Revealed: High-level directive warns police of hiring freeze, cuts to contractors
National says the directive sends a 'very negative message' to frontline staff.
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Several current MPs may struggle to return to Parliament based on current polling.
Election 2023: Labour’s Māori caucus all smiles as six Māori in top 20 and more in top 40
Labour Māori candidates put pressure on electorates to front up with votes.
Tāmati Coffey replaces Kiritapu Allan as Labour’s East Coast candidate
The move represents a quick fix for the party.
Transport on the menu as Labour regroups, National goes for advantage
OPINION: Both National and Labour are expected to roll out transport moves.
Tāmati Coffey Labour’s candidate for East Coast electorate after Allan resignation
Coffey had earlier announced he was leaving politics in March this year.
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Mark Lister: What might the election mean for markets?
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Election 2023: How small business feels about the parties
New data from MYOB shows Labour support is down on the last election in 2020.
Shaneel Lal: Protect your future; vote in the election
Opinion: Social media is vital to raise awareness, but not as powerful as casting a vote.
Claire Trevett: Survivor Labour - MPs face list ranking at a perilous time
Labour's list ranking is happening as Hipkins tries to stop creaks in caucus unity.
Election 2023: Fran O’Sullivan: Business looking for vote of confidence on election day
OPINION: There is a great deal of pre-election reckoning happening right now.
Deputy PM, Rob Fyfe unveil new anti-slavery rule proposal
Rules would require companies to be "transparent" about supply chains.
Rob Campbell: Hats off to Jason Ake for having the guts to stand up for his truth
OPINION: Jason Ake will be a loss to the 'transformation' needed at RNZ.
Political Round-up: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's endgame for NZ
OPINION: Blinken is heading Downunder for some 'good old-fashioned sports diplomacy'.
Thousands of Māori switch rolls ahead of October election
Māori registered to vote cannot change rolls for the October election.
Richard Prebble: Labour's in chaos - the latest portfolio shuffle proves it
Opinion: Kiri Allan has gone and she will take Labour with her.
Political Roundup: How PM failed to prevent Kiri Allan tragedy
OPINION: The tragic downfall of Kiri Allan is one Hipkins should have seen coming.
24 pages of amendments: MPs rush to declare interests after Michael Wood scandal
The list of amended returns is four times longer than last year’s.
Thomas Coughlan: Hipkins wanted MPs to be able to disagree more - he got his wish
OPINION: Is a bit of Cabinet disagreement really all that bad?
Kiri Allan crashed outside home of senior Ministry of Justice official
The black ute damaged in the crash was parked outside the official's home.
'I'm so, so sorry': Kiri Allan breaks silence, won’t stand in election
MP confirms she will not contest the East Coast electorate she won in 2020.
‘Needs support': Willie Jackson spoke to Kiri Allan hours before car crash
Willie Jackson said the crash might have been avoided if he'd been with her.
Opposition targets PM’s decisions on Kiri Allan
National leader questions embattled minister's return to work.
‘An awful lot of ministers’: Will Labour's election plans survive more instability?
And why another resignation may mean some soul-searching for National
Editorial: Kiri Allan's crash to Earth
OPINION: Our editorial on the arrest and resignation of the Justice Minister.
Simon Wilson: A grumpy Winston Peters and his ‘mission to save our country’
OPINION: NZ First claims it will save us from "racism and separatism".
Letters: Govt spending, party policies, and what about a grand coalition?
OPINION: Letters on debt, fast-food diplomacy, home detention, and the St James Theatre.
New Justice Minister: PM's reshuffle after Kiri Allan arrest
Kiri Allan has not yet spoken publicly since her arrest apart from a brief statement.
Audrey Young: It will be a miracle if PM can rescue his Govt from this disaster
OPINION: Allan's crash may prove to be the tipping point for Labour’s own electoral crash.