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Winston Peters accuses Labour of 'dirt campaign' amidst racism stoush

Peters says his candidate Rob Ballantyne was referring to "the disease of co-governance".

'Chest-beating': Ginny Andersen has another go at Mark Mitchell as campaign enters crunch point

Law and order and fiscal plans take centre stage as campaign enters crunch point.

Mike Hosking: Ardern mantras still rankle

OPINION: I feel most sorry for Chris Hipkins.

Flood resilience in remote communities boosted with $8.9m in Govt funding

The Govt acknowledged the time its taken to assist Northland's remote communities.

Who won Newshub leaders’ debate? The verdicts on Hipkins and Luxon

Our political writers give their thoughts on Wednesday's performances.

'9/10': Hipkins comes out firing in second leaders' debate

Cost of living, law and order, health and education, what does and doesn't add up.

The growing role early voting is playing in our elections

Just how important are those overseas voters?

Labour’s fiscal plan ‘not sexy stuff’, but does the job - the question is, do voters believe them

Labour's fiscal plan adds up, but doesn't answer key question.

Sacked Cabinet minister Stuart Nash’s new corporate gig revealed

Former Labour minister Stuart Nash has a new gig at a global recruitment firm.

Robertson v Willis: Who is winning over businesses on the campaign trail?

On the Campaign, September 26: The pair went face to face today at a MYOB-NZME debate.

Green Party pledges to double Best Start payment

The Greens will double the Best Start payment and make it for all children under 3.

Slower speeds avoid 34 crashes on one road, and made journeys 3.6 minutes longer

An interdependent report found 34 crashes were avoided, creating $93m in benefits.

Watch: MP says Labour ‘has not given up’ on wealth tax - it is ‘part of our discussion’

Labour candidate Ibrahim Omer told a debate Labour had not 'given up' on a wealth tax.

Audrey Young: What Luxon really means when he says he'd rather work with Act

OPINION: National needs some leverage to rein in Act's extremes.

Policy puts spotlight on slave labour in the solar panel supply chain

China makes 90 per cent of the world's solar panels.

Labour pledges $1 billion boost to Pharmac medicines

Labour has increased funding 62 per cent since 2017.

Winston Peters vs David Seymour: Their 15 most venomous insults, ranked

Is it loathing, or is it love?

Thomas Coughlan: National doesn’t like what’s on offer with Winston as kingmaker

Winston Peters is back where he wants to be, unhappily for National and Act.