Poll of Polls: National likely to need Peters, chance of needing a second election rises
The chance of National needing Winston Peters grows as election day draws closer
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Additional security measures are in place in and around Parliament for Thursday's protest.
Sacked Cabinet minister Stuart Nash’s new corporate gig revealed
Former Labour minister Stuart Nash has a new gig at a global recruitment firm.
Labour releases fiscal plan; Luxon reveals campaign bus
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A wealth tax 'deal' and Shane Jones on what Winston really meant about 'indigenous'
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National's focus on benefit sanctions goes against evidence - expert
Welfare expert group found sanctions don't work, "compound social harm".
Winston Peters wants to see National's costings before joining Govt
Christopher Luxon says tax cuts are 'absolutely' affordable without a foreign buyers' tax.
David Seymour’s flying start in the west tempered by bad weather and empty shops
A wet and windy day in New Plymouth uncovered support for Act.
Northland, the politics of belief and ‘Nimby’, ‘misogynist’ and ‘racist' voters
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Robertson v Willis: Who is winning over businesses on the campaign trail?
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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.
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.
Poll of polls shows slim odds: Labour has 0.2% chance of being in government
The poll of polls shows a National government is likely.
Simon Wilson on the political contest of style, substance and saving lives
OPINION: From Viaduct lunches to saving lives, this election has it all.
Derek Cheng: What Christopher Luxon wins and loses by ruling Winston Peters in
Why is Luxon ruling Peters in, why now, and what he lost in not ruling him out earlier
Derek Cheng: Why ‘soft’ or ‘tough’ on crime is such a populist cop-out, and where parties might find common ground
ANALYSIS: Political consensus on law and order shouldn't be so elusive.
Inform your vote: Crime, justice and law and order policies compared
More punitive vs less punitive: What do parties propose to make communities safer?
National-Act would need NZ First; Luxon surges ahead in preferred PM - poll
National and Act's 60 seats would need NZ First to govern in new poll.
Audrey Young: Why Luxon made NZ First coalition call
OPINION: Christopher Luxon ran out of excuses on the coalition question.
Chris Hipkins on China, Brexit and what Mark Mitchell got up to in Iraq
Labour leader gives extended interview for popular British podcast.
'Last opportunity': Why Luxon, Hipkins only have a few days left to win your vote
Plus, what to make of National's NZ First decision?
Luxon will pick up the phone to Winston Peters - if he really needs to
Luxon ends months of refusing to say if he will rule Winston Peters in or out.
Chris Luxon takes a note from Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown's road cones crusade
Luxon added road cones to speed limits and potholes as he scratches itches of voters.