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The perils of diplomacy in a cost-of-living crisis

After more than two years focused on domestic matters, the PM has been back on the international stage. But there's a growing chasm between her reception overseas versus at home

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Labour tests negative waters as Luxon's tide rises

An ad attacking National's leader Christopher Luxon is a sign of the tight race to come, as Labour and Jacinda Ardern's popularity starts to dwindle.

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One step forward or two steps back? MPs react to budget

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

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Willis' unsuccessful attempt to woo women in Tauranga

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

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Opposition promises are entrancing New Zealanders as Jacinda Ardern’s star fades

A dramatic collapse in Labour’s poll ratings comes as National under Christopher Luxon soars

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Jacinda Ardern acknowledges ‘difficult period’ as Labour party slumps again in polls

Reid poll also sees National party lead Labour amid growing concern over inflation and rising living costs in New Zealand

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Christopher Luxon's big white problem

National’s just had its first opportunity to deal with its diversity crisis and its response was four white men contesting the Tauranga by-election, writes @jo_moir

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The political right is fighting a relentless battle to rewrite New Zealand’s pandemic success

Critics have cherrypicked aspects of court rulings on the Covid response – which saved thousands of lives – to wrongly paint it as illegal

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Simon Bridges bows out after fighting back to the top

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

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Simon Bridges to retire from politics

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

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Luxon spies an opportunity

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

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Luxon's new mantra won't come easily to some MPs

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

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Mid-term pressures test Jacinda Ardern’s Labour government, but National must still find the new political centre

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.

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Yesterdaze: Newton's laws of commotion

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.

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Luxon extends helping hand to PM on vaccine mandates

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

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Luxon’s Nats stand for nothing except winning power

Like every major Labour reform previously, National will angrily oppose income insurance from the opposition benches, then quietly adopt it in government.

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Luxon's grand plan to fix the National Party

It was Christopher Luxon’s desire to fix the National Party that steered him towards Parliament. When he arrived, it was in worse shape than he thought.

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Christopher Luxon: 'It will make people uncomfortable'

National Party leader Christopher Luxon expects some of his MPs to feel uncomfortable during their caucus retreat.

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Luxon's got issues - poll not one of them

Christopher Luxon will be breathing a sigh of relief after a comfortable poll result on Thursday. But the big question for National now is how it plans to claw the middle-ground back off Labour

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