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Transport and housing top of list
Political parties are tailoring all manner of policies for Auckland, or more precisely at 1,030,125 enrolled Jafas, to win their vote.
Greens plan gift packs for newborns
The Greens want every newborn child to get a "welcome pack" at birth including a bed, clothes and other essentials, says co-leader Metiria Turei.
Peter Lyons: Trickle-down is part of the problem, not an answer
The term "trickle-down effect" should be used only to describe an unfortunate ailment that can affect the elderly.
$10m focus on engineers
The National Party wants to double the number of people studying engineering at university in a bid to get more graduates into jobs in the high-tech sector.
Greens: newborns to get 'welcome pack'
Greens want every newborn child to get a free "welcome pack" at birth including a bed, clothes and other essentials, co-leader Metiria Turei revealed this morning.
Peters: Don't rule out NZ First-Labour
The Greens have accused New Zealand First leader Winston Peters of launching an "incoherent" attack on them during a positioning statement.
Editorial: Greens' ideas on dairying hold plenty of good water
No party in an election campaign has a monopoly on wisdom; most have something important to say.
Greens to invest $20m into electric vehicle fleet
The Green Party would invest $20 million into speeding the transition towards a private electric vehicle fleet, co-leader Russel Norman announced today.
Left backs National's plan for prisons
Labour and the Greens are backing National's plan to get all prisoners working or studying fulltime within three years.
John Armstrong: Greens need to compromise to get ahead
The Greens face an old dilemma: remain pure but powerless. Or go centrist and compromise and get things done, writes John Armstrong.
Greens promise lift to special ed services
The Green Party would boost special education services in schools by $115 million if in government.
Peters on 'chem-trail' guy's chances
It seems New Zealand First leader Winston Peters can’t quite bring himself to utter the words “Colin Craig“or “the Conservative Party“.
Greens go bush for support
Green co-leader Russel Norman is posing in front of field of cows in Raglan.
Editorial: Greens' wage policy has to be affordable for country
The Green Party's policy to lift the minimum wage by almost $4 to $18 an hour by 2017 is undoubtedly smart politics.
Farmers to fence off waterways - Greens
A Green Party policy would require all farmers to fence off rivers, lakes, waterways and wetlands from stock with a buffer zone for vegetation by mid-2017.
Minor party leaders debate: Who won?
Who came out on top in tonight's minor party leaders' debate? The Herald's top political correspondents make their picks.
Peters refuses to pick PM
Winston Peters would not state a preference for the next Prime Minister during tonight's minor leader's debate - and Colin Craig sought to use it against him.
Minor party leaders debate
Minor parties will almost certainly make up part of the next Government and the leaders are facing off over dinner tonight. Click here for the latest updates.
Election 2014: Greens unveil wage changes
Under the Greens new labour policy, youth wages and the 90-day trial period would be scrapped and the minimum wage would rise to $18 an hour by 2017.
John Armstrong: What does sitting on cross benches actually mean?
Winston Peters' talk of sitting on Parliament's cross benches after the election - rather than entering a coalition or propping up a minority government - has never sounded totally convincing.
Vote will decide control of power cost
Power bills have been rising relentlessly. The two sides of politics are divided on house best to rein that in - competition or regulation.
Election 2014: Parties in tech debate
Despite the building tension surrounding the election, the first major debate between party representatives on technology and innovation remained relatively civil.
Greens host alternate debate at bar
After being left out of the televised leaders debate, the Greens co-leaders staged a counter-debate at an Auckland bar.
Battle to replace Turia neck-and-neck
The battle for the Te Tai Hauauru electorate is almost neck and neck between the Labour and Maori Party candidates according to a new poll on Maori Television.
John Armstrong: National careful not to name NZ First as spendthrifts
Bill English somehow neglected to mention New Zealand First in his press statement yesterday decrying the "big spending" promises made by Labour, the Greens and Internet Mana.
Labour - We'll start rail link
Labour and the Greens both want an immediate start to Auckland's underground railway, but are divided over whether to complete the $2 billion-plus Waikato Expressway.
Transport - the parties' big plans
National has just announced $100 million over four years for new urban cycleways, as Labour and the Greens promise to eclipse that investment.
Intention good, trip a letdown
Greens co-leader Russel Norman was literally up in arms about public transport yesterday - but he still missed the bus.
Rodney Hide: Actor wrong to revel in billboard attack
Stephen Moyer, 44, is a British Hollywood star who plays a vampire on TV. I looked up his Wikipedia entry.
Greens free travel a hit with students
New Zealanders are strongly in favour of a proposal to give tertiary students free trips on public transport, a Herald-DigiPoll survey shows.
Prime Minister takes pot-shot at Greens
John Key has taken a shot at Russel Norman, saying he must have been smoking dope to believe the Greens could pay off debt faster than National.
Election: Free visits big gun on battlefield
In health, the election has become a bidding war focused on the new centre ground of free doctor visits.