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Kate Hawkesby: Todd Muller has a battle on his hands
Comment: New National Party leader will have to overcome a fairytale of handouts to win.
Claire Trevett: The Nat and the Hat - rating Muller's first days as leader
COMMENT: Muller's first days as leader could not have gone better, minefields ahead.
The Covid crisis inspired kinder politics. We're now reverting to adversarial tactics
Comment: Diverse views are essential but should some matters be beyond political feuding?
New-look Nats: Former lobbyist set to fill key role in Team Muller
Former lobbyist said to be lined up to become National's new chief of staff.
Comment: Todd Muller's Make America Great Again hat is not okay
Sometimes a hat is just hat. Other times it's a powerful symbol, writes Damien Venuto.
Kerre McIvor: Congrats, Todd, but be careful what you wish for
Comment: The Nats lost their nerve, and Simon Bridges and Paula Bennett are gone.
Secrets, leaks and betrayals: Inside Todd Muller's coup
Muller's challenge took three days to execute, but was weeks in the making.
Steve Braunias: The secret diary of Todd Muller
COMMENT: Todd Muller and Simon Bridges facing off at high noon.
Muller signals potential thaw of NZ First policy
Simon Bridges did not understand strategy, Winston Peters said.
Todd Muller: Now I'll deal to Labour
Todd Muller faces challenge ahead while Simon Bridges ponders his future.
Pattrick Smellie: Now comes the hard part for Team Muller
COMMENT: The best Todd Muller can hope for at this election is to lose well.
Audrey Young: National has taken a huge gamble on Muller - and Judith Collins knows it
COMMENT: Judith Collins' time may yet come, writes Audrey Young.
National's new leader Todd Muller - 'I expect to be PM after election'
Nikki Kaye has been elected his deputy, replacing Paula Bennett
'A little relieved' - Simon Bridges on his ousting as leader
'No Team Todd ... there is only Team National' - the party's new leader.
Burning Bridges: National's new leader - who is Todd Muller?
'It's a momentous day for National,' the party's new leader said this morning.
Anne Tolley's honest reasoning for National's floundering poll results
"You've had Jacinda on television and radio dominating it for six or seven weeks."
Will Judith Collins be a late contender in the National party leadership contest?
As Bridges and Muller go head-to-head, Collins is only interested in one thing.
It's showtime - Bridges and Muller prepare for noon vote
A second disastrous poll for National as MPs prepare to vote on leadership at noon
Tim Dower: Nats have a better choice than Muller
Comment: Either Simon Bridges hasn't been attending lessons or he has a lousy teacher.
Simon Wilson: What Simon Bridges really got wrong
COMMENT: Simon Bridges tried so hard, but the more he tried the worse it got.
Editorial: Simon Bridges a victim of enduring stardust
Editorial: 'Politics offers few favours for potential and talent when time isn't right'.
Audrey Young: Why Judith Collins could be kingmaker
Todd Muller is no Jacinda Ardern, writes political editor Audrey Young.
National drops to 29% in poll as leadership vote looms
The second poll in a week comes as Opposition leader prepares for Todd Muller challenge.
'You'll be seeing a lot of me': Bridges confident as MPs arrive for showdown
It was a day of long phone calls before the day of the long knives.
'Political suicide': Bridges' tactics likely to cost him the job - Hooton
A commentator has slammed his decision to call a vote on his National Party leadership.
Bridges, Muller hustling for support on eve of showdown
Muller and Bridges hitting the phones to try to secure colleagues' votes.
'Simon is doing a bloody tough job': National MP Todd Muller
National Party MP Todd Muller says current leader Simon Bridges has a 'bloody tough job'.
Hosking: Simon Bridges is doomed, even if he wins
COMMENT: The same people who want him gone put him in. So they have to own a bit of this.
Claire Trevett: Game on for Simon Bridges and Todd Muller
COMMENT: Can National take the risk of an untested new leader just before an election?
'Political hari kari': Bridges 'brought leadership challenge upon himself by going public'; Bennett 'feeling confident'
Todd Muller told the caucus yesterday that the party could not win under Simon Bridges.
Mike Hosking: Why I think National can still win the election
COMMENT: What needs to happen for National to win the election.
National MP flouts social distancing, labels 'St Jacinda's' rules rubbish
Northland MP Matt King dismisses social distancing rules, says NZ not 'Nazi Germany'.
Audrey Young: The challengers to Simon Bridges - Todd Muller and Nikki Kaye
Comment: The pair who plan to take on Simon Bridges complement each other on paper.