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As New Zealanders deal with higher costs of living and get used to COVID spreading across the community, Jacinda Ardern and her Labour government are losing support and seeing the rise of a "business guy" Opposition Leader.

Teams Red and Blue both showed it's not too late to do a U-turn on Ian Foster. A short history of the embarrassing manoeuvre from James Elliott. 

As the 2023 election draws closer Labour is sticking to a tried-and-true campaign team while National's going for something old and something new, writes political editor Jo Moir

National leader and All Blacks coach have time to turn around their indifferent performances and achieve victory. But both will need to dramatically change their ways, says Peter Dunne

The party's now requires that the leader be told about past mistakes. Pending a report on Sam Uffindell, Christopher Luxon says he's neutral on the sort of person the new MP is.

The final act in this week’s protest on the lawns of parliament was the announcement by Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki of a new political party. Perhaps this was the whole point of the event, as it was never entirely clear what the protest was actually against in the first…

In a late-night statement, National leader Christopher Luxon stands down the new Tauranga MP after new allegations about his intimidating behaviour at a university flat

The National Party has yet more questions to answer about its failures in candidate vetting and disclosure.

Sam Uffindell was asked to leave prestigious private school Kings College after taking part in a group attack on a fellow student when he was 16

National's policy to help young people into meaningful employment has merit, but sanctions and punitive frameworks are not the answer, writes Aaron Hendry 

National's new leader reached for tried conservative policy at a conference low on thrills but rich with talk of unity and discipline.