Mahuru Māori: Month for speaking te reo returns for 2023 | RNZ News
RNZ
Mahuru Māori, the month-long kaupapa aiming at normalising te reo in everyday, situations is back for 2023.
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COVERING GENERAL ELECTION 2023
Election 2023: Labour eyes justice changes as National and Act target immigration and welfare - NZ Herald
NZ Herald
Chris Hipkins has achieved the campaign milestone of taking photos with cute babies.
National's Landlord Tax Break Could Cost $100m More A Year | Newsroom
Newsroom
The spike in mortgage rates since 2021 means National's planned restoration of interest deductibility for landlords could cost millions more than it has budgeted.
Election 2023: Greens promise five weeks of annual leave by 2025 - NZ Herald
NZ Herald
Party co-leader Marama Davidson made the announcement while in Auckland today.
Election 2023: Labour, Greens campaign on improving workers' rights | Newshub
Newshub
Here's what both parties want to do.
Bowalley Road: Act’s Message: Cheerfully Libertarian? Or, Radically Right-Wing?
bowalleyroad.blogspot.com
Mr Pushmepullyou: Pushed by the need for votes, Act's leader, David Seymour, like Richard Prebble before him, has reached out to the dark s...
Election 2023: Everyone’s swinging and spinning. The campaign is getting feral | Stuff.co.nz
Stuff
OPINION: Week two of the campaign started with pirates and doughnuts, but ended with feisty match ups.
Quit fixating on Winston Peters, says David Seymour | The Spinoff
The Spinoff
The Act leader on media focus, 'witch hunts' and Nelson Mandela.
Election 2023: Another hole? Figures show National's promise to reverse interest deductibility could cost more than planned for | Newshub
Newshub
"It's got more holes than a block of Swiss cheese," Labour leader Chris Hipkins says.
Labour Lists Fresh Policy, Campaigns On National’s Cuts
Newsroom
Chris Hipkins is campaigning on what he says would be lost under a National-led government, as much as what Labour is offering
Week in Politics: On the campaign trail | RNZ News
RNZ
Analysis: The latest polls show Labour's flagship policy promise hasn't worked, next week's leaders debate could be its last chance.
Election 2023: Grant Robertson slams Christopher Luxon, Nicola Willis' 'rubble' claims of 'rock-solid' tax plan | Newshub
Newshub
"Nicola Willis and Christopher Luxon's economic credibility is shot."
National Party reckless on agriculture and climate - Greenpeace Aotearoa
Greenpeace Aotearoa
The National Party has pledged to strip back environmental protections in its primary sector growth policy, released on Thursday afternoon. Greenpeace is calling it a major step backwards for climate, animals, and environment.
What is PREFU 2023 really telling us? — Pundit
Pundit
Despite the headlines, things are not much worse than at the time of the 2023 budget, but fiscal management is always difficult.
Luxon Presides Over A Kerfuffle In Kirwee | Newsroom
Newsroom
The theatre of media events contributes to a crowd commotion on a Canterbury farm at a National Party election announcement
Election 2023: Nicola Willis heckled by Grant Robertson, audience groans over foreign buyers tax claims | Newshub
Newshub
The debate also featured David Seymour and James Shaw.
Robertson v Willis: Who do you trust to captain the coffers? | Stuff.co.nz
Stuff
You either agree with Grant Robertson, that we’re turning a corner, or with Nicola Willis, that Labour has left the cupboard bare. Tova O'Brien reports.
Election 2023: Candidates spar in Queenstown over spending, taxes | RNZ News
RNZ
A month out from Election Day, the four leading parties' finance spokespeople came together for the ASB Great Debate in Queenstown to pitch their spending and visions for New Zealand's future.
Election 2023: Labour to campaign on overhauling consent laws, put onus to prove victim said 'yes' to alleged perpetrator | Newshub
Newshub
"This is a great step."
Felix Desmarais: Luxon needs to learn scrutiny is part of PM's job
1 News
National's tax plan is arguably the centrepiece of their policy platform, and voters deserve to get straight answers on it.
Election 2023: Photos from the campaign trail, Thursday 14 September | RNZ News
RNZ
It is one month today until New Zealanders go to the polls and the leaders of both Labour and National were out campaigning in the South Island.
NZ election 2023: with a month to go, polls point to a right-wing coalition government
The Conversation
New Zealand’s proportional electoral system makes coalition governments all but inevitable. Ahead of the October 14 election, the jockeying for power is all on the right.
Election 2023: National's foreign buyer tax plan has $530 million yearly fiscal hole, new report finds | Newshub
Newshub
The report by several highly regarded economists says even the best estimates fall well below the party's figures.
New Poll Pushes National Close To 40 Percent Territory | Newsroom
Newsroom
A new poll has Labour well short of being able to form a government and confirms the news Chris Hipkins didn’t need, that National is in arm’s reach of 40 percent
Roads, forestry slash, dental care: Tokomaru Bay on the election | RNZ News
RNZ
The people of Tokomaru Bay are resilient - but they're also worried about the future, after a year wracked by violent storms and road damage.