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National plans to let students dig into KiwiSaver for flat bonds

National is promising students a way through the price shocks of flat life, but they’ll have to dig into their own savings to do so.

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Third medical school could jam doctor pipeline

Medical professionals welcomed solutions from both parties around relieving healthcare workforce woes, but warned new medical students could face specialist training shortages

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The Luxon Show hits the West

It was a Labour zone in the last two elections, but last night the leader of the opposition did his best to turn that around at a public meeting in Te Atatū electorate

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National must raise bar in politics as Crusaders have done in rugby

By making a visionless, reactive law-and-order announcement their conference centrepiece at the weekend, National blew it

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National learns lesson from 'boot camps' with new policy

National's new criminal sentencing policy offers up longer sentences for offenders, better rehabilitation and more cash for victims.

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National party conference plays it safe on day one

Following a predictable and on-message speech from deputy leader Nicola Willis on the state of the economy it was the following interactive session on law and order that got party faithfuls talking.

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Domestic squabbling and two men called Chris: what’s next for New Zealand politics after Jacinda Ardern

As the Jacindamania circus leaves town, international attention that sought to make New Zealand a model for western liberal democracy has started to wane

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Raw Politics: Bonfire of the ministers

This week on the Raw Politics podcast: Are the wheels falling off the Labour light rail car, is the government's battery running low or is a fatalism at work leading to the run of ministerial errors and embarrassments.

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National 'cautiously optimistic' and on message

National Party campaign chair Chris Bishop says he's "cautiously optimistic" as the party rolls out its vision for what it would do in government if it triumphs in October.

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Luxon's 'inward-looking' remark didn't come from nowhere

The first signs of New Zealand's introversion came with the Asian financial crisis in 1997, which highlighted how vulnerable we were to international shocks

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MPs agree they'll sell off shares – if that's the price of power

A rule against shareholdings would exclude some MPs with business and investing experience from ministerial roles, some opponents warn. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Raw Politics: The 'fart now pay later' edition

This week on the Raw Politics podcast: Has National and the country given up on farm emissions? When does Labour throw a punch? And more from the whiny, wet, negative land called NZ.

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The potential coalition complications for major parties

What happens if Labour and National both fall short in the scrap for a parliamentary majority?

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Afternoon Update: bus tragedy victims identified; Gallagher denies misleading parliament; and ‘dead’ woman bangs on coffin at own wake

Bus driver granted bail after magistrate acknowledges ‘suffering’

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New Zealand opposition leader caught on hot mic calling country ‘negative, wet and whiny’

Christopher Luxon’s comments caught on microphone while the National party leader spoke to farmers, four months out from the general election

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Bishop moves diagonally on housing

Although the party line is a backtrack on housing legislation, Chris Bishop doesn’t want to wave aside the need for intensification.

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Luxon's infrastructure pledges don't mention climate

National’s five-point infrastructure plan contains some familiar elements.

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Act's David Seymour promises to 'dial up the brew'

Act’s plan to cut red tape and regulation was not a snappy soundbite policy, but while party faithfuls may need to re-read the fine print on what David Seymour announced today, they leave the annual conference inspired and energised ahead of this year’s election.

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No room at the inn for Luxon's Taranaki visit

The National Party wildly underestimated how popular its leader would be when he visited New Plymouth on Friday and had to turn people away at the door. Christopher Luxon got all sorts of questions and advice, not least, to “grow some balls and get some mongrel in him”.

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National getting sucked into regressive race debate

The National Party wants to talk about how the Government has got its priorities all wrong, but using kaupapa Māori as the stick to beat ministers with is both lazy and regressive, writes political editor Jo Moir

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Slow down Simeon Brown – bilingual traffic signs aren't an accident waiting to happen

When the National Party’s transport spokesperson, Simeon Brown, questioned the logic of bilingual traffic signs, he seemed to echo his leader Christopher Luxon’s earlier misgivings about the now prevalent use of te reo Māori in government departments.

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Labour goes negative on National-ACT 'cuts'

Labour kept up its attacks on the Opposition's proposed tax cuts but fumbled its own number-crunching at a party congress.

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Raw Politics: Luxon, Hipkins reveal themselves

This week on the Raw Politics podcast: The leaders front up - Chris Hipkins to his party's annual congress for the first time, and Christopher Luxon to a nationwide 'back on track' roadshow; Plus the risks of AI in political advertising

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Crime top of mind for Luxon crowd

A crowded North Shore event kicked off the next phase of Christopher Luxon’s protracted job interview for the job of Prime Minister

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New Zealand’s National party admits using AI-generated people in attack ads

Opposition party says AI was ‘an innovative way to drive our social media’ and said it was ‘committed to using it responsibly’

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