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