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The Opportunity Party is in the kingmaker position, with the latest RNZ-Reid Research poll showing neither the coalition nor the opposition would have the numbers to form a government without its help.
Three candidates have put their hat in the ring for the electorate made up of regions in the west of the North Island.
RNZ
Te Tai Tonga MP Tākuta Ferris has confirmed he will recontest the Māori electorate seat as an independent candidate.
NZ Herald
Christopher Luxon and Nicola Willis spoke to media in Botany following the National Party's campaign launch and economic policy announcement in Botany. Video / NZ Herald
National had previously committed only to "no new taxes on working people".
NZ Herald
Labour is promising a return to surplus in the 2029/30 financial year while also pledging to restore the Reserve Bank’s dual mandate so employment levels are...
Stuff
Auckland Council and central government signed a deal which included the consideration of an accommodation levy in April.
It has not yet decided what its new "realistic and achievable" Clean Vehicle Standard settings will be, however.
RNZ
The government is undermining a Treaty settlement and the health of Waikato and Waipā rivers by prioritising its political interests, Waikato-Tainui says.
The Greens, Te Pāti Māori and Labour are all preparing to campaign on a shared goal of changing the Government
NZ Herald
An accuser of a high-profile former CEO has quizzed the Prime Minister about what his party would do about sexual harm to women in New Zealand. After feeling...
NZ Herald
One of the country’s largest iwi is “deeply upset” the Government is pausing farming provisions that took 14 years to design and would have helped protect...
Luxon will face Hipkins on October 6, but has turned down TVNZ's second leaders' debate scheduled for two days before the November 7 election.
"We can afford to feed our children nutritious kai and put money back into our local communities," co-leader Marama Davidson said.
NZ Herald
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon visited Christchurch for a public meeting last night, as the campaign trail for November’s election heats up. Herald senior...
RNZ
Labour's Willie Jackson - who is running the party's campaign for the Māori seats - has cast some doubt on the party's ability to win them all.
NZ Herald
New polling suggests a majority of New Zealanders support only allowing citizens to vote in general elections. The polling, conducted by Curia Market...
RNZ
National's Chris Bishop has softened comments criticising Fire and Emergency (FENZ) as "incompetent" and lacking a plan to replace a fire station, after a rebuke from the internal affairs minister.
The Māori roll is growing at record pace. How could it impact the election?
A briefing in March last year said tight controls on recruitment were crucial to meeting the budget.
NZ Herald
National Party leader Christopher Luxon is teasing a “surprise” retirement village policy amid debate over how swiftly retirement organisations should repay...
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Te Pāti Māori is being warned its Election 2026 strategy could put Māori electorate seats at risk, as debate intensifies over how the party campaigns across the seven Māori electorates. […]
RNZ
Labour's deputy leader says parties need to be careful about optics as they head closer to the election, admitting the continued presence of a member's bill calling for a streaming levy was an oversight.
Mount Albert, Hutt South, Wellington Bays and the Māori seats could be key seats to watch in the November 7 election
RNZ
Health NZ leaders told the Health Minister tight controls on hiring staff were crucial to delivering its budget and that recruitment of any frontline worker was only possible with the sign-off of senior executives.
RNZ
Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill both successfully led hand-picked Cabinets that included their own fiercest rivals in order to forge a team of the most able.
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