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Audrey Young: Outspoken MP Tamatha Paul says she doesn't mean to be provocative

The MP is the youngest of 7, was school Dux, and first in her family to go to university.

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Jonathan Ayling: Liberal democracy only endures if the people work to maintain it

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Shadow summer: The frontline workers holding up everyone else’s holiday

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Richard Prebble: Why Luxon’s India trade gamble could decide the next election

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Audrey Young: Who would lead if Luxon couldn't?

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