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With nine months to go, how much can opinion polls tell us about the general election on November 7? Short answer: not much.

Ministers are set to announce a package of energy reforms tomorrow morning, based loosely on recommendations from a long-awaited report by international consultancy Frontier Economics. It’s understood the Government has stopped well short of the radical shake-up sought by NZ First and its associate energy minister, Shane Jones. At present…

With the ACT Party’s Regulatory Standards Bill now before the Finance and Expenditure Committee, having passed its first reading in parliament last week, parallels with the now abandoned Treaty Principles Bill have already been drawn.

“This is the most severe punishment handed down in our history.”

Their now-infamous haka protest in New Zealand's parliament was seen by millions across the world, but will produce suspensions for the Maori Party MPs.

Prime Minister Chris Luxon's National party has proposed an under-16 social media ban in New Zealand but it doesn't have support across the coalition.

Winston Peters turns a venerable 80 on April 11, but he showed no sign of retiring as New Zealand’s archetypal populist during his recent state of the nation speech. He especially enjoyed the hecklers, gleefully telling them one by one to get out.

Prime Minister Chris Luxon and the New Zealand National party have improved their popularity according to the latest TVNZ poll.

It would be hard to think of an industry less obviously “woke” than banking, but that’s how coalition partner NZ First has characterised certain practices within the finance sector.