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![Trevett: Rapture for Labour as Jacinda delivers hope](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Trevett: Rapture for Labour as Jacinda delivers hope
COMMENT: Some expected Jacinda to swing in on a wrecking ball, such has been her impact.
![Ardern: Climate change her no-nukes moment](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Ardern: Climate change her no-nukes moment
Jacinda Ardern denies cutting Green Party lunch with climate-change rallying cry.
![New poll: Labour's on a roll](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
New poll: Labour's on a roll
Labour's own polling has seen them close the gap on the National Party.
![Ad experts revamp political billboards](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Ad experts revamp political billboards
Creatives from Ogilvy & Mather redesign billboards of the five major political parties.
![Du Plessis-Allan: Why this election is rubbish](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Du Plessis-Allan: Why this election is rubbish
COMMENT: Parties policies failing to make the grade, says Heather du Plessis-Allan.
![National voters want dope law reform](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
National voters want dope law reform
The polling is by Curia Market Research, owned by National's pollster David Farrar.
![Exclusive: Jacinda and Clarke's first interview](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Exclusive: Jacinda and Clarke's first interview
EXCLUSIVE: Jacinda Ardern and Clarke Gayford talk about their ordinary lives.
![John Armstrong: Welcome to the Old World Order](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
John Armstrong: Welcome to the Old World Order
COMMENT: The election has turned into an old-fashioned race between National and Labour.
![Winston Peters sues MediaWorks](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Winston Peters sues MediaWorks
The NZ First leader has reacted to comments from Mark Richardson.
![The hopes, fears and dreams of smalltown NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
The hopes, fears and dreams of smalltown NZ
Ahead of the election, we find out what Kiwis want and need from their politicians.
![Mike Hosking: National in trouble](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Mike Hosking: National in trouble
Comment: The election race is tight - every policy, every announcement is now critical.
![Shaw on poll putting Greens in danger zone](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Shaw on poll putting Greens in danger zone
James Shaw hopes old Green voters will realise Labour needs a coalition partner.
![Heartbeat: housing boom reaches Taihape](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Heartbeat: housing boom reaches Taihape
Herald journalist Nicholas Jones visits Taihape to talk to voters.
![Labour's Jacinda Ardern eats the Greens](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Labour's Jacinda Ardern eats the Greens
The poll puts immense pressure on the sole Green leader, James Shaw.
![Poll: Greens in danger zone, Labour soars](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Poll: Greens in danger zone, Labour soars
Jacinda Ardern hauls Labour up but the Greens are on life support.
![Todd Barclay's replacement selected](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Todd Barclay's replacement selected
Hamish Walker, 32, will stand for National in Clutha-Southland.
![Claire Trevett: little people bite back](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Claire Trevett: little people bite back
What retribution will Australia deliver for NZ's citizenship trickery?
!['This will pass': Bill English on citizenship row](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
'This will pass': Bill English on citizenship row
"I'm currently wedged between Ayers Rock and New Zealand."
![Pike River: PM questions cross-party deal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Pike River: PM questions cross-party deal
PM says cross-party deal on the Pike River Mine recovery won't make the mine any safer.
![Key: Ardern the right choice for Labour](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Key: Ardern the right choice for Labour
Jacinda Ardern gets support from an unlikely source.
![Rachel Stewart: Hysteria over water policy pitiful](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Rachel Stewart: Hysteria over water policy pitiful
COMMENT: Labour's water policy is not as difficult to understand as you might think.
![Hekia Parata bows out: 'I'm on my way'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Hekia Parata bows out: 'I'm on my way'
Hekia Parata was Education Minister until April this year, and is leaving politics.
![Julie Bishop: 'I'd find it hard to work with Labour'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Julie Bishop: 'I'd find it hard to work with Labour'
"I would find it very hard to build trust with those involved."
![Jacinda Ardern goes after Treaty Minister](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Jacinda Ardern goes after Treaty Minister
Chris Finlayson knew his criticisms of Labour's water police were 'untrue', says Ardern.
![Ardern: Mushroom house 'appalling'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Ardern: Mushroom house 'appalling'
Slugs and snails have also invaded the state house.
![Fact or Fiction: Labour's water tax](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Fact or Fiction: Labour's water tax
How much will farmers really pay if Labour brings in a water tax?