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NZ First's surprise vote over Māori seats
National accuses NZ First of setting a new standard in hypocrisy.
National accuses NZ First of setting a new standard in hypocrisy.
Mining consents must be reconsidered in light of adaptive management ruling
COMMENT: "On your bike" will never sound quite the same again.
Act Party leader David Seymour speaks on "unintended consequence" of Three Strikes law.
Julie Anne Genter made headlines around world for riding bike to hospital while pregnant.
COMMENT: The conference in the weekend presented the party at its most green ever.
The world's media has picked up on Genter's ride to hospital to give birth.
EDITORIAL: No party should need this bill.
The Greens' dead rat becomes the elephant in the room at its AGM.
Greens bottle the hot-button issue of water extraction for profit by foreign companies
Greens win inclusion of water extraction in review of Overseas Investment Act.
Greens co-leader lists the positives of being part of Government.
COMMENT: Power takes some getting used to for the Green Party.
Green Party in danger of becoming invisible in Parliament, former MPs warn
ANZ business panel's dire outlook doesn't appear shared by voters in general
Why economic success isn't the only - or even the best - indicator of our progress
Readers have their say on the bus station; bus service; Winston Peters; hostile despots
A quiet backbencher is firing up New Zealand's drug policy debate, writes Russell Brown.
Why are the Green's now supporting a bill they have long opposed?
COMMENT: A year ago then Labour leader Andrew Little made his game-changing decision.
Labour MP says move is a "subversion of process".
National's Simon Bridges supports medicinal marijuana but Govt bill lacked needed regime.
Taxpayers' Union says Labour, NZ First should release same information.
Sole parents on welfare start getting penalised once they earn more than $100 a week.
Support for change is high across the political spectrum.
COMMENT: It all began with a crisis call from Andrew Little.
A culture change at Work and Income is underway, with sanctions falling by 20 per cent.
Mental health inquiry hears public rage and frustration, but confident change will come.
Country of origin labelling in NZ is back on track, but with a few changes.
56 per cent of student who completed survey considered dropping out of studies.