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The Green Party's co-leaders both spent time in Wellington in the final days of the campaign, seeking to boost two electorate candidates in key seats, reports Marc Daalder

The inaugural Māori Wāhine national cricket tournament starts today, with a chance for young Māori cricketers to make their mark on the game. 

The final polls and what to expect on Saturday evening, plus how long it might take for a government, and our nominations for best and worst political plays, and individual performers.

From preparations that begin two years out, to a double vote count after the polls close, our elections are a massive logistical exercise.

The campaign wraps up with the most ill-judged wisecrack of all. We report who's in the pink, and who made a blue.

Foreign policy has yet to feature significantly this election despite its obvious implications for national security and development. Internationally, observers are looking for what the elections will mean for policy towards Aukus, the Ukraine War, and, crucially, climate change, writes Robert Patman.

Māori split their vote, and are signalling incredibly strongly that they want Te Pāti Māori and Labour to work together.

From 1960 to the mid-1980s, unprecedented rates of institutionalisation of young people were normalised by the police, judiciary and state welfare institutions, the impacts of which are still felt today, write Len Cook and Anna Waapu

As a plan to pump treated wastewater into the Manukau Harbour is notified today, locals are furious at Watercare publishing private details of about 120 submitters and to add insult to injury, misrepresenting their views. Jonathan Milne reports.

As Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins clashed in the final leaders' debate of the 2023 election campaign, Newsroom confirms both made provably false claims.

The latest Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list, described by Steve Braunias