Work visas for foreign students on election agenda
Foreign students could get a work visa for up to three years if they study in NZ.
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Local Focus: Is the law out of order? Napier candidates on crime and punishment
Napier candidates question our prison system. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Prisoner voting: Inmates 'denied' information on election, referendums says ex-con
Former inmate Arthur Taylor says prisoners got getting adequate information on election
Local Focus: Tukituki candidates address credibility
Tukituki candidates address credibility for recovery. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
'Bizarre, unwanted': Shane Jones pledges $45m for port idea rejected by council
Gisborne deputy mayor also labelled the minister 'a knob'.
Local Focus: Who is Rawiri Waititi, Māori Party candidate for Waiariki?
Who's Rawiri Waititi and why should anyone vote for him? Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Who is Hannah Tamaki, Vision NZ candidate for Waiariki?
Nibble the pie - meet Vision NZ's Hannah Tamaki. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Business or the environment – what's more important for Tauranga candidates?
Some Tauranga candidates won't pick one over the other. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
You'll be blown away by this tattoo: Judith Collins as a 'Bond girl'
'She's got a bit of a Bond girl vibe about her, so I thought that would be cool.'
Labour's $600m for childcare teachers' pay, replace decile system
Labour promises $600m for ECE teachers' pay, but no expansion of fees-free study.
Māori Party wants NZ renamed Aotearoa, all cities to take Māori names by 2026
Māori Party candidate for Waiariki Rawiri Waititi has announced a policy for Te Reo Māori.
The Road Ahead: 'Some people never recover from the quakes'
Earthquake survivor Ali Jones and Al Noor Mosque imam Gamal Fouda on how their city copes.
Ken Orr: End of Life Choice Act - a licence to kill
Comment: Whatever happened to protecting the most vulnerable?
The Front Bench: Why is the rest of New Zealand still at level 2?
Why is the Government choosing to keep the rest of the country outside of Auckland still in alert level 2 for another week?
Local Focus: Who is Teanau Tuiono, Green candidate for Palmerston North?
The Green Party candidate running in Palmerston North. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Who is Tangi Utikere, Labour candidate for Palmerston North?
Deputy Mayor looking for a promotion to MP. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Who is William Wood, National Party candidate for Palmerston North?
Young business student running for Palmerston North. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
National and Labour's new ads: Who does it better?
Political and marketing experts say the ads are boring and have similar messaging.
Renaming NZ to Aotearoa 'plain headline hunting'
Winston Peters says the party is rushing down the path of separatism.
Local Focus: Wairarapa candidates reveal the electorate's biggest issue
Infrastructure is critical for many candidates. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Liam Hehir: What the voting age debate tells us about the media
Comment: 'Yawning gulf between politically active progressives and population at large.'
Reinstating training incentive allowance 'not going to cut it' - Advocate
Benefit advocates don't believe Labour's policy is good enough to ward off child poverty.
Election 2020: National wants to spend $2b on education if elected
National is promising the biggest education spend in a generation.
Ben Thomas: Move to the political centre masked by fiddling with the fringe
COMMENT: Social media transformed Te Kahika into a frothy conspiracy theorist
The Road Ahead: Covid takes big bite out of shark diving firm
Mike Haines has fought court battles and a pandemic to save his shark diving business.
Comment: A night with Billy TK - and his conspiracy theories
David Fisher went to an Advance NZ meeting and fact-checked Billy Te Kahika.
Should we open the ballot boxes to kids?
Editorial: Do young people have the rational brainpower to choose who govern us?
Life changer: Solo mums welcome $1b govt support for uni studies and work
Solo mum 'Ana Pahulu battled poverty raising her child. University changed their lives.
Election 2020: Labour promises living wage for government's cleaners, caterers and security guards
The government's cleaners, caterers and security guards could get a pay rise.
Māori Party want all Māori babies out of Oranga Tamariki care
"Mokopuna Māori do not belong in generic state care," the party says.
NZ First leader Winston Peters says lack of ambulance funding a 'crying shame'
Winston Peters is speaking about emergency services.
Election 2020: Labour unveils $1b plan for the welfare system
Labour would bring back an allowance for sole parents 10 years after it was axed.
Election 2020: Greens want to give farmers $297m to help them be climate-friendly
The Greens have unveiled their agriculture policy which promises to help farmers.
Fran O'Sullivan: Let's make it clear who's flying this machine
Air NZ situation shows NZ First's excessive power in this Government.