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.
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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?
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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
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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.
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OPINION: The tragic downfall of Kiri Allan is one Hipkins should have seen coming.
Editorial: Kiri Allan's crash to Earth
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4000 secret interviews recorded with politicians - but you still can't listen to any of them
Since the 1980s, prime ministers and MPs have recorded a diary - why they're still secret.
Labour laughs as Christopher Luxon says he's ready for 'years' in opposition
The National leader put his foot in it big-time on his first day back from recess.
Political Roundup: Labour keeps the status quo on tax, but has it shot itself in the foot?
OPINION: Hipkins was 'spooked' by the tax switch idea.
'Mind-boggling': Govt defends $500m spend on unused and expiring Covid tests
The Act Party says it is 'mind-boggling' mismanagement.
Electoral Commission was at Mongrel Mob hui along with Labour MP
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Postcode lottery over cataract surgery to end
A major announcement on access to cataract surgery will be made.
Three Waters: New mechanism for local control in reforms deemed diluted
There are more tweaks to the Government's water reforms in the new bill.
'Wheels falling off the bus': Opposition crows as Michael Wood falls
National and Act twisted the knife after the Government lost another minister.
Meng Foon accepts he's resigned, doesn't rule out future work in public sector
The Race Relations Commissioner's intended resignation was earlier thrown into doubt.
Poll shows bounce back for Labour, bad news for Christopher Luxon and NZ First
Labour will hope the poll shows a recovery after the Meka Whaitiri and Stuart Nash dramas.
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OPINION: The dominant sentiment is things are going wrong and the country is broken.
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