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Audrey Young: Chicken stunt leaves egg on Hipkins' face

OPINION: Labour's dig over debate re-scheduling just made its leader look weak.

Audrey Young: Sparks fly over Treaty issues, 'race-baiting'

OPINION: Chris Hipkins should have addressed divisive issues much sooner.

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.

Audrey Young: Labour MP concedes election, PM's trust win, Peters sets the tone

OPINION: A small win for Labour, but there isn't much time to close the gap.

Audrey Young: First leaders debate tonight is Luxon's to lose

OPINION: The pressure is on Chris Hipkins to play a blinder tonight.

Audrey Young: National's numbers problem isn't going away

OPINION: Nicola Willis's answers on tax costings are falling a long way short.

Audrey Young: Even an economic miracle can't save Labour now

Today's Treasury forecast should be a key election moment. It doesn't feel that way.

Audrey Young: Dodgy claims mar week one of election campaign

Labour's MPs and supporters will be getting the hard word about messaging.

Audrey Young: Luxon attack ad a timely distraction for National

OPINION: The unions' grim front-page ad eclipsed tricky questions over tax costings.

Premium: Outgoing Director General of the Department of Conservation, Lou Sanson

DOC’s Lou Sanson on loving nature. Video / NZ Herald

Audrey Young: Infection spreads to National's front bench

COMMENT: There is always a "but" with Boag.

Audrey Young: Nikki Kaye learning to let the leader lead

COMMENT: Todd Muller has some catching up to do after a terrible first week.

Audrey Young: Jacinda Ardern's one night in Bangkok

COMMENT: One way or another, superpower rivalry consumes regional summits these days.

Audrey Young: The new and sensitive test for Jacinda Ardern

COMMENT: The Government showed how sneaky it could be on sensitive issue this week.

Audrey Young: Simon Bridges makes a comeback - why Labour is worried

COMMENT: Jacinda Ardern is no longer taboo and Simon Bridges is capitalising on it.

Audrey Young: National in a state of limbo over Bridges

COMMENT: Bridges has been good at picking issues that get under the Government's skin.

Audrey Young: NZ's knotty problem with the White House

COMMENT: Ardern and Peters are playing to their strengths in foreign affairs.

Audrey Young: Treasury 'hack' focus shifts to ministers

COMMENT: The inquiry into the Budget leak may turn up some answers in Parliament.