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Metiria Turei surfaces in select committee

Former Greens leader makes select committee submission in public session but by telephone.

Council candidate quits Remuera home, sleeps in salon

Mark Thomas has left his $5.7m family home to sleep in an empty shop on Dominion Rd.

He's lived 61 years in NZ - then gets told he's not a resident

Tim Dare came to NZ as a child - 61 years later he's told he's not a resident.

Political candidates warned against virtual cash handouts

Warning comes after Howick local board candidate hands out virtual cash on WeChat.

Racism cuts Māori out of local elections, says Far North mayoral candidate

Racism claim: Far North council is "white man, white man, white woman, white man".

PM rules out rushing electoral law change

Simon Bridges is happy to talk to Jacinda Ardern about electoral law reform.

Inside story: 'Botany Bagman' Jami-Lee Ross and what's next

Jami-Lee Ross MP might have a plan to his destructive attacks on his former party.

Editorial: This term is not time to review MMP

EDITORIAL: This is New Zealand's first government that excludes the winning party.

Just 14 votes: the lowest-polling candidate

A total of 55 candidates attracted fewer than 100 votes on Saturday night.