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A polarising Budget saw strong debates in Parliament this afternoon, as MPs from both ends of the political continuum laid out how they would have done things differently

National's deputy leader Nicola Willis says it is on everyone in the party to make sure there is greater diversity at next year's election, writes @jo_moir

Political editor @jo_moir looks at who will fill Simon Bridges' shoes in both finance, and his hometown of Tauranga.

Former National Party leader Simon Bridges has announced he is retiring from politics and will leave Parliament in the coming weeks.

National promises to remove six 'taxes' advanced by Labour, and to stop some of its biggest spending projects and policy reforms, if elected. Tim Murphy reports

National MPs will be under the microscope next week when their leader starts individual performance reviews, writes Jo Moir.

Whether or not recent (if limited) polling accurately reflects sympathy for the protest, the current spectacle in parliament’s grounds will be worrying Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her government – not least for its suggestion the “team of five million” may be breaking up.

Relentless political polling, a surge of anti-mandate protesters, and athletes' gravitational feats on snow converged this week to form a heady concoction of Newton's laws of motion.

National’s Chris Luxon wants to work with the Government on an appropriate time to end vaccine mandates.