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Mike Hosking: Hipkins and Peters are as bad as each other
OPINION: The two will say and do anything to get your vote this election.
Richard Prebble: Labour a hapless whale to the sharks - and Hipkins is to blame
OPINION: The sharks are the Greens and NZ First, who are ripping voters off Labour.
National and Act differ on paid partner leave as Labour estimates uptake
National is keen on Labour's new policy for parental leave - if it can afford it.
'End of a challenging time' - Govt ditches all remaining Covid restrictions
It comes as reported cases and hospitalisations have been trending up in past two weeks.
Labour returns to the 30s, but National/Act can still govern in new poll
The poll of 1012 people was conducted online between July 31 and August 7.
Labour forced to fix GST policy after $240m mistake found
Labour confused the years in which the policy would apply.
Will the preferred prime minister lead the next government?
OPINION: There's a chance our second-choice PM will take the job.
Inside Julian Batchelor's long-simmering property spat before his divisive co-governance tour
Roadshow organiser's 15-year battle with DoC, Māori over access to land.
'A gutsful': The politics over youth crime, the numbers and what would make a difference
Politicians have had a 'gutsful', but is youth offending actually getting worse?
Greens will have free portable dental clinics across country
It is part of a larger dental care package being unveiled on Sunday.
Act promises to ‘stop work’ on wasteful projects on day one
Act promises to wield axe on day one, cutting public service jobs.
Editorial: Familiar roads to an uncertain destination
OPINION: Our editorial on divergent policies leading to the General Election in October.
Claire Trevett: Holes and polls - looming election battle of Robertson and Willis
Grant Robertson's usual joie de vivre has returned, and it's just in time
Health Minister ‘disappointed’ no new waiting list data before election
Health Minister Ayesha Verrall called for fresh data. Te Whatu Ora says yeah, nah.
New Zealand’s message to China in new defence strategy - not a 'path to war'
A grassroots activist group claims the new strategy leads NZ down the path to war.
Mike Hosking: $1000 for charity says Kieran McAnulty's wrong, Labour will lose
OPINION: Labour is staring down the barrel of an election night nightmare.
Claire Trevett: Survivor Labour - MPs face list ranking at a perilous time
Labour's list ranking is happening as Hipkins tries to stop creaks in caucus unity.
Election 2023: Fran O’Sullivan: Business looking for vote of confidence on election day
OPINION: There is a great deal of pre-election reckoning happening right now.
Deputy PM, Rob Fyfe unveil new anti-slavery rule proposal
Rules would require companies to be "transparent" about supply chains.
24 pages of amendments: MPs rush to declare interests after Michael Wood scandal
The list of amended returns is four times longer than last year’s.
Thomas Coughlan: Hipkins wanted MPs to be able to disagree more - he got his wish
OPINION: Is a bit of Cabinet disagreement really all that bad?
Kiri Allan crashed outside home of senior Ministry of Justice official
The black ute damaged in the crash was parked outside the official's home.
'I'm so, so sorry': Kiri Allan breaks silence, won’t stand in election
MP confirms she will not contest the East Coast electorate she won in 2020.
‘Needs support': Willie Jackson spoke to Kiri Allan hours before car crash
Willie Jackson said the crash might have been avoided if he'd been with her.
Simon Wilson: A grumpy Winston Peters and his ‘mission to save our country’
OPINION: NZ First claims it will save us from "racism and separatism".
Letters: Govt spending, party policies, and what about a grand coalition?
OPINION: Letters on debt, fast-food diplomacy, home detention, and the St James Theatre.
Final ‘koha’: Sir Wira Gardiner’s posthumous High Court win for veterans
High Court decision tells Veterans' Affairs to aim for justice and don't sweat the detail.
New Justice Minister: PM's reshuffle after Kiri Allan arrest
Kiri Allan has not yet spoken publicly since her arrest apart from a brief statement.
Claire Trevett: Is it time for National to fly the white flag in its war with Act?
National's policies so far amount to an Itch-Scratching Manifesto.
Winston Peters on the biggest threat to NZ First’s 2023 election campaign
The NZ First leader promises to announce the "flavour" of his tax policy.
MPs lack appetite to improve Parliament workplace
Four years after her original review, Debbie Francis said Parliament still needs change.
Mike Hosking: Labour’s new slogan meaningless, it’s results that count
OPINION: Apparently Labour is “In It For You". Not for me, writes Mike Hosking.
‘Lost the plot’: Act founder not voting for former party
The party's current leader isn't too fazed by the comments.