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Audrey Young: ‘Offensive and damaging’ – Swarbrick feels the heat
OPINION: Criticism is coming from all sides over the Benjamin Doyle controversy.

Te Pāti Māori plans own version of Privileges Committee after skipping key meeting
The party argues it would not get a fair hearing after several requests were rejected.

500 extra police: Winston Peters admits Govt’s target could be ‘few weeks late’
Peters has long stood by the promise to achieve the target in two years.

Anatomy of a scandal: Green MP Benjamin Doyle’s case explained
Winston Peters says police must step in. Here are the claims and where they came from.

Poll: 61.5% say parents should provide school lunches
Most voters say parents should provide school lunches, not the Government.

‘Designed to silence us’: Te Pāti Māori refuses to face Privileges Committee over haka
The party argues it will not get a fair hearing after several requests were rejected.

Listen live: Winston Peters speaks following Interislander ferry announcement and Green MP controversy
The NZ First leader plans to replace the three Interislander ferries by 2029.

Poll shows coalition holds slim lead as Labour gains ground
National, Act, and NZ First would secure 62 seats, giving them a slim majority.

Ryan Bridge: Govt guilty of Labour's crime on bloated public service
OPINION: Yes, this is the same “woke” that New Zealand First voted for.

Audrey Young: MP’s crazy cop comments set to clobber the Greens, Labour
OPINION: Tamatha Paul has badly misread her own constituency.

Ministry staff returns to minister’s office after issues resolved
The complaints were not about Mark Patterson.

Labour reserves judgment on Govt’s caps to sentencing discounts
Judges will soon only be able to discount sentences by up to 40%.

Simon Wilson: The real reasons for Winston Peters' war on wokeness
OPINION: The war on wokeness is one of Donald Trump's special gifts to this country.

The secret of survival – Winston Peters is set to turn 80
Winston Peters was given a surprise gift by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Letters: Eden Park freebies erode trust; Peters shifts blame
OPINION: 'Twenty-five tickets a year for one councillor doesn't inspire confidence.'

Thomas Coughlan: Winston Peters has a lot of thoughts about ... Labour
OPINION: Winston Peters couldn't stop talking about the Labour Party.

‘Disgrace to the country’ vs ‘left-wing fascists’: Peters scraps with protesters at speech
The NZ First leader delivered a state of the nation speech in Christchurch today.

Winston Peters delivers State of the Nation address
NZ First leader Winston Peters delivers his state of the nation address from Christchurch. Video / NZ Herald

Ryan Bridge: Govt prepping for a bonfire of the vanity projects
OPINION: It’s not a filleting knife in Nicola Willis' hand but a meat cleaver.

Thomas Coughlan: Govt comes out on top this week but choppy waters ahead
The Government has fared best of late – but it is unprepared for a brutal winter.

New low: Kiwis score Govt 4/10 in performance survey
Labour is closing in on National on inflation, the economy and crime.