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NZ Election 2023: final polls suggest NZ First likely kingmaker as the left makes late gains

After political polls between March and August showed a clear trend towards the right, polls since late August have shown the reverse. Remove a resurgent NZ First from the mix, and the left and right blocs are now polling closely.

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Post-COVID record migration boom for New Zealand

New Zealand's net migration hit a record 110,200 in the year to August, Statz NZ figures show.

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NZ Election 2023: from one-way polls to threats of coalition ‘chaos’, it’s been a campaign of two halves

After weeks of policy debate, disputed fiscal plans, sloganeering and no small amount of rancour, the election campaign has come down to a single, uninspiring contest of negatives: use your vote to avoid uncertainty, “chaos” and even a second election.

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A little magic takes E Blacks women to global stage

An underdog win over their trans-Tasman rivals has earned the NZ women's Esports team a spot on the global stage. It's a challenge, player Rangsey Mou says, for women to be respected in gaming.

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Ardern return hint, NZ Labour suffers election setback

Poll leaders National and Labour are continuing their fight over fiscal plans as the race to form New Zealand's next government goes down to the wire.

AAP

Second election shocker: National raise NZ poll fears

National party campaign chair Chris Bishop says New Zealanders could return to the polls for a second election if it can't do a coalition deal with NZ First.

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NZ PM Hipkins admits regrets on COVID-19, co-governance

Chris Hipkins has expressed regrets over NZ Labour's handling of quarantine and its failure to explain its embrace of "co-governance" sharing power with Maori.

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Gaza war tears a rift in NZ's 'single voice' on foreign affairs

The violent conflict injects small dose of uncertainty into New Zealand's election campaign, a world away, with petrol and food prices both set to rise this week. Jonathan Milne reports.

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NZ's Luxon pledges first trip, if elected, to Australia

Opposition Leader Chris Luxon, the likely next prime minister of New Zealand, has outlined his first-up foreign engagements should he win the election.

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Hipkins back with a bang on return to NZ campaign trail

After five days in COVID-19 isolation, Labour leader Chris Hipkins has returned to the campaign trail in New Zealand.

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NZ's Queenstown Airport reopens after bomb threat

New Zealand Defence personnel have attended Queenstown airport after a suspicious item was identified, causing an evacuation and flight cancellations.

AAP

Record immigration will put pressure on NZ's population, infrastructure and productivity – where’s the election debate?

The concerns of various pundits and politicians earlier this year that New Zealand might struggle to attract immigrants turned out to be premature. In fact, the country’s population has been boosted to the extent it should be a bigger election issue than it is.

The Conversation

Tax attacks: Labour relentless in NZ election pitch

Not a day has passed in New Zealand's election campaign without Labour attacking the National party for its "unworkable" and "underbudgeted" tax policy.

AAP

Ban smoking for next generation to ‘keep pace’ with UK and NZ, advocates tell Australian government

Mark Butler says those countries have ‘responded to specific tactics of Big Tobacco’ and Australia will monitor impact of the policies with ‘interest’

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The battle for NZ’s farming heartland: Groundswell, ACT and the changing face of rural politics

Andrew Hoggard’s resignation in May as president of Federated Farmers, followed swiftly by his appearance high on the ACT Party’s candidate list, might have seemed seem like just another of the election’s minor subplots.

The Conversation

Promises to get tough on youth crime might win votes – but the evidence shows it hasn’t worked for NZ

The promise to “get tough on youth crime” is a New Zealand election perennial. This year, parties on both the left and right have pledged to crack down on young offenders – despite a lot of evidence that such approaches do not work in the long term.

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'Chicken' Luxon walks from COVID-hit NZ leaders debate

New Zealand's election contest has devolved into a blame game over which parties are acting responsibly on a hostile and increasingly toxic campaign trail.

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Hipkins sidelined as NZ election advance voting begins

With Labour leader Chris Hipkins still ill with COVID-19, campaigning continues in the New Zealand election campaign as advance voting begins.

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A 'hawkish' Reserve Bank rates decision will be bad for borrowers, good for savers

Business & investing: ANZ Bank economists expecting rate rise before year's end, but Kiwibank thinks hikes aren't necessary, writes Andrew Patterson

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NZ PM Hipkins reveals positive COVID-19 test

In a fresh setback to Chris Hipkins and Labour's hopes of retaining office at the October 14 election, the New Zealand prime minister has caught COVID-19.

The Independent UK

France vs Wales referee: Who is Six Nations official Paul Williams?

Williams is one of the referees in this year’s Six Nations

The Conversation

Foreign policy has been missing from NZ's election campaign – voters deserve answers to these big questions

Tax cuts, crime, the cost of living, potholes and co-governance … these and various other issues are now familiar to most voters. But there has been one major election area missing the serious debate it needs: foreign policy.

AAP

NZ's ACT won't back down on China in government

Clashing views on China could be a source of friction in the next New Zealand government, with National and ACT divided over accepting investment from Beijing.

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Short story of a NZ Loyal Party candidate

"They're using cloud seeding to alter the atmosphere!": a NZ Loyal candidate is sadly imagined by Jack Remiel Cottrell, in our series of short stories set in the election campaign.

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NZ cancels final 21.5m Kyoto-era carbon credits

Climate Minister scraps 21.5 million carbon credits which were left over from the international Kyoto Protocol markets, reports Marc Daalder

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