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Audrey Young: Best and worst of the week in politics
OPINION: The inside word on who's up, who's down and what's happening at Parliament.
Audrey Young: Best and worst of the week in politics
OPINION: The inside word on who's up, who's down and what's happening in Parliament.
Premium: Helen Clark on New Zealand international relations
Former Prime Minister Helen Clark talks with Audrey Young about New Zealand’s relationship with the United States, China and the Pacific. Video / NZ Herald
Premium: Former National MP Nikki Kaye on Great Barrier Island
Former National MP Nikki Kaye on Great Barrier Island. Video / Mark Mitchell
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.
Ardern to China: PM sensible to seize the moment
COMMENT: Brief visit to China is needed to send a strong message of kinship.
Antics make Coalition management look shambolic
COMMENT: What was driving Shane Jones' disproportionate response this week?
Simon Bridges taking National leadership one year at a time
COMMENT: The capital gains tax proposals are a gift to Simon Bridges and National.
Tax heats up the battle for heartland NZ
COMMENT: Winston Peters was badly off his game in an important week.
Audrey Young: Relationship with China a diplomatic mess
COMMENT: Peters described the relationship as excellent. Deluded or pretending?
Audrey Young: Unveiling MP's name in sequel to scandal
COMMENT: MPs must accept the risks of public life, writes Audrey Young.
Audrey Young: The ironic theme from Apec summit
COMMENT: There was one theme that summed up Apec this year.
Audrey Young: Coalition unity on display
COMMENT: Famous for its factional infighting, Labour goes through period of unity.
Audrey Young: Jacinda Ardern set to show her substance
COMMENT: Jacinda Ardern is improving with each passing month, writes Audrey Young.
Audrey Young: The pride and the shame of NZ First
COMMENT: NZ First has plasticine principles when it comes to electoral law.
Curran may be gone but more headaches loom
COMMENT: Clare Curran's departure will be a relief for Jacinda Ardern.
Mixed displays of leadership from Ardern
COMMENT: Shane Jones, Helen Clark and Meka Whaitiri made it a difficult week for the PM.
Audrey Young: Ardern's punishment for Curran proportionate
COMMENT: Clare Curran is now on a final warning. But her fate may already be sealed.
Seymour attempts to dislodge Ardern's halo
COMMENT: National has been much more cautious in its attacks on Ardern than Seymour.
Audrey Young: Ardern moves swiftly to arrest Haumaha crisis
The Wally Haumaha fiasco was not top of Jacinda Ardern's agenda when she returned to work.
Match-fit and ready to serve a few aces down party line
On the eve of the National Party conference, Simon Bridges sits down for a chat.
What a difference a birthday makes
COMMENT: It all began with a crisis call from Andrew Little.
Audrey Young: Bridges faces daunting test
COMMENT: Odds are stacked against the National leader as Ardern exudes confidence.
Ardern's crew: good, bad and surprising
When Jacinda Ardern goes on leave, what sort of shape will her crew be in?
No need to slavishly follow Five Eyes
COMMENT: Jacinda Ardern went further on Syria than the previous National Government.