Comment: Real democracy is about participation and the equitable exercise of power. The major forces shaping our lives are at the global technology level, writes Rob Campbell. Keep Reading

Former broadcaster Paul Henry takes fourth spot on Act's list, as polling suggests sitting MPs Cameron Luxton and Parmjeet Parmar could miss Parliament Keep Reading

Today from The Detail: MSD's made a litany of mistakes over botched benefit decisions and more, but apologies in contrast are thin on the ground. Keep Reading

Winton Land has been one of the property development sector’s most prominent companies, with its founder Chris Meehan celebrated as a “visionary” businessman with close connections to politicians. Keep Reading

Roger Partridge writes – There is a story that countries in the English-speaking world like to tell themselves about houses. Rising house prices made them rich. Not the speculators and not the banks – the ordinary families who bought a home, paid it off through recessions and redundancies, and woke one morning to find themselves… Keep Reading

This week on the Raw Politics podcast: Labour's search for its second wind, hands up for a public supermarket, and Paris in election time Keep Reading

  This week’s Taxpayers Union/Curia poll attracted far more attention than a single poll should. This was principally because it recorded su... Keep Reading

The run up to the election is the silly season; is there any point in taking most of the tax proposals seriously? Keep Reading

He’s a nationalist internationalist, a xenophobic diplomat, a charming antagonist. What kind of legacy does Peters leave after three terms as foreign minister? Keep Reading

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The government cut the public service to hit a number, and Labour will campaign on putting the number back. Neither of them is describing a better design. Keep Reading

The easiest way to dismiss the Green Party’s KiwiMart supermarket reform proposal is to turn it into a joke. Keep Reading

Today from The Detail: Polls, policies and political pokes - with less than two months to go, the election battle heats up Keep Reading

With less than two months to go until the election, The Detail sits down with two political journalists to talk polls, policies and whether the leaders of the big parties will survive Keep Reading

Comment: Lianne Dalziel reflects on Word Christchurch, respectful political debate, and why the March 15 Royal Commission terms of reference were rushed Keep Reading

Foreign Minister Winston Peters has spent years railing against governments handing diplomatic jobs to political insiders. Keep Reading

I thought people might be interested in what have been the lows and highs in the last 12 months in the monthly Taxpayers' Union - Curia poll for each political party. The election is certainly not static. Labour: 34.4% Mar 26, 25.9% Sep 26: range 8.5% National: 31.5% Jan 26, 29.0% Sep 26: range 2.5% Keep Reading

Analysis: Cheaper, publicly-owned Kiwi supermarkets? It’s an idea already taking shape in New York, US Correspondent Logan Church writes, after a grocery shop. Keep Reading

We asked some experts. Keep Reading

From Zohran Mamdani to the Financial Times, international media and politicians seem to think NZ has fixed housing affordability. Um… what? Keep Reading

  The Green Party's proposal for a publicly owned supermarket chain has predictably been met with hostility by the Government and its suppor... Keep Reading

Sam Stubbs says he'd be 'stunned' if there was not a bold response. Keep Reading

Labour says the economy isn’t working for ordinary people. But its new fiscal rules could leave a future Labour government with little room to do anything about it. Last month, Labour released its new fiscal strategy: a set of high-level rules it says will govern how it taxes, Keep Reading

The Act candidate on 'bloody stupid' liquor laws, and whether he'll 'tone down' his trademark honesty in parliament. Keep Reading

Comment from Victoria University: Repeated organisational change and staff reductions raise questions about commitment to our documentary heritage Keep Reading