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National presses fiscal attack as questions over Luxon leadership remain

Comment: As National and Labour battle weak polling and uninspiring leaders, the major parties have spent as much time attacking the other’s weak spots as promoting their own plans

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Labour zeroes in on small business relief, not big business stimulus

Analysis: Where National's Investment Boost is designed to stimulate economic growth, Labour wants to take costs off small businesses instead.

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Luxon says he will call referendum on MMP if returned to power

"The question I keep saying is, I don't need some yahoo or numpty from some other party around that (Cabinet) table."

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Stats NZ forced to eye census Plan B as impasse threatens overhaul

The Government lacks the 75 percent support needed to push reforms through – but the next Parliament could vote to delay the 2028 census.

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PM Modi holds talks with New Zealand's opposition leader

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with New Zealand Opposition Leader Chris Hipkins. They discussed strengthening bilateral relations and people-to-people ties. This meeting occurred during Modi's final leg of a three-nation visit. India and New Zealand elevated their ties to a strategic partnership.

The Economic Times

The secret diary of .. the World Cup

A preview of the top teams competing for glory at the World Cup

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Hipkins echoes Reagan: ‘Are you better off than three years ago?’

Labour’s leader borrows from a neoliberal boogeyman as he attacks the malaise caused by the coalition Government

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Stormy start to Labour’s election push as party takes aim at a winter of discontent

Inclement weather disrupted the start of Labour’s election-year conference – but the party is hopeful the winds of change will sweep it to victory

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As NZ’s Chris Hipkins pursues power, what can he learn from Keir Starmer’s downfall?

When Keir Starmer stepped down as British prime minister this week, it said as much about his troubled premiership as it did about a crisis facing other social-democratic Labour parties.

The Conversation

National, Labour spar over hyped-up $18b in ‘hidden’ policy costs

Comment: The Finance Minister’s attack on Labour’s ‘hidden bill’ hits at a weak spot for the party – but National’s theatrical approach risks coming off as desperation

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Foreign-linked disinformation page targets NZ politics

A Facebook page is pushing out a steady stream of fabricated stories and images featuring some of New Zealand's most prominent political figures.

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Labour leads with its chin on transport cap costs – critics swing wildly

The party’s first big policy of election year sparks intense blowback over its cost, partly because its potential upside wasn’t spelled out. Tim Murphy investigates.

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Mind the gap: Labour’s policy platform empty no more

The main opposition party rolls out its first major election policy since late 2025 - cheaper weekly bus and train fares focusing on the main cities

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Stability over sparkle in Labour’s candidate list as policy question looms

One high-profile police figure vaults up Labour’s ranks as another is unceremoniously ushered into retirement, in an election list light on real surprises

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Walters, Tangaere-Manuel and newcomers among biggest winners in new Labour list; O’Connor gone

The rankings reward some of the party's emerging talent while some sitting MPs have slipped down the list, facing a tougher road back into Parliament.

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NZ budget sharpens the campaign choice for Kiwis

New Zealand's coalition government will campaign on the restoration of its budget books after plotting a pathway back to surplus.

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Scrappy election campaign looms over short-lived Budget unity

Opinion: While coalition scrapping over Super may make headlines, the delivery of the Budget also puts the onus on Labour to unveil its own policies

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Nearly 9000 public sector jobs to go, government agencies to merge

A week ahead of the Budget, the Finance Minister unveils an extensive restructure of the public service, with jobs to be cut at many agencies

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Sparks fly as energy dominates first major political debate

The first major debate of the 2026 campaign had intra-coalition bickering, a near-leak of Budget policy and maybe a budding political romance

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'Where the bloody hell are ya?': NZ's budget sledge

New Zealand is campaigning for Australian talent off the back of major tax reforms in the budget, with the Kiwi government also whacking the broken promise.

AAP

New Zealand sounds off on 'unhelpful' Trump over Iran

In contrast to Australia, New Zealand's leaders have spoken out with criticism of Donald Trump as the US president threatens Iran's civilians.

The Independent UK

New Zealand to give cash payments to some families as US-Iran war deepens fuel crisis

Just 47 days of combined petrol, diesel and jet fuel stocks left in New Zealand

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Hipkins ex's allegations threaten NZ Labour's campaign

New Zealand Labour has been rocked by allegations made by leader Chris Hipkins' ex-wife, prompting a debate around whether MPs are entitled to a private life.

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'One of the best pandemic responses in the world': NZ

Jacinda Ardern has defended her government's pandemic record, saying they got "more than most" right on New Zealand's COVID-19 handling.

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand Covid response among world’s best but ‘scars’ remain, inquiry finds

Royal commission says response led by Jacinda Ardern was broadly ‘appropriate’, in a wide-ranging report featuring recommendations for future pandemics

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