PremiumPremiumOpinionMatthew HootonMatthew Hooton: National’s tax plan is a cynical con jobOPINION: Savings must be used to repay our growing debt, not to buy off voters.01 Sep 01:00 AM
PremiumPremiumPoliticsThomas Coughlan: National’s $14.6b tax plan - does it add up?OPINION: Does the National plan deliver - and do the sums make sense?31 Aug 02:01 AM
KahuDavid Seymour: If it's best for all people, then it's best for MāoriThe Act leader says he knows what's best for Māori.30 Aug 09:56 PM
KahuWillie Jackson confident of winning five Māori seats - but other two will be closeLabour's Māori strategist on their chances in the seven Māori seats.30 Aug 07:03 PM
PoliticsNats promise 'hope and help' as Labour slams 'voodoo costings'Foreign buyer property sales would be taxed at 15 per cent by Nats.30 Aug 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: The best and worst-behaved MPs in the House this yearOPINION: Audrey Young picks Parliament's best speech, worst answer and closest contest.30 Aug 06:20 AM
PremiumPremiumPoliticsClaire Trevett: Nats' tax cuts hope 'squeezed middle' take money over the bagOPINION: The simplicity of tax cuts makes them a potent political weapon.30 Aug 01:13 AM
PoliticsNational to fund 'prudent' tax cuts with foreign buyer tax, immigration leviesLuxon said the plan would target the 'squeezed middle'.29 Aug 10:30 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionSimon WilsonSimon Wilson: How about a bonfire of the tax mistakes?OPINION: The link between Air NZ's 'staggering' profits and political donations.28 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionBryce Edwards: Is it now all over for the Labour Government?OPINION: The race had been looking close for much of the year.22 Aug 02:30 AM
PoliticsChris Hipkins promises 'vigorous campaign' as Labour drops in the pollsThe PM indicates he may take a leaf out of the Opposition's book.21 Aug 11:51 PM
OpinionOpinion: The trajectory is unmistakable - and Hipkins is running out of optionsOPINION: The trajectory is unmistakable, and Chris Hipkins is running out of options.21 Aug 11:00 PM
PremiumPremiumPoliticsThousands of families, cyclone victims subject to CGT on family home under new rulesAn IRD interpretation may mean high tax via the bright-line test for many.21 Aug 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumEditorialEditorial: Co-operation better than point-scoringOPINION: A lot of New Zealand's problems are global.20 Aug 05:00 PM
PoliticsThomas Coughlan: National's concerning lack of climate policiesOPINION: National's main climate policy is to repeal Labour's.16 Aug 05:01 PM
PoliticsDavid Parker will not say whether he thinks Labour's GST policy will workLabour's former Revenue spokesman will only say he 'supports' the policy.16 Aug 02:39 AM
PoliticsLabour would need to double key welfare promise to account for inflationLabour's lift to the abatement threshold does not account for inflation.15 Aug 07:01 AM
PremiumPremiumOpinionSimon WilsonSimon Wilson: Labour and National are becalmed in a sea of voter scepticismOPINION: Will the two main parties ever learn to fill the sails of purpose and hope?14 Aug 05:00 PM
PoliticsBryce Edwards: How Labour's tax cut will do little but benefit the richOPINION: The average shopper is unlikely to see any real change in supermarket prices.14 Aug 03:14 AM
PremiumPremiumOpinionLiam DannLiam Dann: Fiscal holy guacamole! Just how bad are the Crown accounts?OPINION: There's no question a slower economy means less tax.05 Aug 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumPoliticsFiscal Hole Battle Royale! Peters v Seymour v Willis v RobertsonWinston Peters says there's a fiscal hole - he's mostly right.03 Aug 06:48 AM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandPoll of Polls: Labour’s re-election chances seem to be evaporatingThere's now a greater chance of a hung Parliament than a Labour Government.03 Aug 02:03 AM
KahuRob Campbell: Will the big political issue be law and order - or the bigger picture?OPINION: A law and order focus for the election is too narrow and solves nothing.01 Aug 12:37 AM
OpinionBryce EdwardsPolitical Roundup: How PM failed to prevent Kiri Allan tragedyOPINION: The tragic downfall of Kiri Allan is one Hipkins should have seen coming.25 Jul 03:30 AM
PremiumPremiumEditorialEditorial: Kiri Allan's crash to EarthOPINION: Our editorial on the arrest and resignation of the Justice Minister.24 Jul 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumPolitics4000 secret interviews recorded with politicians - but you still can't listen to any of themSince the 1980s, prime ministers and MPs have recorded a diary - why they're still secret.23 Jul 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumPoliticsLabour laughs as Christopher Luxon says he's ready for 'years' in oppositionThe National leader put his foot in it big-time on his first day back from recess.18 Jul 06:48 AM
OpinionBryce EdwardsPolitical Roundup: Labour keeps the status quo on tax, but has it shot itself in the foot?OPINION: Hipkins was 'spooked' by the tax switch idea.13 Jul 03:33 AM
Politics'Mind-boggling': Govt defends $500m spend on unused and expiring Covid testsThe Act Party says it is 'mind-boggling' mismanagement.06 Jul 05:00 PM
PoliticsElectoral Commission was at Mongrel Mob hui along with Labour MPIngrid Leary has said she mistook it for an Electoral Commission meeting.04 Jul 05:42 AM
New ZealandPostcode lottery over cataract surgery to endA major announcement on access to cataract surgery will be made.03 Jul 03:04 AM
PremiumPremiumEconomyThree Waters: New mechanism for local control in reforms deemed dilutedThere are more tweaks to the Government's water reforms in the new bill.22 Jun 12:00 AM
Politics'Wheels falling off the bus': Opposition crows as Michael Wood fallsNational and Act twisted the knife after the Government lost another minister.21 Jun 04:34 AM
PoliticsMeng Foon accepts he's resigned, doesn't rule out future work in public sectorThe Race Relations Commissioner's intended resignation was earlier thrown into doubt.20 Jun 06:20 AM
