Election 2023: Tourism targets, pink buses, and a new poll
Support for Labour has dipped to 30 per cent in the latest political poll.
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Govt risks $90m in tariffs if it forges ahead with 'Google Tax'
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Number of gang members breaching home detention increased 60 per cent in six years
National says the figures are representative of a system "that has got the balance wrong".
Luxon accuses Labour of treating businesses like children
“I want us to work together in an adult-to-adult way," he tells business leaders.
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'Concerned': Council of Trade Unions locks building and calls police after anti-Luxon ad
National called the ad "nasty". PM Hipkins says response is "thin-skinned".
Audrey Young: Luxon attack ad a timely distraction for National
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'A little bit rich': Labour, National front media following clashes over attack ads
National called the Council of Trade Unions ad 'disgraceful'.
National commits to start building second Mt Victoria tunnel in first term
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Coromandel business owners hope for a summer resurgence
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Insults fly in first election campaign finance debate
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Simon Wilson: Nonsense with numbers - the Luxon approach to politics
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Watch live: The Front Bench looks at the big political issues of this week
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Watch: National Party unleashes at ‘nasty’ Chris Hipkins and at union ad in the Herald
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Election 2023: Campaign kickoff marred by protests
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Claire Trevett: Luxon's campaign launch mission was to look like a PM-in-waiting
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