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While Hipkins is away in China, National will have more of the domestic spotlight.
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Labour says it will see more people imprisoned for longer, costing millions.
Dr Shane Reti on National's crime reduction policy
We need to crack down on crime, writes Dr Shane Reti.
Claire Trevett: Luxon reached for 'red meat' policies to please Nats' base - will it work on voters?
Luxon reached for the "red meat" law and order policies to try to win over voters.
Labour says National's plan to put more people in prison will cost millions
National wants harsher sentences and to end Labour's push to reduce prison population.
National’s wāhine MPs hail what party has delivered for Māori
Suggestions National has a poor relationship with Māori dismissed as untrue.
Shane Te Pou: National being squeezed left and right
Opinion: Opposition trying to appeal to right-wing and moderate voters.
Luxon's 45% election result target a 'stretch goal'
National has not polled in the 40s since 2019, but its leader wants to get back there.
Nicola Willis warns of 'mortgage bomb' at National Party conference
Chris Luxon reminds party members how far the party has come since dark days of 2020
Chris Luxon's women drought: Luxon sets a 50% women goal - but men got 75% of good seats
National has only 11 women standing in winnable seats compared to 33 men
Poll of polls: Labour-Green-Te Pāti Māori most likely coalition, ahead of National-Act
The most likely coalition scenario remains the one National took off the table.
Hipkins, Luxon and Ardern - what the data shows about their common catchphrases
New investigative series breaks down what politicians say in their interviews.
Denis O'Reilly: Jones reckons a gang member is effectively a domestic terrorist
OPINION: Despite what Shane Jones says, the police are doing okay with gangs.
'Wheels falling off the bus': Opposition crows as Michael Wood falls
National and Act twisted the knife after the Government lost another minister.
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Why Muldoon had the right idea when it came to gangs
OPINION: But National's new policy sounds like Groundhog Day.
Nurses’ organisation backs ethnic equity adjustor to support better health outcomes for Māori and Pasifika
Māori, Pasifika already years behind when it comes to interacting with the heath system.
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: When subject is crime, cue old blame and shame game
OPINION: National have not cited a single policy to reduce crime.
Poll shows bounce back for Labour, bad news for Christopher Luxon and NZ First
Labour will hope the poll shows a recovery after the Meka Whaitiri and Stuart Nash dramas.
The silence of the wolves: Where's the response to the Greens' poverty plan?
Why such a deafening silence in the wake of the Greens' new tax policy?
Commerce Commission inquiry into bank profits slated to launch tomorrow
It follows calls from the National and Green parties and the Reserve Bank for an inquiry.
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Premium explainer: Why the controversial change has happened.
National pushes for tougher sentences for gangs after Ōpōtiki tangi procession
Labour's police spokesperson claims it is a lazy rehash of old National policy.
Suicide warning over pressure on child, adolescent services
The biggest risks being monitored by hospitals have been revealed.
Political Round-up: Winter of discontent - it’s true that NZ has lost its mojo
OPINION: The dominant sentiment is things are going wrong and the country is broken.
Thomas Coughlan: Why Luxon should spend more time in Wellington
OPINION: National leader should spend time in NZ's not wet, not whiny capital.
'Gang members used to take off at the sight of police': Mark Mitchell deplores Ōpōtiki lockdown
Former policeman says we need to return to a time when police were in charge, not gangs.
Editorial: A taxing question
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Watch: Luxon speaks to media as Nats reveal agriculture emissions pricing plan
Christopher Luxon will announce his party's agricultural emissions policy.
Rob Campbell: Why move backwards and create sunk costs when we could move forward to create new value?
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The plan to end ‘postcode lottery’ in health
But National says Health Minister Ayesha Verrall's plan is "complete fantasy".
Shane Reti: Infrastructure vital for the north
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National, Act could form Government in latest poll
Chris Hipkins still well ahead of rival Christopher Luxon in favourability stakes.