Goff launches bid for second mayoralty term - with rates increase in his sights
Phil Goff places trust high on the campaign in contest against John Tamihere.
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Comment: Capital gains tax - Labour's four weeks leaves us scared and angry
COMMENT: If Labour is smart, it will introduce just one tax on investment properties.
Barry Soper: Govt's smoke and mirrors on Provincial Growth Fund
Comment: no-one in the maze quite sure of what direction they're meant to take.
Comment: Brexit posses a dilemma for the UK Labour Party
Comment: Britain's Labour Party has a dilemma on Brexit.
'I've been thrown out': Labour Party turns its back on John Tamihere
The Labour Party returned John Tamihere's membership bid and $100 donation.
Delay to trans bill 'deeply disappointing' - Greens
Law change would make it easier for trans people to change sex on their birth certificate.
Ardern: 'Don't turn CGT into a generational issue'
Jacinda Ardern says a capital gains tax would be far from an attack on Kiwi values.
Political Roundup: The arguments supporting a Capital Gains Tax
COMMENT: The best arguments in favour of a Capital Gains Tax revolve around inequality.
Tamihere chance to wrest control from left
COMMENT: Ratepayers may find it difficult to accept another Labour Party politician.
Tax heats up the battle for heartland NZ
COMMENT: Winston Peters was badly off his game in an important week.
Pity if CGT too hot for Labour to handle
EDITORIAL: Labour needs to make the case for taxing the gains on investment homes.
Editorial: Tax plan looks practical
Comment: Cullen's tax group has given the Government an enticing challenge.
Risks of legal cannabis understated - researchers
Researchers back cannabis reform, but say Kiwis need full picture before they vote.
Audrey Young: Capital Gains Tax report one ripe for cherry-plucking
Comment: To have got this far with a capital gains tax is a big achievement for Ardern.
Financial uncertainty for DHBs continues
Opposition calls for health minister to come clean on DHB finances.
Local Ratana kapa haka group to be first on stage at nationals
The Aotea Region's best kapa haka group competes first at Te Matatini this year.
Jacinda Ardern's scorecard: The snag that's delayed Government's progress
Opposition says nothing has happened; Govt says good things take time.
Politicians spar over China export delay claims
National's Mark Mitchell off to Hong Kong as Govt beset by scheduling issues
Big powers mustn't dip their toes in our politics
EDITORIAL: Peters' job to see that all our foreign relationships are well maintained.
Watch: National Party's BBQ attack ad - worst ad ever...or brilliant?
Barry Soper comment: The new advertisement has everyone fired up - and talking.
'NZ stabbed us in the back': China backlash as tourists cancel trips
A Chinese newspaper says our tourism industry could take a hammering.
Hawkesby: When does this Govt stop talking and start doing?
COMMENT: In the PM's 'year of delivery' the rhetoric and working groups need to wrap up.
Freeing sexuality from politics last hurdle
COMMENT: Key did much to advance conversation but subject remains final frontier.
Matthew Hooton: Divorce looms for Labour and NZ First
To survive, Winston Peters' party has to split from Labour — or move into the spare room.
Editorial: Dole rise reflects lighter demands
Comment: Rise in number of the dole may reflect less enforcement of its requirements.
National MP organised trolls to attack opponents - minister
Cabinet Minister says she was shocked to see a National MP organising "trolls".
No sympathy for Brexit in Spain
COMMENT: Europeans are not in a mood to help Britain through Brexit, Shane Te Pou finds.
Liam Dann: Pot and property tax pose double dilemma for PM
Cannabis law and tax policy reform will both test Labour's appetite for electoral risk.
Aids funding cuts stopped ahead of Big Gay Out
Over $200,000 was to be slashed from the NZ Aids Foundation annual budget.
Bridges the Merkel, Collins the Trump?
COMMENT: On the eve of Waitangi, will Simon Bridges be the leader we need?
Young: The year of delivering sitting targets
COMMENT: Of all the reviews commissioned last year, one was particularly worthwhile.