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Black Thursday all bad news for National fans
COMMENT: Detail of Thursday's poll made for very depressing reading for National's leader.
English's prospect of second historic loss
The Nats stick to their guns as the Jacinda effect goes global.
Time feels right for change Ardern represents
COMMENT: This is feeling like an election of generational change, writes John Roughan.
Smalley: Jacinda Ardern has proven me wrong
Comment: Rachel Smalley admits she should never have written off Labour.
Housing, immigration and tax dominate leaders' debate
English and Ardern have clashed over housing, immigration and tax in first debate.
Shock poll: Labour leapfrogs National
The Labour Party has overtaken National in the party vote in a sensational new poll.
As it happened: English v Ardern in first debate
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'Jacinda tsunami is looking very hard to halt'
OPINION: Occasionally New Zealand elections produce a tidal wave.
Soper: Ardern faces toughest test
COMMENT: Ardern garners enthusiasm, but she'll have to be at her best in leaders' debate.
Mike Hosking: Chance for leaders to stamp their mark
Comment: This is Jacinda Ardern's first real test on a major stage.
534 candidates gear up for election
This year the candidate gender split is 341 men, 190 women.
Labour's votes should be earned, not bought
Comment: Labour says critics will view policy cynically. Rachel Smalley can see why.
Annette King understands: 'I was married to a transgender person'
Former Health Minister Annette King has experience of issues facing transgender people
Dairy raids keep crime in spotlight
Where do the parties stand on law and order policy?
Editorial: What's wrong with free tertiary education?
EDITORIAL: Free tertiary education policy will be popular but raises many questions.
Podcast: Braunias, Heath and Wells uncover the election
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Labour unveils $2 billion boost for students
The plan includes a $50 boost to student weekly allowances.
Fact or fiction: Auckland's $1 million houses
Does the average home in Auckland really cost $1 million?
Heartbeat: Eketahuna shakes off its joke tag
Eketahuna - a joke town to much of New Zealand - is making an unlikely recovery.
Expert: what languages will kids learn?
A language expert is calling for national debate on which languages kids should learn.
Majority of Kiwis back Labour's water tax
Labour's royalty on freshwater is backed by 70 per cent of Kiwis in a new poll.
Hosking: National's big gamble - do they look desperate?
COMMENT: Comment on Labour not an ATM key to National's success or failure in election.
The brilliant and boring Bill English
COMMENT: The only question is how heavily Labour will erode National's support.
National makes a run for glory
Today's campaign opening will give National the chance to dominate the headlines.
Editorial: Jacinda resists urge to sock the rich
EDITORIAL: Labour right to resist the urge to increase the top rate of income tax.
Hide: Labour keeps quiet its tax policy
COMMENT: What's Labour's tax policy? Don't know? Don't feel bad. Neither does Labour.
Come clean on tax? Let's do that
COMMENT: Voters deserve better than Labour's 'trust us' approach.
Mahuta: endorsement puts Kingitanga at risk
Labour's Nanaia Mahuta says Kingitanga in "difficult position" if Government changes.
National waits for 'stardust' to settle
With four weeks until polling day, we are witnessing an unprecedented seismic shift
The Maori battlegrounds
The Maori Party is in a fight for survival. Claire Trevett looks at the odds.