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Back-channels shift sands on which National’s property and tax package is built

The luxury housing market is gearing up for National to lift the foreign buyer ban for properties over $2 million, but Christopher Luxon faces staunch opposition from NZ First. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Council publishes kids books to ease disaster trauma

Auckland Council has spent more than $100k on a series of children’s books targeted at disaster readiness in migrant communities

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Labour's collapse was nationwide, National's win was local

While Labour's collapse occurred virtually everywhere, National's big win was enabled by a significant over-performance in the party and electorate votes in Auckland.

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Blue Rinse across Auckland

Labour’s shock losses were in National’s favour – but even when Labour won, the margins were closer than expected

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The Week in Detail: From Warkworth to walkways

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.

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Something to celebrate for everyone but Labour

Christopher Luxon headed to bed in the early hours of Sunday morning a Prime Minister with a National-Act majority, having ransacked Labour in safe red seats.

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Ghosts of long lockdown haunt Labour

While Labour polled above 30 percent in recent days, it couldn't turn those numbers into reality against economic and social headwinds dating back to Auckland's months-long 2021 lockdown.

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Conservative former businessman wins New Zealand election, set to be prime minister

Christopher Luxon will be the nation's prime minister after a decisive election victory. People voted for change after six years of a liberal government led for most of that time by Jacinda Ardern.

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Luxon claims victory in National's NZ 'blue-nami' win

Chris Luxon will become New Zealand's next prime minister as his centre-right National party wins the country's election.

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All signs point to National win as NZ campaign ends

Chris Luxon's National party is poised to win the New Zealand election, ending six years of Labour-led governments.

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Hipkins makes Brash comparisons in South Auckland

Hipkins says if National wins, 'Māori lose', while Luxon calls him a 'desperate individual' as time runs out to pull any last campaign tricks out of the bag

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Hipkins hits NZ Nats on Maori record as election nears

As Australia considers its relationship with its indigenous people, so too is New Zealand where Maori issues are central to its general election.

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American billionaire set to own Auckland A-League club

The owner of Premier League club AFC Bournemouth has won the battle to own an A-League expansion franchise in Auckland.

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Warkworth's seamless manufacturing change

Sir Russell Coutts has leased his SailGP manufacturing factory to Rocket Lab – and his specialist carbon composite workers are part of the deal.

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Chlöe can’t count on cannabis this time

Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick pulled off a major electoral coup to win Auckland Central in 2020 but without the cannabis referendum to encourage younger votes to the polls she faces a tougher battle this election

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A-League in final steps of approving Auckland expansion

An Auckland franchise in the A-League Men and A-League Women could be confirmed in the coming weeks.

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Yes to more social housing, but housing quality would be even better

Cooperative housing is in its infancy in Aotearoa, but if it were tweaked for social housing tenants it may help get them out of state housing and enable their home-ownership aspirations

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Is this Chris Hipkins' last lap?

On Chris Hipkins' first day of campaigning after holing up in an Auckland hotel room for five days with Covid-19, he tried to reinject some excitement into the race.

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The rock stars have arrived

The one about the house where a Prime Minister supposedly locked his deranged son in the basement.

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Chris Hipkins isolating with Covid-19

The Prime Minister and Labour leader has tested positive for Covid-19 and is isolating for five days or until he returns a negative test

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Hipkins claims the 'm' word

Chris Hipkins endured four seasons in one hour at an outdoor festival in an Auckland park - and claims to be sensing a rapid change in mood in the electorate as well.

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Time to tackle hidden menace of parasite threats

One of only two human parasitology research labs in NZ will close for want of funding, but if we don’t urgently invest in dealing with parasitic threats we will suffer the consequences. We should not wait for the next cryptosporidium outbreak, argues Dr Remy Muhsin et al

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Where is she now? Penny Whiting

Major surgery hasn't slowed down sailing trailblazer Penny Whiting - still racing yachts at 75. Now NZ's most noted yacht club has honoured her for always going that extra mile, Suzanne McFadden writes.

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Defining issues: Infrastructure's bottomless well

How will each party approach New Zealand’s chronic infrastructure underinvestment?

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Gone are the days of political leaders being mobbed

Over back-to-back days in Auckland with the two Chrises, political editor Jo Moir observed increased security and vetting, and safe party-faithful crowds.

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