National: Govt sugar-coating 'catastrophic' economic update
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Govt wants to move the rest of the country to level 1 next week if cases keep dwindling.
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National and Labour's new ads: Who does it better?
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Election 2020: National wants to spend $2b on education if elected
National is promising the biggest education spend in a generation.
Audrey Young: Shaw sends wrong message about Greens
COMMENT: The notion of election promises by parties may be outdated under MMP.
Election 2020: The campaign machines - so who fills in for Jacinda in Judith's practice debates?
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Comment: Can we trust the polls?
Is election result really the foregone conclusion that the polls are suggesting?
Collins goes green: National policy would allow electric cars to use bus lanes but not Auckland's Northern Busway
EVs would also be exempt from fringe benefit tax, National says.
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Labour crushing National in polls, but Google data suggests race not over yet
Google's election trends portal lays out what New Zealanders are searching for.
Audrey Young: Labour keeps the tax target tiny
COMMENT: More of a gesture than a tax policy.
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Show me the money: Labour slams National for not releasing policy costings
But National say they will release numbers soon – which have been looked over by NZIER.
Andrew King: What we are telling landlords about heating rental homes
Comment: Property investors' lobby group urged members to ask tenants about heat pumps.
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Audrey Young: Why Ardern will love opposition's tactics
COMMENT: Judith Collins is leaning more towards the Muller approach than the Bridges one.
Hosking: Could we have a contest of ideas?
Comment: Are we open to ideas? Do we want a debate? How engaged are we?
'Deeply disappointing': Landlords advised to hold off on heating until election result
Labour calls landlord advice 'deeply disappointing' and letting down their fellow Kiwis.
Political parties' views on live exports after ship tragedy
New calls have been raised to ban shipments of live animals after Gulf Livestock 1 sinks.
Local Focus: Rotorua candidates talk tax
Should Rotorua's rich be taxed more? Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Election: National promises $3000 entitlement to all expectant mums
National's "First 1000 days" policy includes more flexibility around paid parental leave.
'Zero tolerance for racism within our business'
Hawke's Bay businesswoman caught up in political meme controversy
Watch: 5 new Covid cases, Collins v Ardern in Parliament
Three are in the community. All linked to the Mt Roskill mini cluster.
Youth Wings: Meet the next generation of New Zealand politics
Go behind the O Week stalls to meet some of our youngest political leaders.
Judith Collins apologises after Speaker forces removal of 'misleading' ad
Advert said 'approved by Collins' but she admits she didn't see it before publication.
'He makes his own decisions': Collins' husband shares anti-Ardern memes
One meme compared Ardern to Marvel character The Incredible Hulk.
National: $4.8b for school buildings, looser zoning controls
National signals a looser approach to school zoning and would fund roll growth.
Election 2020: Parties divided over folic acid in bread
Covid-19 and opposition from NZ First stopped introduction of the public health measure.
A sweet and sewer offer for Gerry Brownlee
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