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Govt forks out $5m to save this year's Ruapehu ski season

The operator of the two skifields went into liquidation last week.

New Zealand setting a good example to Australia - Chinese state media

Chinese state media reckon New Zealand is setting a good example to other countries.

Revealed: Why Chris Hipkins has a back-up plane for his China trip

The NZ Defence Force planes regularly breakdown but aren't to be replaced until 2028.

Chris Hipkins touches down in Beijing for make or break trip

Hipkins landed in Beijing ahead of a busy week of diplomacy.

Editorial: Hipkins gets a break as Nats focus on bread and butter

While Hipkins is away in China, National will have more of the domestic spotlight.

Matt Heath: Is this the most divisive election year?

OPINION: New Zealanders are hating each other more and more in Parliament.

Nats' plan for harsher sentences welcomed by victims advocate

Labour says it will see more people imprisoned for longer, costing millions.

How 350,000 households and businesses can claim trust dividends worth hundreds of dollars

The trust is also pushing for law changes so beneficiaries aren't taxed so much.

John Key on what PM needs from China trip, and Xi Jinping’s sense of humour

Key recalls one of Xi's jokes - although you probably needed to be there.

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

Claire Trevett: PM should be ropeable about Michael Wood - not just with Wood

Hipkins is having to clean up messes that happened under PM Jacinda Ardern's watch.

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.

Labour MPs stake futures on winning Māori electorates

Two Labour MPs are opting for an electorate-or-nothing approach this election.

National launches campaign to be 'on the marae' for Māori

It signals a shift after calls in past years by the party for Māori seats to be abolished.

Labour and National accuse each other of advertising splurge in plea for donations

The Greens and NZ First have had more big donations than Labour so far this year.

Hipkins, Luxon and Ardern - what the data shows about their common catchphrases

New investigative series breaks down what politicians say in their interviews.