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The referendum seeking to decriminalise cannabis appears to have failed narrowly although special votes are still to be counted.
The referendum seeking to decriminalise cannabis appears to have failed narrowly although special votes are still to be counted. Keep Reading
The euthanasia referendum has passed the public vote, with 65.2 percent voting in favour, but the cannabis question has 53.1 percent voting 'no' so far, preliminary results show. Keep Reading
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A Twitter bot has been working to find and combat abusive tweets aimed at female candidates in the New Zealand elections. Keep Reading
By Richard Harman - October 30, 2020 Keep Reading
In the decades to come, will New Zealanders will look back on Jacinda Ardern as someone who seized the chance to act on climate or frittered away the opportunity before it was too late? Keep Reading
Depending on which way New Zealand voted, here are the likely next steps in the fight over legalising recreational cannabis. Keep Reading
MPs from both National and Labour are urging the government to adopt a lifeboat scheme for young Hongkongers who face political persecution. Keep Reading
It has always been difficult for small parties to win seats in Parliament, but the efforts of both Labour and National have made it even harder over time. Keep Reading
Assisted dying will become available next year. What are the criteria and how will it be policed? Keep Reading
With no NZ First, and possibly no Greens, there will be plenty of posts up for grabs in the new Cabinet. Keep Reading
National agrees with ACT's assessment that the Human Rights Commission has become too left-leaning. Keep Reading
People with disabilities live in damper homes, earn less and have fewer social connections, according to a new report. Keep Reading
OPINION: Should they stay or should they stay outside? It's a fraught political decision. Keep Reading
Former NZ First MPs Newshub spoke to were out of the loop on the party's path going forward. Keep Reading
The Green Party co-leaders say talks with Labour are in the closing stages and they expect to take a deal to their membership by Friday. Keep Reading
Cabinet was repeatedly told prior to the August outbreak that the regular asymptomatic testing of all border-facing workers was still being rolled out. Keep Reading
Schools able to exploit ambiguous rules to admit children and siblings of former students; now officials implement tougher zone restrictions. Keep Reading
Publicly, the National Party claims it did all that it could in the election campaign and is silent about the leader in the room. But it's time to put away the blue-tinted spectacles, writes Tim Murphy Keep Reading
By Richard Harman - October 28, 2020 Keep Reading
ACT scored big on election night but it was a "bittersweet" victory - the party is still on the wrong side of power. So what will its nine new MPs do for the next three years? Keep Reading
Green Party co-leaders have emerged from their second round of talks with Labour in hopes of taking a deal to their membership by the end of the week. Keep Reading
As it picks itself up from a drubbing, National needs to consider some new ways of doing things, such as reinventing the way we do social welfare, argues Liam Hehir. Yesterday was Labour Day. It has been Labour Month, in a way, with Jacinda Ardern’s party drubbing National in the general election Keep Reading
Judith Collins says a review of the National Party's election campaign will extend to the past three years in opposition, but won't say much else. Keep Reading
By Richard Harman - October 27, 2020 Keep Reading
Seventy groups had called on the Government to raise benefits by Christmas but Jacinda Ardern has said that won't be happening. Keep Reading
Jack Vowles looks at analysis showing where voters abandoning National and NZ First ended up. Keep Reading
Collected news stories and opinion articles from 1 September through to the election on Saturday 17 October 2020 Keep Reading