Planned congestion charging scheme still not given green light as election nears
Labour's planned congestion scheme has stalled, with National opposed to it.
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MP says she in no way condones the actions of the Mongrel Mob.
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Former Māori Party leader is urging Māori to make their votes count.
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“The candidates have changed, but my approach to campaigning hasn’t."
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Derek Cheng: Cabinet Minister Kiri Allan and the smoking gun, or lack thereof
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Kiri Allan confirms break-up, returns to Parliament after mental health break
'I’ve never had any allegations put to me that I’ve had to deal with on a staffing front'.
Making the grade: Should schools teach life skills like budgeting, driving and civics?
'If they can't get them from Mum and Dad, they need to get them from school.'
Labour names former East Coast Rugby CEO as Ikaroa-Rāwhiti candidate
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Letters: Titanic sub disaster has lessons for NZ
OPINION: Letters on Chlöe Swarbrick, the Titanic sub, China, crime, and Christopher Luxon.
Editorial: Hipkins gets a break as Nats focus on bread and butter
While Hipkins is away in China, National will have more of the domestic spotlight.
Nats' plan for harsher sentences welcomed by victims advocate
Labour says it will see more people imprisoned for longer, costing millions.
‘You’d better not jinx it’ PM on his high-stakes trip to China, and whether plane will get off the ground
The PM admits foreign policy isn't his background, but insists he's a fast learner
National’s wāhine MPs hail what party has delivered for Māori
Suggestions National has a poor relationship with Māori dismissed as untrue.
Labour MPs stake futures on winning Māori seats
The battle over the Māori electorates is heating up ahead of October's election.
Shane Te Pou: National being squeezed left and right
Opinion: Opposition trying to appeal to right-wing and moderate voters.
Claire Trevett: PM should be ropeable about Michael Wood - not just with Wood
Hipkins is having to clean up messes that happened under PM Jacinda Ardern's watch.
Poll of polls: Labour-Green-Te Pāti Māori most likely coalition, ahead of National-Act
The most likely coalition scenario remains the one National took off the table.
Labour MPs stake futures on winning Māori electorates
Two Labour MPs are opting for an electorate-or-nothing approach this election.
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New investigative series breaks down what politicians say in their interviews.
Hannah Tamaki: It definitely wasn't Brian who hit Marama Davidson
Police still looking for motorcyclist who hit Marama Davidson on crossing.
Filmmaker stopped at door because he was not a "good Māori"
Māori filmmaker refused entry to Stop Co-Governance hui in Blenheim.
Three Waters: New mechanism for local control in reforms deemed diluted
There are more tweaks to the Government's water reforms in the new bill.
Denis O'Reilly: Jones reckons a gang member is effectively a domestic terrorist
OPINION: Despite what Shane Jones says, the police are doing okay with gangs.
Mike Hosking: Labour will get punished this election - for what they did do
OPINION: Ironically it's what Labour did do, not what they didn't, that will hurt them.
Audrey Young: Hipkins fast-forwarded Wood's resignation
OPINION: Why Wood is unlikely to withdraw from politics altogether.
'Wheels falling off the bus': Opposition crows as Michael Wood falls
National and Act twisted the knife after the Government lost another minister.
Nurses’ organisation backs ethnic equity adjustor to support better health outcomes for Māori and Pasifika
Māori, Pasifika already years behind when it comes to interacting with the heath system.
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: When subject is crime, cue old blame and shame game
OPINION: National have not cited a single policy to reduce crime.
Meng Foon accepts he's resigned, doesn't rule out future work in public sector
The Race Relations Commissioner's intended resignation was earlier thrown into doubt.
Poll shows bounce back for Labour, bad news for Christopher Luxon and NZ First
Labour will hope the poll shows a recovery after the Meka Whaitiri and Stuart Nash dramas.