Warning Signs and Challenges for Ardern's Govt | Newsroom
Labour has now got the spotlight thanks to its landslide win, but leading the party and public on a march to success amid a global economic crisis is not going to be easy.
Labour has now got the spotlight thanks to its landslide win, but leading the party and public on a march to success amid a global economic crisis is not going to be easy. Keep Reading
As Jacinda Ardern decides how and with whom to govern, she will need to weigh up what voters want from her. Keep Reading
The party is set to return to Parliament. Keep Reading
Winston Peters was the wild card of New Zealand politics for most of his long political career - cutting, brusque, combative, rude, funny - a contradiction. Now he's gone, and we look back. Keep Reading
Act's challenge now is to maintain its support. Keep Reading
New Zealanders chose amity over acrimony, generosity over self-serving, and reality over self-deception, writes Dame Anne Salmond Keep Reading
National MPs have pointed to a number of issues they say led to the landslide loss. Keep Reading
The Prime Minister says Labour has a mandate to "crack on" with governing - but will the Greens be involved? Keep Reading
The Green party co-leader, Marama Davidson, talks to Guyon Espiner about the results which saw the party bring ten MPs back into Parliament and Chloe Swarbrick take Auckland Central. Keep Reading
The long-time politician bowed out of parliament after NZ First failed to win five per cent of the vote. Keep Reading
Labour took home victory in the 2020 election, leaving National floundering with 35 seats. Keep Reading
Helen Clark has messaged Jacinda Ardern to congratulate her on a 'fantastic' result. Keep Reading
Labour's new electorate MPs admit they thought it was a 'distant dream' to snatch their seats off National, but say it came down to the hard work of their teams. Keep Reading
Collins refused to say whether the leaker would be named and shamed if found. Keep Reading
Last night's election result saw Labour win enough votes to form the next government. Keep Reading
Labour leader Jacinda Ardern says the next government will be formed within the next few weeks, following the party's resounding victory in the 2020 General Election. Watch the stand-up here. Keep Reading
Judith Collins says the National Party needs stability, not a new face, despite a crushing loss. Keep Reading
There were a lot of similarities between this year's post-election NZ First media conference and the one from last election, but the circumstances couldn't have been more different Keep Reading
ANALYSIS: The message was a clever one. Why settle for one Māori when you can have two? Keep Reading
NZ Parliament's rainbow community just got brighter. Keep Reading
In politics, what lifts you up can drag you down. To avoid that, Jacinda Ardern's Labour government will have to examine its political soul. Keep Reading
Former Finance Minister says Labour ran a 'very safe' campaign. Keep Reading
Greens MP Chlöe Swarbrick joins Annabelle Lee-Mather, Ben Thomas and Toby Manhire to pick over the remains of election night in a special Sunday edition of Gone By Lunchtime. It's the morning after a very successful election night for Labour, and a pretty good one for the Greens too – especially Keep Reading
Opinion - This is Jacinda Ardern's show and she will be held accountable for anything that goes wrong, writes Peter Wilson. Keep Reading
Bad news for some Pasifika MPs is outweighed by a chance to build a Pacific of "peace, connection and understanding". 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