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Labour will announce more policy to deal with the effects of an overheated housing market.
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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
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Smalley: Jacinda Ardern has proven me wrong
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English after poll: I'm still the right person to lead National
Labour's change in leadership has helped galvanise National's support base, he says.
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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Susan St John: Real cash injection needed to curb child poverty
COMMENT: Fixing up the damage of child poverty will be enormously costly.
Mike Hosking: Chance for leaders to stamp their mark
Comment: This is Jacinda Ardern's first real test on a major stage.
Peters to call in lawyers in super saga
PM Bill English is confident his ministers did not leak news of Peters super payments.
Dairy raids keep crime in spotlight
Where do the parties stand on law and order policy?
Podcast: Braunias, Heath and Wells uncover the election
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'Build it! Build it!' chants greet PM Bill English
For a brief moment, National's Bill English knew what it felt like to be Donald Trump.
Winston Peters super saga: I smell a rat
COMMENT: You've got to ask yourself, who benefits from this?
Editorial: National's language proposal good start
EDITORIAL: National's proposal to teach a second language in primary school is promising.
New twist to Winston Peters' pension woes
COMMENT: No minister should have been privy to that sort of information.
Beehive knew about Peters' super woes
Anne Tolley and National's Steven Joyce have denied leaking Peters' super overpayments.
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.
New School of Rural Medicine to deliver 60 doctors a year
Difficulties attracting doctors to rural areas will see the Govt establish new school.
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.
Bill English: Kiwis aren't an ATM for Labour
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National makes a run for glory
Today's campaign opening will give National the chance to dominate the headlines.
Ponytail pulling saga rears head again
The National Party's new TV ad has come under fire on social media.
National waits for 'stardust' to settle
With four weeks until polling day, we are witnessing an unprecedented seismic shift
National goes user pays, Labour rules out PPPs
National says it wants tourists to pay for conservation in NZ, but not through a tax.
Dumbing down the PM could mean National kill Bill
Comment: National's strategy with Bill English is a risky one.
Who is most capable to run the country?
More Aucklanders rate English but more Wellingtonians rate Ardern.
Seymour says English 'toadying' to Winston
The Act leader questions whether Bill English has spent any time with voters.