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Matthew Hooton: Minor parties gain as purple power fades
OPINION: Labour and National are sinking, so how about Seymour or Shaw for PM?
Election 2023: David Seymour's four-wheeled friends, Big Pinky and Little Pinky
There's a cross-over between Barbie and ACT fans, Seymour claims.
Local Focus: Act candidate for Wairarapa Simon Casey on Candidate Camera
Act's Wairarapa candidate discusses the electorate's big issues.
Willie Jackson says David Seymour is Aotearoa's most dangerous man
The Labour MP says voters must be very wary of the Act leader.
Watch live: Willie Jackson eyes up David Seymour in fiery political debate
David Seymour will be bookended by Willie Jackson and John Tamihere at the debate.
Māori health inequity - where do parties stand?
Māori health consultant Teresa Wall analyses questions on improving Māori equity
Simon Wilson: Nonsense with numbers - the Luxon approach to politics
OPINION: Christopher Luxon talks a big numbers game but the reality is very different.
Shaneel Lal: Chris Hipkins needs to prove he is a queer ally through action, not acting
OPINION: 'I challenge Hipkins to commit to legislative protection for queers.'
MPs vote for big shake-up next Parliament, including boosting Govt scrutiny
The next Parliament will look a bit different.
Matthew Hooton: National’s tax plan is a cynical con job
OPINION: Savings must be used to repay our growing debt, not to buy off voters.
Thomas Coughlan: National’s $14.6b tax plan - does it add up?
OPINION: Does the National plan deliver - and do the sums make sense?
David Seymour: If it's best for all people, then it's best for Māori
The Act leader says he knows what's best for Māori.
Let democracy and good leadership triumph over the bad and the ugly
OPINION: Our editorial shout-out to voters and politicians amid the election clamouring.
Audrey Young: The best and worst-behaved MPs in the House this year
OPINION: Audrey Young picks Parliament's best speech, worst answer and closest contest.
Winston Peters sounds alarm on Act's proposed changes to superannuation
Act holds a different position from its potential coalition partner National.
Simon Wilson: How about a bonfire of the tax mistakes?
OPINION: The link between Air NZ's 'staggering' profits and political donations.
Heather du Plessis-Allan: This hard week a warning to Act and Seymour
OPINION: David Seymour’s often the smartest guy in the room.
Braking bad: Classified intel reveals police ructions over motorcycle gang runs
Some officers feel they're being asked to "facilitate" gang runs instead of policing them.
Claire Trevett: Labour wrings hope out of new poll and Luxon hits a speed bump
For once it wasn't Labour dealing with personnel issues: it was Luxon.
Act Party says Māori seats on Auckland Council ‘divisive’
Leader David Seymour rules Maori seats out
Hey David Seymour, it's been a week and I'm still looking for the punchline
OPINION: 'The joke is as dry as the Sahara'.
Act candidate resigns after comparing vaccine mandates to Nazi concentration camps
The PM has claimed Act is "propped up by a bunch of anti-vaxxers".
What are the box-office battles to look out for this election?
Hundreds of candidates are competing across 72 electorate seats. Here's who to watch.
Luxon disavows Act Zero Carbon, Treaty of Waitangi policies
National has ruled out repealing the Zero Carbon Act.
Opinion: There’s a lot of scaremongering about Māori elite, but what about the Pākehā elite?
OPINION: The political noise about a Māori takeover is almost deafening.
Editorial: Fear and loathing on the campaign trail
EDITORIAL: Divisiveness is being used as an election strategy.
Thousands of families, cyclone victims subject to CGT on family home under new rules
An IRD interpretation may mean high tax via the bright-line test for many.
‘Everyone’s gone completely nuts’: David Seymour slams reaction to joke about blowing up ministry
His deputy says the joke has been “completely blown out of proportion”.
Thomas Coughlan: Parliament is begging for its own dissolution
OPINION: The 53rd Parliament is begging for dissolution.
‘Racist attack': Pākehā donate thousands to repair vandalised Te Pāti Māori billboards
Good Pākehā Samaritans have taken a stand against racism.
Mike Munro: It’s values that win votes when times are tough
OPINION: Voting often has little to do with the merits of policies.
Election 2023: How political pollsters find people to survey
'There’s never been an election where the main polling companies have got it wrong'.
Thomas Coughlan: National's concerning lack of climate policies
OPINION: National's main climate policy is to repeal Labour's.