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Greens: Make ECE free for 2-year-olds
The Green Party wants 20 hours' free early childhood education extended to two-year-olds, which would affect 40,000 more children.
The Green Party wants 20 hours' free early childhood education extended to two-year-olds, which would affect 40,000 more children.
David Cunliffe says any MP concerned with his ski-break timing should have the 'integrity' to put their name to criticism, instead of remaining anonymous.
John Armstrong writes: If any spies from the Labour, Green or Maori parties infiltrated yesterday's Internet Mana rally, they would have come away worried.
NZ First would take GST off basic food items and rates bills and would target tax dodgers to fund the expensive policies, leader Winston Peters said yesterday.
Labour's support has slumped to its worst rating for 15 years in the latest DigiPoll survey, putting critical pressure on leader David Cunliffe.
Conservative Party Leader Colin Craig has picked up the gauntlet thrown down by Winston Peters over Foreign Minister Murray McCully's East Coast Bays seat.
Conservative Party leader Colin Craig says he would not form a Government with National unless it agreed to introduce binding referenda.
Some of the Conservative Party's key policies are so similar to New Zealand First that leader Colin Craig has been accused of plagiarism.
Ten-year passports, a chance for Australian permanent residency after five years living there and emergency help for expat Kiwis are among the policy wishes of the Expatriate Party.
Labour is reassuring consumers that a proposed ban on cosmetics tested on animals will not strip popular makeup and beauty brands from New Zealand shelves.
Goodbye whacky Greens; hello orthodox Greens. So moderate and non-threatening is the Greens' policy on "economic innovation" it could almost have been written by Bill English.
The Green Party is attempting to boost its economic credentials by making a business-friendly promise to hand out $1 billion more in tax breaks and grants.
If the current Kim Dotcom conspiracy theory turns out to be a reality, then it illustrates some significant lessons about the nature of NZ politics, writes Bryce Edwards.
The Green Party wants to inject an additional $1 billion into research and development as part of its key economic strategy, it revealed this morning.
The Green Party's plan to restrict dams and irrigation schemes, and make rivers clean enough to swim in, would save taxpayer money.
A minimum hourly wage of $18.80, free doctors' visits for those under 18, and a warrant of fitness for all rental homes are among the election pledges of the Maori Party.
Every week, Prime TV's Backbenchers brings together politicians, journalists and voters for a pub-style chat about New Zealand politics. Every second, Twitter does much the same thing.
Here is a prediction: voter turnout in September's general election will slump to a new low.
David Cunliffe is well into repositioning himself as the candidate from Party Centrist - not Party Left Wing.
It was at the old Portland Hotel restaurant in Wellington in 1998 that David Cunliffe was told his time had come to stand for Parliament.
Bryce Edwards asks whether New Zealand has a 'rape culture' amid anger over the handling of an envoy's alleged assault on Wellington woman Tania Billingsley.
With only 71 days to the election, Prime Minister John Key is taking an extended overseas holiday, thought to be at his bolt-hole on the Hawaiian island of Maui.
Homeowners and landlords could see hundreds of dollars added to their rates bills under Labour proposals for a sweeping overhaul of the disaster insurance regime.
Some of the most colourful, conflictual, and insightful political debate is occurring in the Twittersphere at the moment, writes Bryce Edwards.
The Labour Party came out of the weekend looking surprisingly smart, and still in the game, writes politics commentator Bryce Edwards.
A "warrant of fitness" scheme for all rental housing may be on the agenda whoever wins the election in September, a new survey has found.
The Labour Party has it on good authority that school class sizes are a subject that can move votes.