Fears of fuel tax hikes ahead of transport budget publication
There are fears the Government will announce fuel tax hikes in the next six weeks.
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Latest from Election 2023
Claire Trevett: Third time lucky after fraught start on PM's tough on crime adventure
The closer the election, the more ministers warmed up to getting tough on ram raiders
Election 2023: Act MPs not tossing toys after surprise list demotions
The latest poll had Act getting 15 seats with 12 per cent of the party vote.
Richard Prebble: Three strikes and Labour is out - another scandal will be fatal
OPINION: Luxon does not need to win the debates, just state the case for change.
Labour laughs as Christopher Luxon says he's ready for 'years' in opposition
The National leader put his foot in it big-time on his first day back from recess.
Jenée Tibshraeny: Govt caught between climate policy and cost of living crisis
Govt struggling to burn Climate Change Commission advice in its “policy bonfire".
‘Lost the plot’: Act founder not voting for former party
The party's current leader isn't too fazed by the comments.
Embattled MP Michael Wood referred to privileges committee
Both MPs have vowed to "crack on" in their roles focused on the election ahead.
Watch live: Hipkins and Davis unveil youth law and order policy
It comes after Hipkins announced a suite of youth crime-focused policies on Monday.
PM Chris Hipkins facing questions on political motives after bungled announcement
Chris Hipkins has historically criticised the use of rhetoric in commentary on crime.
Chris Hipkins: From 'quite different' child to his part in the Ardern 'quiet coup'
The woman who knows him best in life says he is more than up to leading New Zealand.
Simon Wilson: The PM’s Stockholm Syndrome and National’s potholes
OPINION: Why aren't we debating what could really make a difference this election?
Poll of polls: Race tightens with National only just ahead of Labour
The major parties are almost neck and neck in the countdown to the October election.
Chris Hipkins’ mother talks about his upbringing
‘Not your typical Kiwi kid’ - Chris Hipkins’ mother talks about his upbringing. Video / Mark Mitchell
Chris Hipkins on the path to leadership
‘What I learned from Trevor Mallard’ - Chris Hipkins on the path to leadership. Video / Mark Mitchell
No extra money: Minor parties challenge to election advertising cash fails
A High Court challenge from some of NZs smallest parties has failed
National, Act able to form Government in new poll, just
The poll comes after two different polls last week showed falls for Labour and National.
Nats announce policy to allow students to dip into KiwiSaver for bond payments
National's youth wing, the Young Nats, suggested the policy to help struggling students.
Green Party vows to return stolen land to Māori
'The Aotearoa we know today has been built off of Māori land' - co-leader Marama Davidson.
Act Party list: Some big falls and a few surprises
The party is on track to substantially increase its current offering of 10 MPs.
Watch live: Chris Hipkins launches Labour Party's election campaign slogan
Hipkins also reasserts focus on 'bread and butter' and 'cost of living' issues.
Pothole Repair Fund: National's $500m pledge to fix 'shocking state' of roads
Govt says National created problem by freezing road maintenance.
Paula Bennett: Let me introduce you to the Lux I know
Opinion: Christopher Luxon has many attributes that I am happy for a leader to have.
Beehive Diaries: Vindication for Nicola Willis, Luxon gets a Barbie photo op
Nicola Willis' April prophesies were right all along, and why was Luxon in a Barbie box?
Claire Trevett: Hipkins right to scotch wealth tax, but polls have Labour at tipping point
Hipkins is hoping his caucus got a short, sharp lesson from bad polls. They need one.
Letters: On nursing, tax reform, crime, train travel and crossing the harbour
Opinion: Premium Debate on the Government and tax reform.
Our forests and our future are entwined
OPINION: We are going to need more forests - both exotics and indigenous -as carbon sinks.
Māori Party says PM and Labour won’t call the shots come election night
The party officially launches its election campaign tonight.
Political Roundup: Labour keeps the status quo on tax, but has it shot itself in the foot?
OPINION: Hipkins was 'spooked' by the tax switch idea.
Chris Hipkins eyes new tax policy as poll struggles bite
National's Chris Luxon says Labour's move to rule out wealth tax is "desperate politics".
New poll delivers more bad news for Labour; Hipkins dives in preferred PM stakes
Labour is down in two polls this week, but National has not benefited,
PM confirms he killed wealth tax, capital gains tax in Budget
Budget documents reveal the Government was working on big tax changes.
Emma Priest: Why ‘getting tough on crime’ doesn’t work
Scaremongering in an election year is sadly predictable.
Poll of polls: Data shows that a National-Act Government is most likely
Hopes of a Labour-led government are slipping away