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Heather du Plessis-Allan: Hipkins owes us an apology for ruinous Covid vaccine mandates
OPINION: A lot of people were hurt by the mandates. More people are angry about them.

Covid-19 Royal Commission: Hipkins admits Govt ‘lost the room’ amid lockdowns
Vaccine mandates caused huge pain to a “substantial minority”.

How Kaye 'blew people's expectations out of the water'
Kaye is being remembered from those across the political divide.

Dame Jacinda Ardern to be given top UN leadership award
Former PM to be honoured in New York for championing global change and unity.

Simon Wilson: Could Trump happen here?
OPINION: We have an essential precondition; mainstream politicians aren't fixing things.

What's in PM Chris Luxon's bag of tricks for dealing with Donald Trump?
Elon Musk and Luxon's US-based business background could prove political assets

Supporters with placards clap as Destiny Church's Brian Tamaki goes into court
Brian Tamaki is accused of intentionally failing to comply with Covid-19 public laws.

Barry Soper: As if Kamala Harris is reading from Jacinda Ardern's political playbook
OPINION: Harris and Trump are hurtling toward the November 5 US election.

Prince William makes republican Jacinda Ardern a dame
Ardern wore a traditional Māori kākahu cloak while accepting the honour.

Audrey Young: Labour's howls of protest have a whiff of hypocrisy
OPINION: If only the Opposition had practised what they preached when they were in charge.

Barry Soper: The fractious relationship between media and politicians
OPINION: It is exacerbated by the quality of questions they are asked.

Matthew Hooton: This Govt is distracted on economy – and bigger problems loom
OPINION: The average four-person household is $1600 a month worse off than in mid-2022.

Richard Prebble: What New Zealand can tell USA about their election
OPINION: Kamalamania appears to be driving the polls in the US.

Let’s do this – Dame Jacinda Ardern heads to Chicago for Democratic National Convention
Former PM will join candidate Vice-President Kamala Harris and former leader Barack Obama.

Luxon and Albanese meet in Canberra; Aukus and 501s on agenda
Luxon will push for a return to the deportation agreement with former PM Jacinda Ardern.

PM Luxon praises viral breakdancer Raygun: 'We’re loving her in New Zealand'
PM hints at further Reserve Bank cuts and discusses Pacific stability, Raygun, in Sydney.

Christopher Luxon prepares to lobby Australia's Anthony Albanese over 501s
He will push for a return to Australia's agreement with former PM Dame Jacinda Ardern.

‘Bring on the rest’: Du Plessis-Allan says ‘nothing harder’ than interviewing Ardern during Covid
'If you're prepared to yell at Jacinda at the height of her popularity, bring on the rest'

Matthew Hooton: Wellington bureaucracy faces criticism for intellectual timidity
OPINION: Ministers are frustrated that mandarins remain stuck in the do-nothing era.

MP returns to Parliament after son’s tragic death
Act MP Mark Cameron is returning to Parliament after his son's tragic death.

New book explores how NZ fell out of love with Jacinda Ardern
Political scientists explore the question in a new book.