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Water tax on farmers to be scrapped
Ardern has backed down on a water tax, but is still committed to cleaning up waterways.
Ardern has backed down on a water tax, but is still committed to cleaning up waterways.
Stardust that was falling thick and fast around Jacinda Ardern has still to settle.
With a slim majority, the new government can expect to face one hell of a opposition.
NZ first believes an economic correction, or a slowdown, is looming.
Comment: National left Winston, moving further and further to the neoliberal right.
Comment: The NZ First and Greens deals came at a fairly hefty cost to Labour.
It was a surprise to many, and full details of the deals are yet to be revealed.
Jacinda Ardern opened her first press conference as NZ's Prime Minister-elect.
Prime Minister in waiting Jacinda Ardern vows to lead a country we can all be proud of.
A timeline of the key events of the 2017 election campaign.
Watch live as Winston Peters makes history.
National leader Bill English speaks to media ahead of a meeting with all of his MPs.
Winston Peters says an announcement will be made on Thursday afternoon.
Peters met with English and Ardern soon after the board meeting ended without a decision.
NZ First's MPs are meeting to decide, but it's not known when they'll reach a conclusion.
Comment: Interestingly, we can't call it. There hasn't been a leak; not even a whisper.
The crucial NZ First meeting will be held on Monday.
COMMENT: Winston Peters could become a mere footnote to the 2017 election.
The following are recent reasons a Labour-led government could be NZ First's best choice.
Comment: This is why I don't trust Winston Peters.
Here are ten items that suggest Winston Peters will be inclined to choose National.
Another day of negotiations gets under way in Wellington.
Green Party members could be asked to approve a deal on Government today.
If the Labour leader was hoping to bump into Winston Peters she'd be sorely disappointed
15 of the most notable voting statistics to ponder after the final votes were revealed.
A polytech whistleblower has been ordered to pay her former employer $5700 in legal costs.
COMMENT: Why Peters can't expect to get the top job this time.
COMMENT: Why does a Nats-Green deal have such appeal - and what it might mean?