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'Meaningless quagmire': Making political debates work
A debate moderator's job can be impossible in a post-truth world.
A debate moderator's job can be impossible in a post-truth world.
Promises covered gender neutral bathrooms in every school and a Kate Sheppard statue.
Labour is taking aim at the supermarkets over grocery prices.
Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins clashed in a more 'robust' second TV debate last night.
Te Tai Tokerau MP focuses on building on initiatives already rolled out by the Govt.
ANALYSIS: The Herald's experts unpack last night's MediaWorks leaders' debate.
Ikaroa-Rāwhiti candidates talk tax. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Here's what to expect from tonight's leaders' debate.
Investors, Covid and Ringo all part of the tax debate. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
National leader Judith Collins is calling on PM Jacinda Ardern to correct the record.
"Gosh, the veil is definitely slipping, isn't it?" she told Heather du Plessis-Allan.
Opinion: Perhaps the directors of further leaders' debates need to find the mute button.
"Our claim that we've built over 600 houses in Northcote is inaccurate," the party said.
Who's best-suited to lead NZ out of recession? Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Labour's policy includes mental health support in every primary and intermediate school.
'The office doesn't have the resources to do its job properly,' Collins says.
Labour candidate Kiri Allan's electorate profile. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
OPINION: Māori voters have shown in past their loyalty to Labour is far from unconditional
Both parties took a long time to put details of their policies in front of the electorate.
Business wants more engagement if Labour gets its second term.
Three MPs are contesting the seat but only one is likely to return to parliament.
Letters on cancer treatment and Pharmac; tax cuts, Matariki and more.
How the main political parties plan to deal with house prices and a shortage of homes.
COMMENT: Judith Collins will need more of her brave face as fiscal errors dog campaign.
Some errors are accepted and some are disputed as being errors.
Labour would say goodbye to plastic straws and fruit stickers.
COMMENT: Voters can detect when someone is trying to be someone they're not.
Fancy "Naughty Ol' Winston"? Or maybe "A Shaw High" is more to your taste?
COMMENT: The centre-right is not a tension-free zone.
Collins and Ardern offered very different visions and styles on the West Coast yesterday.