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Act promises to ‘stop work’ on wasteful projects on day one
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Winston Peters on why he’s attracting more Māori to his campaign
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David Seymour clarifies Act’s ‘ruling out’ of NZ First
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Poll of Polls: Labour’s re-election chances seem to be evaporating
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Don Brash: For heaven’s sake, leave GST alone
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Rob Campbell: Will the big political issue be law and order - or the bigger picture?
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Act MP Simon Court committed ‘clear breach’ of confidentiality
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