Labour's new deputy Jacinda Ardern hangs out her shingle as champion of Generation X - and National's NIkki Kaye bites back.

COMMENT: Bill English and team made a hash of announcing the plan to lift the eligibility age for superannuation.

National Party has stunned its critics with a plan for national superannuation.

Labour's leader passes up a chance to update the superannuation age.

Bill English remains tight-lipped about possible changes to Super, but has ruled out means-testing or changing the way it is paid.

COMMENT: The retirement age debate shows politics is frustrating, says Rachel Smalley. Parties have to do what they can to be elected, but they should be authentic.

No room for the Conservatives or The Opportunities Party at first debate.

Prime Minister Bill English is being urged to give voters some certainty about whether he plans to change superannuation eligibility.

COMMENT: Labour leader Andrew Little's week of cunning plans included installing Jacinda Ardern as deputy and getting into NZ First leader Winston Peters IOU list.

COMMENT: Should Jacinda Ardern be leading the Labour Party instead of Andrew Little?

She will need to balance Leader Andrew Little's image.

Labour has opted for NZ First over the Greens in its nomination to the committee which oversees New Zealand's spies.

COMMENT: She has authenticity, credibility, intelligence and potential. Yet so many people reduce Ardern simply to her looks, says Rachel Smalley.

Labour's Stuart Nash will be up against three or more others in race for seat in Parliament

Housing shortages are likely to dominate the political conversation as the election looms

The Mt Albert byelection has given Jacinda Ardern the street credibility to give Labour a fresh young face in its leadership.

Prime Minister Bill English is defending the latest increase in net migration and says he is not looking at curbing demand.

Jacinda Ardern is hopeful her old rivalry with National's Nikki Kaye will benefit schools in the Mt Albert electorate.

"Don't expect any change," says Labour's leader on the deputy speculation.

EDITORIAL: Labour needs to beat National in September. Can it do so by campaigning with the Greens?

Ardern recorded a thumping victory that will further raise her profile in election year.

OPINION: Like a school sports day, the Mt Albert by-election was reduced to being about participation rather than competition.

Jacinda Ardern has taken an unassailable lead in the Mt Albert by-election.

Isaac Davison takes the pulse of the parties to reveal who is in good health and who is a dead man walking.

COMMENT: The Mt Albert by-election result could be more crucial than many realise.

Andrew Little joined Jacinda Ardern for the final day of Mt Albert campaigning.

A massive under-spend of more than $330 million for a flagship Government educational policy has been revealed.

The least bitter rivalry in New Zealand politics has broken out in Mt Albert.

A veteran Auckland councillor is concerned change is being held back by political fears of activating young voters.

COMMENT: Willie Jackson is on a crusade to drag poor and young non-voters into political system for "the health of our democracy." And good luck to him.