Beehive Diaries: The mayhem of the week
The week Bojo was called a buffoon, the Greens had a misfire, and Shane Jones had a party.
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Winston Peters: 'I haven't let anyone shaft the farmers'
Winston Peters on why saying "Choina" isn't as bad as the Greens ad targeting Bridges.
Soper: Greens' sense of humour deserts them
COMMENT: Dramatic backdown drew more attention to the ad than it would ever have gotten.
Audrey Young: Judith Collins meets her match in House
COMMENT: Megan Woods seemed nervous at the start of her encounter with Judith Collins.
Labour's secret polling puts National at 38 per cent
Labour is streaks ahead of National according to its secret internal polling.
Extra help tipped for South Auckland maternity services
Baby deaths have been linked by the DHB to factors including lack of staff and bedspace.
Soper: Can Bridges survive another unfavourable poll?
COMMENT: Word has it National has slipped below 40 per cent in a new poll.
National's black-belt fighter: Why he has Grant Robertson in his sights
New finance spokesman Paul Goldsmith is not as dull as he seems.
Simon Bridges: Government fails to lead by example on electric vehicles
Simon Bridges says when it comes to Govt and EVs, it is 'do as we say, not as we do.'
'Not good enough': Father waits 8 hours at Middlemore for doctor - twice
Nearly 1 in 5 patients now wait more than six hours to see a ED doctor at Middlemore.
National presses attack against green car policy
But the Government says National is fudging the numbers and lashing out.
Simon Wilson: Why National is our biggest climate change threat
Comment: I believe National's plan to make climate change an election issue will hurt NZ.
Claire Trevett: Simon Bridges' plan to topple Jacinda Ardern
Simon Bridges has a new toy after the PM took the capital gains tax out of the sandpit.
Simon Bridges picks Scott Morrison's brain on election 2020 victory tips
Bridges was looking for tips from the Aussie PM on his election victory in May
Jay Kuten: MPs displaying arrogance
Racialised politics, whether it comes from Māori or Pākehā, is deplorable and divisive.
The 'bonkers' plan for a political party full of mayors
Horowhenua mayor wants mayoral MPs to break through perceived barrier to decision-makers.
Claire Trevett: National's surprise secret weapon on money
COMMENT: Few would have tipped it, but Goldsmith has been a surprise impact player.
MP asks for Waiheke ferry review to be sped up
Auckland Central MP Nikki Kaye says progress on the ferry issues needs to be sped up.
Nat MP won't be drawn on Israel Folau debate
Nat MP: "It's not my role to judge whether God will accept them or not."
Alleged gunman's money donated to Victim Support
Victim Support plans on rejecting the donation, or moving it on to another charity.
Woodhouse commits to help save hundreds of cancer patients lives
It's the biggest cancer-related petition New Zealand has ever seen.
Matthew Hooton: Christopher Luxon crashes on takeoff
Comment: Outgoing Air NZ chief will need humbler approach if he wants a political career.
Gabriel Makhlouf responds: 'My honesty and integrity are not in question'
Makhlouf leaves the Treasury with his head high, despite criticism and calls to say sorry.
Comment: Makhlouf's case of butt-covering
The previously estimable Secretary of Treasury departs on a low note.
Soper: The peculiar Bridges-Collins 'dinner date'
Comment: Claim Bridges and Collins had dinner together came as a surprise to other diners.
How your MP voted on euthanasia
See which way the 120 MPs voted on the euthanasia conscience vote and which switched.
Hawkesby: Exit Amy Adams - are the rats departing a sinking ship?
COMMENT: National desperately needs experience, capability and ideally these days: women.
Soper: The invisible man - National's new finance spokesman
COMMENT: Up until now He's been happy to be a somewhat invisible man of politics.
Audrey Young: Being in Opposition was tough for Amy Adams
COMMENT: Amy Adams never seemed to thrive in the finance role.
National reshuffle not a demotion for Judith Collins - Simon Bridges
National leader Simon Bridges has announced a reshuffle.
National MP Amy Adams' emotional exit: 'I want my life back'
Adams only ran for the party leadership last year.
Audrey Young: Hype over Christopher Luxon rather premature
COMMENT: Will prospect of Luxon entering Parliament next term, change things this term?
Claire Trevett's Beehive Diaries: The Speaker at 65, Bridges on slippery slope
Christopher Luxon may get the last laugh over Shane Jones yet.
Hawkesby: Brace for impact - Lurking Luxon a kick in the guts for Bridges
COMMENT: Simon Bridges is a guy who, from day one, has just failed to fire.