treaty principles bill.

Audrey Young: Government on track for post-Olympic policy sprint

OPINION: Also in this week's wrap – the PM's embarrassing benefit blunders.

Audrey Young: Hipkins' political radar way off with petty, outdated questions

OPINION: Kiwi voters are worried about many things. Lapel pins are not one of them.

Audrey Young: Urgent action required as Act, Te Pāti Māori battle rages

OPINION: The temperature at Parliament has reached boiling point.

Audrey Young: Caring words for abuse survivors are easy. Actions won't be

OPINION: Many of the royal commission's recommendations run contrary to the Govt's agenda.