'Shocker' - Nats on $33m Auckland Light Rail deal pre-election
'This purchase shouldn’t have been agreed to when the election is next month.'
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Election 2023: On the campaign trail in the wide-open seat of Ikaroa-Rāwhiti
There were so many laughs, you could almost forget the dramatic backdrop to this campaign.
Cecilia Robinson: Personality politics need to be put aside
OPINION: Let’s celebrate and support those who step up to serve.
Willie Jackson says David Seymour is Aotearoa's most dangerous man
The Labour MP says voters must be very wary of the Act leader.
Watch live: Willie Jackson eyes up David Seymour in fiery political debate
David Seymour will be bookended by Willie Jackson and John Tamihere at the debate.
'A little bit rich': Labour, National front media following clashes over attack ads
National called the Council of Trade Unions ad 'disgraceful'.
Simon Wilson: Nonsense with numbers - the Luxon approach to politics
OPINION: Christopher Luxon talks a big numbers game but the reality is very different.
Hawke's Bay residents fighting to stay in homes welcome National's cyclone Ombudsman
The Prime Minister has suggested the move would add another layer of bureaucracy.
Election 2023: Campaign kickoff marred by protests
The leaders didn't hold back as they led their parties' campaign launches.
Claire Trevett: Luxon's campaign launch mission was to look like a PM-in-waiting
OPINION: Luxon and Hipkins both did what they had to: convince voters they have a shot.
Audrey Young: Dispute widens over legitimacy of National’s foreign buyer tax
OPINION: Nicola Willis gives a big clue about tax rules.
Matthew Hooton: National’s tax plan is a cynical con job
OPINION: Savings must be used to repay our growing debt, not to buy off voters.
Thomas Coughlan: National’s $14.6b tax plan - does it add up?
OPINION: Does the National plan deliver - and do the sums make sense?
David Seymour: If it's best for all people, then it's best for Māori
The Act leader says he knows what's best for Māori.
Willie Jackson confident of winning five Māori seats - but other two will be close
Labour's Māori strategist on their chances in the seven Māori seats.
Nats promise 'hope and help' as Labour slams 'voodoo costings'
Foreign buyer property sales would be taxed at 15 per cent by Nats.
Audrey Young: The best and worst-behaved MPs in the House this year
OPINION: Audrey Young picks Parliament's best speech, worst answer and closest contest.
Claire Trevett: Nats' tax cuts hope 'squeezed middle' take money over the bag
OPINION: The simplicity of tax cuts makes them a potent political weapon.
National to fund 'prudent' tax cuts with foreign buyer tax, immigration levies
Luxon said the plan would target the 'squeezed middle'.
Simon Wilson: How about a bonfire of the tax mistakes?
OPINION: The link between Air NZ's 'staggering' profits and political donations.
Bryce Edwards: Is it now all over for the Labour Government?
OPINION: The race had been looking close for much of the year.
Chris Hipkins promises 'vigorous campaign' as Labour drops in the polls
The PM indicates he may take a leaf out of the Opposition's book.
Opinion: The trajectory is unmistakable - and Hipkins is running out of options
OPINION: The trajectory is unmistakable, and Chris Hipkins is running out of options.
Thousands of families, cyclone victims subject to CGT on family home under new rules
An IRD interpretation may mean high tax via the bright-line test for many.
Editorial: Co-operation better than point-scoring
OPINION: A lot of New Zealand's problems are global.
Thomas Coughlan: National's concerning lack of climate policies
OPINION: National's main climate policy is to repeal Labour's.
David Parker will not say whether he thinks Labour's GST policy will work
Labour's former Revenue spokesman will only say he 'supports' the policy.
Labour would need to double key welfare promise to account for inflation
Labour's lift to the abatement threshold does not account for inflation.
Simon Wilson: Labour and National are becalmed in a sea of voter scepticism
OPINION: Will the two main parties ever learn to fill the sails of purpose and hope?
Bryce Edwards: How Labour's tax cut will do little but benefit the rich
OPINION: The average shopper is unlikely to see any real change in supermarket prices.
Liam Dann: Fiscal holy guacamole! Just how bad are the Crown accounts?
OPINION: There's no question a slower economy means less tax.
Fiscal Hole Battle Royale! Peters v Seymour v Willis v Robertson
Winston Peters says there's a fiscal hole - he's mostly right.
Poll of Polls: Labour’s re-election chances seem to be evaporating
There's now a greater chance of a hung Parliament than a Labour Government.
Rob Campbell: Will the big political issue be law and order - or the bigger picture?
OPINION: A law and order focus for the election is too narrow and solves nothing.