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Pathways not punishment: Youth support workers question Act's new law and order policy
“What we do in our youth justice houses works.”
Simon Wilson: The 'soft on crime' debate - should we use a Swat team, not KFC, to get kids off roof?
OPINION: The Greens and Act offer plain choices in this election.
Act wants 17-year-old offenders to be dealt with in adult courts
It would reverse a policy Act helped create in 2016.
'Mind-boggling': Govt defends $500m spend on unused and expiring Covid tests
The Act Party says it is 'mind-boggling' mismanagement.
Auckland to Tauranga? Parliament committee urges ministers to restart regional rail services
A select committee reckons its time to restart North Island passenger rail.
Mike Hosking: Labour looks worn out and chaotic - here are my election predictions
OPINION: Two parties will be the biggest stories of election night.
Brooke van Velden: Race criteria for health waitlists 'mindboggling'
Opinion: Government's ethnic waitlist factor papers over cracks of healthcare failures.
Te Ururoa Flavell wants Māori to enrol - then make their election votes count
Former Māori Party leader is urging Māori to make their votes count.
National’s wāhine MPs hail what party has delivered for Māori
Suggestions National has a poor relationship with Māori dismissed as untrue.
Shane Te Pou: National being squeezed left and right
Opinion: Opposition trying to appeal to right-wing and moderate voters.
Poll of polls: Labour-Green-Te Pāti Māori most likely coalition, ahead of National-Act
The most likely coalition scenario remains the one National took off the table.
ACT proposes rules blocking contractors from claiming rights
Recent Employment Court rulings would make some businesses unviable, says Seymour.
Poll shows bounce back for Labour, bad news for Christopher Luxon and NZ First
Labour will hope the poll shows a recovery after the Meka Whaitiri and Stuart Nash dramas.
The silence of the wolves: Where's the response to the Greens' poverty plan?
Why such a deafening silence in the wake of the Greens' new tax policy?
Explainer: Why Māori, Pacific are prioritised for surgery
Premium explainer: Why the controversial change has happened.
Fieldays: Act Party differing from National’s ‘flip-flopping’ in hunt for rural vote
There aren't many new policies but the party argues that will be appreciated by farmers.
10,000 complaints, three evictions: The numbers behind Kāinga Ora's 'crackdown'
Housing Minister Megan Woods says moving tenants to new locations is also an option.
Editorial: A taxing question
Opinion: Our editorial on the diverging political viewpoints on taxation.
National, Act could form Government in latest poll
Chris Hipkins still well ahead of rival Christopher Luxon in favourability stakes.
Free cervical screening for all NZ women? Te Whatu Ora seeks funding
Cervical screening is the only national screening programme not to be free to all.
Rob Campbell: Nation building that lacks this base is fatally flawed
OPINION: Politicians agree we need 'infrastructure' but what of sustainability?
Simon Court: A practical prescription for progress
OPINION: Fuel taxes and the existing road-user charges will be abolished.
Is Labour really soft on crime? The numbers reveal a surprising story
The Herald has analysed decades of data to see how crime has changed in Aotearoa.
Act fires up over Labour's refusal to define mātauranga
Labour and Green MPs voted against Act proposal over replacement RMA legislation.
'National needs to work harder': Former National MP jumps to Act Party
Parmar was unsuccessful in becoming the candidate for three electorates for National.
Jackson: The electorates have blood, sweat, years and tears that I have to balance against what JT is saying
Te Pāti Māori have some political advice for Labour.
Claire Trevett: Labour got what it wanted - a war with National over superannuation
Labour's so-called policy announcements were aimed at advertising National's and Act's.
Some prescriptions will still attract $15 fee, despite Budget policy to abolish $5 charges
The Government has abolished most charges, but some remain.
Promising Labour MP chosen as candidate in Auckland’s Epsom electorate
Camilla Belich missed out on Mt Albert, despite being endorsed by Ardern.
Chris Hipkins’ make or break, bread and butter Budget awaits
With the polls neck and neck, there's everything to play for this Budget.
Opinion: Budget 2023 is not going to shift the dial one bit for Māori - but will make out it does
Businessman Rob Campbell asks why Budget announcements are in boardrooms and not marae.
Division on the right as National and Act disagree
Registry comes into force on June 23, managed by the police’s Firearms Safety Authority.
'Got their priorities all wrong': PM on Nats' 'taxpayers’ receipt' plan
PM says National should “go back to the drawing board”.