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Bridges' selection puts Tauranga 'on map'
Simon Bridges is the new leader of the National Party.
Simon Bridges is the new leader of the National Party.
OPINION: The decision today will affect the next Government.
Some MPs are still undecided, so a lot lies on the pitch to caucus.
Comment: Conditions of secrecy helped Joyce's campaign to get off the starting block.
National leadership contenders weigh up deputy and finance spokespeople.
Claire Trevett finds out where the candidates stand on moral issues.
COMMENT: Public popularity won't decide who'll step into English's Hush Puppies.
COMMENT: National MPs should look at the fate of the Australian Liberal Party in Victoria.
Steven Joyce and Amy Adams have been talking over the weekend but no deals done.
Some MPs are making a pitch for Judith Collins to be deputy to Simon Bridges.
COMMENT: The challenge for National's next leader lies within the party ranks.
Steve Braunias' secret diary of ... Cyclone Gita
Entrenching the core vote and alienating the centre won't grow support for the party.
Candidates are lobbying to be the second pick for their rivals' supporters.
Husband and son of Taranaki-King Country MP Barbara Kuriger charged with animal cruelty.
The finance portfolio is likely to be hotly contested after the leadership race.
COMMENT: National provides masterclass in indirect sledging.
EDITORIAL: National MPs need to narrow the field before they vote for a new leader.
COMMENT: A combo with Collins would also be stronger than any other permutation.
National has complained about the Government's handling of partnership schools.
Shane Jones unlikely to contest the deputy leadership, but three others could.
Minister of Finance confirms he is candidate number five to replace Bill English.
Four challengers are in the race to be National's next leader. Who's backing them?
Comment: National MP's leadership bid has put his broad Kiwi accent back in the spotlight.
National MP Mark Mitchell addresses National's leadership battle.
Rival National Party leadership candidates are stepping up meetings with undecided MPs.
Collins has shown her mettle since becoming the first to announce her candidacy.
Readers letters: Hospital security; rental issues; Knighthoods; National leadership race
COMMENT: National's next leader is unlikely to be the party's next Prime Minister.
COMMENT: Why do so many politicians take so long to get the message they are a failure?