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'Snapshot': Political leaders react to conflicting poll results
One survey said the left could kick the coalition out, while another showed them staying.

Be profitable: Brown's warnings to Govt-owned companies
Act's David Seymour says the time for hard questions is approaching.

'Going in hard': Luxon warns Kāinga Ora tenants amid policy crackdown
David Seymour is now Deputy PM, following Winston Peters.

Ryan Bridge: Political wizard Peters casts spell around Hipkins
OPINION: Hipkins hasn't ruled out Winston, hoping he might change his mind.

NZ's smokefree 2025 ambitions ‘up in smoke’, health group claims
'We’re just chasing a new kind of addiction and calling it progress.'

Act MP: Why I held up ‘my’ nude photo in Parliament
Laura McClure held up an AI deep fake of herself in Parliament.

Matthew Hooton: If superannuation can’t be cut, wage subsidies must be
Opinion: Nicola Willis has few options for big savings next year, but there are some.

Audrey Young: Anxiety rises ahead of David Seymour's stint as Deputy PM
OPINION: The Act leader's only guardrails will be the ones he sets himself.

'Real stress': Labour MP Ingrid Leary on retirement village payouts
The law doesn't say when capital sums must be repaid, causing 'real stress': Ingrid Leary.

Peters rules out working with Labour after 2026 election if Hipkins is leader
The NZ First leader wants to be clear: he will never do a governing deal with Hipkins.

Patients ‘suffering’ after 1500 treated in corridors over 36 days at an Auckland ED
Staff report a significant risk to patients' health – and even their lives.

Budget Q&A: Audrey Young, Liam Dann and Jenée Tibshraeny answer your questions
Our business and politics experts tackle your burning Budget questions.

Audrey Young: David Seymour almost had it right
OPINION: Savings from pay equity decisions were way in excess of other savings.

Audrey Young: Willis' pre-Budget attacks suggest she's feeling the pressure
OPINION: It's unusual for a Finance Minister to focus on the Opposition before Budget Day.

'Pay attention': Shane Jones hints at lower mining royalties in Budget
The Resources Minister says his bill will be the first introduced after today's Budget.

Public feedback overwhelmingly negative to bootcamp bill, MPs recommend physical force safeguards
Providers will be able to use force against children as a last resort.

'Foul, filthy language': Peters hits back after heckler's employer criticised for investigation
Tonkin + Taylor apologised after their employee heckled Winston Peters.

Government's Regulatory Standards Bill to cost $20m per year
And the agency responsible for it has been unable to estimate the value it brings.

'Sincerely apologise': Bosses of heckler at Deputy PM's event investigating incident
'We do not condone behaviour that falls short of our code of conduct,' firm says.

Who's who in New Zealand’s most powerful think tanks?
One think-tank tends to get mentioned in Parliament more often than the others.

Dellwyn Stuart: Pay equity move erodes democracy in NZ
The Government used urgency to change pay equity rules last week.