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If you can't stand the heat, get out of the election

If you're indulging in too much election coverage, consider meditation, yoga or breathing exercises to help lower your blood pressure, advises Prof Julian Paton

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National's agriculture policy a John Key re-heat

Increasing on-farm water storage panned as a ‘knee-jerk kickback’, reports David Williams

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This week's bestselling books

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

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When four politicians walk into a room

There were, says Grant Robertson, a lot of professors of hindsight economics in the room at the ASB Queenstown finance debate. Newsroom's Jonathan Milne was also there.

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Finance debate draws taxing admission from Nicola Willis

National finance spokesperson's extraordinary concession raises more questions about the impact of National’s tax policies on house prices, writes Jo Moir.

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A new start for a long cricket career

A Wellington double code star switches to cricket for Hawkes Bay and is relishing the lifestyle and training opportunities, writes Aiden McLaughlin

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For whom the Bell tolls

A local-government academic detects a “Trumpian” flavour in a letter signed by Gore Mayor Ben Bell canning plans for a review of the troubled council.

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'Illegal' TV gambling ads difficult to address

The Department of Internal Affairs has come out hard on free-to-play gambling ads.

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Book of the Week: Big Brother is listening

Victor Billot on a history of state surveillance in New Zealand - and the modern threat of China

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The man who won’t be king

Act is looking increasingly likely to form part of the next government, but its leader was clear with people gathered to see him speak that he has no qualms with ‘turning down the baubles of power’.

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Spectre of defeat should spur Hipkins and Luxon, but where's the passion?

At 45, Chris Hipkins faces the prospect of never returning to office if he loses the coming election; similarly it is hard to see Christopher Luxon sticking around on the backbenches in Opposition, writes Peter Dunne

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National's foreign buyers tax falls $450m short, says economists' review

Analysis of housing data reveals foreigners would need to buy twice as many houses – and many at massively over-inflated prices – for National to pull in its promised $740m tax revenue, Jonathan Milne reports.

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New teachers are not ready for the classroom

There are no nationally mandated criteria for assessing whether new teachers are ready to teach and the result is an unreliable and inconsistent assessment process, argues Michael Johnston

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Workers living in cars the new normal in Queenstown

There’s a housing crisis in Queenstown, yet 27 percent of the stock is sitting empty most of the year. Political editor Jo Moir visited the tourism hotspot to investigate what’s going on.

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Stellar new $5b fiscal hole in the government books

The Crown accounts will lose billions in tax receipts this fiscal year, as the tax collector takes the day off for Matariki. Yet nobody is concerned – there's a reason for that.

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Wrapping the homeless in chip packets is hardly a blanket solution

This is what New Zealand has come to – a land of phenomenal wealth for a few, in which an alarmingly large proportion of our population is homeless, and kept warm with repurposed chip bags, writes Diane Brand

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From rail to windmills, NZ Super Fund learns from its mistakes

Big fund boss Matt Whineray calls for incoming government to set in place regulatory framework for offshore wind generation with urgency. Jonathan Milne reports.

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The dark twists and crazy turns of Whangārei's big cat park

The lions and tigers are ready to roar again as Whangārei's Kamo Wildlife Sanctuary re-opens it doors on Saturday. But the park has a troubled past – and its future is uncertain.

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Tourism operators among Tarras naysayers

Tourism businesses are among the latest group objecting to Central Otago getting an international airport despite the potential for a customer windfall.

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MediaRoom: 'Editor' at risk of becoming a dirty word

MediaRoom: People holding the title 'editor' in the senior ranks of one of our big media firms appear to be an endangered species in business restructuring. By Tim Murphy

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New poll pushes National close to 40 percent

A new poll has Labour well short of being able to form a government and confirms the news Chris Hipkins didn’t need, that National is in arm’s reach of 40 percent

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Luxon looks to leverage law and order in Labour stronghold

It was high-vis and head wraps for Christopher Luxon this morning as he visited South Auckland to plead National’s case

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'Disrupt democracy': Parties pitch for the youth vote

Visually, it was the opposite of your average political debate or community meeting in New Zealand. Nary a grey hair in sight. Teens, students and young workers showed their political colours by putting parliamentary hopefuls through their paces on the issues that matter to them.

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Heartland breaks ranks to allege 'distorting' behaviour by big banks

Big banks' deep pockets allow them to tilt the playing field with mortgage broker incentives and home loan cashbacks, says Heartland chief executive. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Labour bares teeth on campaign trail

Labour gives a glimpse of grit in the face of a horror poll

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