Trevett: Bridges takes risks in reshuffle
A revolt in the ranks is a greater risk in Opposition.
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Claire Trevett: Fruitless hunt for secrets
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Claire Trevett: MMP reform ahoy?
National refused to remove coat-tailing and now the voters have all but done it for them.
Claire Trevett: Peters applies teabag test
A lesson Winston Peters learned starring in a teabag ad 17 years ago is coming in handy.
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Act leader David Seymour is the only one whose fate is not in Winston Peters' hands.
Trevett: Rapture for Labour as Jacinda delivers hope
COMMENT: Some expected Jacinda to swing in on a wrecking ball, such has been her impact.
Claire Trevett: little people bite back
What retribution will Australia deliver for NZ's citizenship trickery?
Trevett: lock up your kids - vote grabs abound
Irony the victor as claims of 'half-baked' policies fly.
Trevett: Will Ardern eat the Greens?
National will be nervous about Jacinda Ardern but the Greens need to check their fences.
Claire Trevett: Boris Johnson and the condiments of humour
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson came, improved our vocabulary and left.
Boris Johnson meets reptilian overlord
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Claire Trevett: Shane Jones' Maori seats pickle
The issue of the Maori seats has been dormant but this election could seal their fate.
Claire Trevett: Winston's ways with carpet
Winston Peters wants to revive wool by carpeting all government departments.
Trevett: Winston Peters Pied Piper redux
Shane Jones returns, bringing big words and humour with him.
Claire Trevett: English's feet of Barclay
Did PM Bill English inherit John Key's Teflon coating as well as his job?
Trevett: English's Trump Denial Syndrome
PM Bill English has his reasons for staying mum on Trump - but it may have a cost.
Trevett: Peters and perpetual outrage
COMMENT: 'Tis the season to be populist and Winston Peters never misses his cue.
Trevett: Joyce will get pie but will middle NZ?
Steven Joyce will get haircuts and pies but will his Budget deliver for the rest of us?
Claire Trevett: Election Iron Man has begun
The election has turned into an Iron Man featuring Immigrant Bullrush and hammers at dawn.
Claire Trevett: Little's Immigration Ale
There's an aftertaste of irony in Andrew Little's Australian Pale Ale immigration plan.
Claire Trevett: The pay equity miracle
COMMENT: The pay equity deal was a victory for unions, the carers - and National
Labour wants to fill election war chest
COMMENT: Cash-strapped party is wooing wealthy donors, writes Claire Trevett.
Claire Trevett: Maori Party on a roll
COMMENT: Attacks on the Maori Party are working in its favour.