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'It's time to step up': Steven Joyce confirms Nats leadership bid
Minister of Finance confirms he is candidate number five to replace Bill English.
Who's backing who in National's big race
Four challengers are in the race to be National's next leader. Who's backing them?
Simon Bridges has a strong New Zealand accent. Got a problem with that?
Comment: National MP's leadership bid has put his broad Kiwi accent back in the spotlight.
'I want to win': Mark Mitchell to contest National leadership
National MP Mark Mitchell addresses National's leadership battle.
Nats 'at a crossroads' as leadership race heats up
Rival National Party leadership candidates are stepping up meetings with undecided MPs.
Soper: Judith Collins is Nats' rottweiler
Collins has shown her mettle since becoming the first to announce her candidacy.
Your say: Assaults by patients are a real threat
Readers letters: Hospital security; rental issues; Knighthoods; National leadership race
Du Plessis-Allan: Collins is the only one who can bloody Ardern's political nose
COMMENT: National's next leader is unlikely to be the party's next Prime Minister.
Paul Little: Will Bill English finally get that tattoo?
COMMENT: Why do so many politicians take so long to get the message they are a failure?
Labour candidate leads council poll
Results of three Auckland Council byelections to be announced on Monday.
Steve Braunias: Secret Diary of National Leadership race
COMMENT: Oh hello! Fancy seeing my name in my own Secret Diary!
National Party: ABC of National's contenders
Herald political editor Audrey Young asked the National's contenders the hard questions.
Collins: National is too far to the left
National rivals dispute the level of change they would bring to the top job.
Art of deal could decide next leader
OPINION: Paula Bennett and Steven Joyce add complications to a negotiated outcome.
John Roughan: Steven Joyce best choice for Nats
COMMENT: Steven Joyce should be National's next leader.
Dancing with Stars, Vogue photo shoots: What's up with politicians these days?
Comment: The PM's pouting for Vogue, while David Seymour's putting his dancing shoes on.
Political Roundup: Why Bridges is Nats' best bet
COMMENT: Despite his flaws, many commentators regard him as the best bet for National.
Barry Soper: Why there's a lot to worry about in the National leadership race
Comment: Simon Bridges clearly wanted no distractions as he launched his leadership bid.
Hosking: My choice for National's top job (so far he's not put his hand up)
Outgoing National leader safest set of hands we've ever seen, says Mike Hosking.
National's three-way leadership battle: Two contenders and a scrapper
Three leadership contenders get on with it while three others think about it.
Judith Collins' sacking point: 35% in the polls
Judith Collins questions whether tax cuts are needed.
Judith Collins comes out swinging - at Ardern
Judith Collins says 2020 will be "a real war" and National has to change.
Simon Bridges is a 'likeable, loose goose' and should be Nats' next leader - Braunias
COMMENT: Simon Bridges is in the middle of the action, the centre of the storm.
Audrey Young: Let the bloodbath begin
COMMENT: New Zealand parties have had plenty of practice at changing leaders.
National readies for leadership showdown
The candidates are expected to start revealing themselves today.
Bryan Gould: National must get over idea it's 'born to rule'
COMMENT: National resents the election result because it thinks it is born to rule.
Editorial: English ends an enviable career
EDITORIAL: Bill English leaves politics with economy string and his party polling high.
National waka heading into stormy seas
Bill English said he was tempted to stay, but left with credibility intact.
Soper: Adams. Bennett. Collins. Time for gloves to come off
COMMENT: This is a female domain and the fight will be decided by judges' decision.
'National would have been stuffed without Bill English'
Bill English has been a very solid leader for National, local party members say.
Duncan Grieve: Bill English and the end of an overlong era
Key, Hosking and English were NZ's power structure, is generation shift to blame change?
Winston Peters: No one in Nats can win in 2020
Winston Peters has a message for Bill English.
Peters attacks English, says no one in Nats can win in 2020
Winston Peters has ignored gracious farewells to Bill English.