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Uncensored: Claims of bribery, AI content, 'shaming' in Youth MPs' speeches before controversial review

But the ministry has conceded some correspondence caused confusion about expectations.

Revealed: The urgent message from Minister Nicole McKee’s office before her alcohol policy u-turn

McKee initially supported tighter off-licence liquor sale hours, but then changed her mind

Thomas Coughlan: The Herald’s politician of the year is...

OPINION: Find out which MPs impressed in 2025 and who may come to the fore in 2026.

Audrey Young: What has happened to the old Green Party?

OPINION: Five of the top columns of the year from Audrey Young.

Beehive book club: What our MPs recommend you read this summer

From science fiction set in a dystopian future to a Hemingway classic.

‘An agreement worth supporting’ Labour may rescue India FTA after NZ First says it will vote against it

The Government has agreed an FTA with India, although there are limited dairy concessions.

'Rebuild from the ground up': Te Pāti Māori ‘confident’ of comeback before election

'Yes, we’re in a bloody hole at the moment but, you know, you can get out of a hole.'

Parliament's year in numbers: The MP who spoke the most

Who spoke the most in Parliament, and just how much coffee fuels our democracy?

Thomas Coughlan: What last week of political year tells us about the 2026 election

OPINION: It was the week when Christopher Luxon did something he's never done before.