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Business commentator Rod Oram gives his steer to voters: the most forward-looking and evidenced-based policies in this election are from the Greens
Newsroom
The Environment Minister defends the $1.3 billion scheme which has, so far, created fewer than 500 jobs.
RNZ
With one week of the election campaign still to run, Jacinda Ardern has spent the day rallying party faithful in deep Labour territory, encouraging supporters to lock in their vote early.
Pundit
he economy has been through a traumatic experience. Prospects look sobering.
RNZ
Labour MP Phil Twyford has criticised his electorate opponent National MP Alfred Ngaro for posting blatant lies about his views on abortion.
RNZ
A chance to erase a significant injustice or too risky? Rangatahi are pitching their reasons for voting 'yes' or 'no' in this year's cannabis referendum. Watch the full kōrero here.
The Spinoff
Labour's winning strategy is built on rhetoric that seems to promise real change but never quite delivers, writes Danyl Mclauchlan. Perhaps soon it can give itself permission to do something truly transformational. There is a pit of doom major parties in New Zealand can fall into, when their soft
Newshub
Alfred Ngaro deleted the post, but not before his target Phil Twyford got a screenshot.
Newshub
Electorate votes give parties an opportunity to boost their seat count in Parliament.
Newsroom
Ryan Bridge looks at how the kindness brand Jacinda Ardern has created for herself has become a formidable foe, arguing National needs to change tack if it ever wants to turn things around.
Newsroom
Labour had been biding its time, now the party is talking about long-promised transformation.
Newsroom
The Labour MP adjusts to poll scrutineering in a socially distanced world and makes some furry friends.
Stuff
Talk of facing electoral oblivion is never far away, and James Shaw is conscious of his party’s poor election night record.
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Ardern was also named as a favourite to win in 2019, but missed out.
Stuff
ANALYSIS: If current polling holds up National's caucus is about to get a lot smaller - and a lot less diverse.
Stuff
The candidates in the running for the Whangārei electorate have been finalised. Here's what you need to know.
Newshub
Winston Peters says the money was announced as part of a larger package months ago.
Newshub
"What I feel more than any other desire is just that sense of responsibility."
RNZ
Have the greenhouse gas emissions from the construction industry increased by two thirds over the past decade like Greens co-leader James Shaw claims? AAP FactCheck investigates.
RNZ
Labour has announced a $59 million law and order reform policy, focused on drug and prisoner rehabilitation.
Newsroom
Some parties may be polling better than others, but they all have one thing in common - they need to think about what they really should be budgeting for. James Elliott has some ideas.
Newshub
Labour MP David Parker says he's confident Labour will win the election because he "can count".
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The Standard
Another day and another story about National MPs leaking against Judith Collins
Newsroom
A vote against cannabis buries the existence of people who haven't been able to participate in the debate because - unlike middle-class recreational users - they have a lot to lose, writes Anna Rawhiti-Connell.
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The Spinoff
The usual way electoral results maps are presented can be deceiving, over-emphasising large but sparsely populated rural areas and under-emphasising densely populated ones. Here's another way to make sense of 2020's election results. This post was updated on 16 November 2020 to reflect the final
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