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Knowing superstitions aren’t real doesn’t stop us behaving superstitiously – why?

Former New Zealand prime minister John Key has three white rabbits painted on his helicopter, a nod to his “massively superstitious” habit of repeating “white rabbits” three times at the start of every month.

The Conversation

NZ's coalition in poll control but Luxon doubts linger

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Luxon hopes tough economic times - which he blames Labour for - are behind his government's lack of a polling honeymoon.

AAP

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Luxon struggling to win over Kiwis in tough NZ times

As New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Luxon visits Austalia this week, it's clear that back home he is battling to win the affections of Kiwis.

AAP

New Zealand PM grounded again as defence force fleet flies into trouble

Defence force aircraft draws fresh criticism as Christopher Luxon joins Ardern and Key in list of leaders held up by ageing planes

The Guardian - AU

Psuedoephedrine cold and flu drugs coming back in NZ

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Luxon says he's a fan of pseudoephedrine-enhanced cold and flu drugs and wants them back on pharmacy shelves.

AAP

Prime Manager Luxon shows corporate style in NZ top job

Prime Minister Chris Luxon's managerial persona - including plans, KPIs and corporate-babble - is setting the tone for his New Zealand government.

AAP

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Waitangi flashpoint arrives for NZ's Luxon government

Tens of thousands of people are expected at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds for NZ's national day as the government is interrogated over policy for Maori.

AAP

Luxon lauded as National's poll messiah after NZ win

He's a teetotaller who wakes at 4:30am each morning and writes emails in blue comic sans font. And soon, he'll be the New Zealand Prime Minister.

AAP

Something to celebrate for everyone but Labour

Christopher Luxon headed to bed in the early hours of Sunday morning a Prime Minister with a National-Act majority, having ransacked Labour in safe red seats.

Newsroom.co.nz

Tears in Christchurch as Chippy concedes

A funereal air descends on Labour’s election night event in Christchurch

Newsroom.co.nz

For heaven’s sake, turn up the music

There isn't such an overt strand of politically oriented songs today – but the political songs have become ever more personal, argues Aleisha Ward

Newsroom.co.nz

Decoding major parties' economic credentials

There's no real data to suggest the economy is better off under a National or Labour government, writes Andrew Bevin

Newsroom.co.nz

Kiwis mull change options in last week of NZ election

Labour will up its attacks in the final three weeks of the New Zealand election, a contest which is centre-right National's to lose.

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Personal and confidential: Performance Review for CM Luxon

How has Christopher Luxon the businessman adapted to political campaigning? Here's Luxon's party leadership assessed, in the style of an executive performance review.

Newsroom.co.nz

Pseudoregulation: the failure to stop meth production

The ban on the only cold medicine that seems to work never seemed likely to work, says Dr Eric Crampton

Newsroom.co.nz

Gone are the days of political leaders being mobbed

Over back-to-back days in Auckland with the two Chrises, political editor Jo Moir observed increased security and vetting, and safe party-faithful crowds.

Newsroom.co.nz

Luxon and media playing intense game of hide and seek

Things are getting tense, loud and stubborn as National leader Christopher Luxon feels the intensity of a media pack with a tax package in its bonnet, and unanswered questions, writes Tim Murphy

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Election gets six of the best

Law firm Bell Gully brought together two panels of some of our sharpest media political observers to cut through the campaign and predict who and what we'll end up with after October 14. Tim Murphy moderated.

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National's agriculture policy a John Key re-heat

Increasing on-farm water storage panned as a ‘knee-jerk kickback’, reports David Williams

The Conversation

After the election, Christopher Luxon’s real test could come from his right – not the left

Christopher Luxon is no slouch on the dance floor, it seems. As his wife Amanda told the New Zealand Woman’s Weekly, the two prepared for their university ball with a ballroom dancing class.

Newsroom.co.nz

Hipkins snookers Luxon over NZ First evasion

In refusing to rule out working with NZ First after the election, Christopher Luxon will have a dark, awkward shadow hanging over every discussion about what a centre-right government might look like, argues Peter Dunne

Newsroom.co.nz

National's glory days

In his new memoir, Steven Joyce remembers the first days of the reign of Sir John Key and a golden age of National

Newsroom.co.nz

National donors say migrant hostels inquiry has been widened to other houses

Alpha Laboratories owners say they expect to be cleared in tenancy inquiry, and hope to continue donating money to politics to support small businesses. Jonathan Milne reports.

The Conversation

India could soon be the world’s third biggest economy – NZ needs to build the trade relationship urgently

India’s economy has emerged as a bright spot in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Currently the fifth largest global economy, it is predicted to become the third largest by 2030.

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