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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on having her wisdom teeth taken out
Unfortunately, Ardern says she will not be filming a woozy, viral-worthy post-surgery vid.
Top brass celebrates police graduation
Jacinda Ardern and Winston Peters boast an 11 per cent increase in police numbers.
Mike Hosking: If Winston goes down, Jacinda goes with him
Comment; The prime minister is tainted by association and leads this coalition.
NZ First donation saga: PM under pressure to order inquiry
Opponents rally on Winston Peters, but he says his party has done nothing wrong.
Barry Soper: NZ First and the real problem with political donations
Comment: If politics are about perception, this doesn't look good for NZ First.
Listen: The Whanganui Chronicle Podcast for November 18
Listen to the 21st episode of the Whanganui Chronicle podcast
Prince Charles and Camilla touch down: What they're doing next
On Monday the royal couple will lay a wreath at Mt Roskill War Memorial Park.
Junk food ads to be banned from around schools
What adverts children see when on YouTube and social media is also a focus.
Beehive Diaries: Jacinda Ardern's list-itis, Simon Bridges schooled by 8-year-old
Love for David Seymour from unusual quarters, Simon Bridges' review from an 8-year-old.
Editorial: Auckland port move north looking likely
EDITORIAL: Report on Auckland port is stark and momentum is surely for weighing anchor.
Millennials take pot shots at Boomers, but Gen X rules roost in Parliament
Labour has the lowest proportion of Millennials, while NZ First is the "oldest" caucus.
500 homes 'gathering dust' during housing crisis
"We had been steadily expanding the stock and we just had to stop," one group said.
Editorial: NZ needs one voice on trade
Editorial: NZ's reliability and trustworthiness is on the line during trade negotiations.
Hosking: Job, wage growth stats are good. But govt can make things even better
Comment: Amid positive signs for the government, here is how they can do even better.
Access denied: Thousands self-represent in court due to cost
Figures released by the Ministry of Justice show the size of the worrying trend.
Fat chance of help: Patients too obese for MRI machines, needles
Counties Manukau DHB wants the Government to crack down on junk food and drink.
Beehive Diaries: it was all Grant Robertson's fault
Grant Robertson inherits the job of official jinx, the lights go out on Simon Bridges.
Davis takes charge of Cabinet as Peters pursues lawsuit
The usual post-cabinet press conference with the PM or Acting PM has been cancelled, too.
Hosking: Government coalition still a pretty slick operation
Comment: Can they argue they've managed themselves well? Yes, they can.
Generation Debt: Will fees-free change lives?
Release from debt will change the lives of the fees-free generation.
'It was a crime factory': Career criminal Arthur Taylor on being in state care
Arthur Taylor will tell his story at tomorrow's Royal Commission of Inquiry hearing
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Labour backdown is a Govt win
COMMENT: And it neutralised the National Party at the same time.
Claire Trevett: Jacinda Ardern and her right-hand man
Coalition, drinking and siblings for Neve. Ardern and Robertson's first joint interview.
Beehive Diaries: Insults, dicking around and car-tastrophes
Insults fly, and Shane Jones reads mean tweets.
Soper: 'NZ First Government' delivers with euthanasia bill
COMMENT: The whole dynamic of the euthanasia debate has now changed.
National promises to end a 'state house for life'
Should tenants be able to get a state house for life?
Rest home case: 'You can game system'
The report was called "astonishing" and "deeply flawed".
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Jacindamania II is not on the cards
What will Labour's 2020 slogan be?
Is this the end of TV3? TV business 'worth zero'
520 staff face an uncertain future as channel put on the market — no buyers in sight .
Beehive Diaries: PM Jacinda Ardern's brain fade, Nats backdown
The week brought us a PM memory lapse, while the Speaker divided and conquered the media.
Hosking: This Govt has lofty ambitions but falls short on delivery
COMMENT: Lofty aims are nice but there has to be a result at the end of the process.
Cullen: Everyone wants a slice of the surplus
Comment: 'Welter of ignorance and self-interest' rises to call for a slice of the action.
Hosking: Even the PM's gone cold on Fair Pay Agreements
COMMENT: If the unions thought this was Christmas they're in for some real disappointment.