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Hipkins sledges Luxon in final NZ leaders' debate

Labour leader Chris Hipkins has gone for the jugular in the final leaders' debate of the New Zealand election against National leader Chris Luxon.

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A postcard from Christopher

National launches its election campaign with Vegas-like hype but no new policy, instead delivering a personally guaranteed policy pledge card from its leader. Tim Murphy reports

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Luxon's success with 'deadly serious' plan to diversify

Christopher Luxon promised to address National’s diversity issues ahead of the election, and he says the party’s done exactly that with its new and growing candidate list

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National plays the field at Fieldays

The country’s biggest farming show was a lightning rod for strong political views from the agricultural sector.

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Luxon set to reveal his election year team

Christopher Luxon is set to announce his reshuffle in coming weeks, while Jacinda Ardern is holding off until the new year as both parties get campaign-ready

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National wants to see NZ better reflected in its MPs

National’s deputy leader is confident her party members want to see New Zealand better reflected in its MPs, starting with the Hamilton-West by-election on December 10.

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Nicola Willis strikingly absent from Uffindell report

Nicola Willis’ distance from the Sam Uffindell saga raises questions about whose political brand is more important to the National Party – hers or Christopher Luxon’s.

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Luxon not keen on Uffindell report seeing light of day

it seems Christopher Luxon would rather deal with a negative news cycle than throw sunlight on the reports’ findings.

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New Zealand National party reinstates MP after inquiry clears him of bullying

Sam Uffindell had been stood down after allegations he had bullied a female housemate while at university

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NZ's National sticks by ex-bully Uffindell

Sam Uffindell has been welcomed back into the National caucus despite the New Zealand MP's revelations of historical abuse.

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Luxon in danger of becoming the Ian Foster of NZ politics

National leader and All Blacks coach have time to turn around their indifferent performances and achieve victory. But both will need to dramatically change their ways, says Peter Dunne

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Luxon: National to assess candidates’ political risk

The party's now requires that the leader be told about past mistakes. Pending a report on Sam Uffindell, Christopher Luxon says he's neutral on the sort of person the new MP is.

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Process matters as much as outcome in Sharma suspension

Suspended Labour MP Gaurav Sharma probably doesn’t realise it, but he did his leader a massive favour when he messaged journalists to reveal a secret meeting had taken place without him.

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Party presidents: The power behind the politics

Political party presidents tend to stay out of the spotlight - but just how influential is their role?

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An Ode for .. The Uffindell

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Sam Uffindell was lucky to avoid NZ’s criminal justice system as a schoolboy – but it was the right outcome

However you look at it, the National Party has selected someone who once committed an act of criminal violence to represent the Tauranga electorate in parliament.

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Bullying claims by NZ Labour MP Sharma

First-term New Zealand Labour MP Gaurav Sharma has broken ranks to attack alleged bullying within his own party and across parliament.

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New Zealand MP stood down after fresh bullying claims from female former flatmate

National party to launch independent investigation into Sam Uffindell, who has denied fresh allegations of intimidating behaviour

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National's hypocrisy over Sam Uffindell's behaviour

If a Māori kid who was over 6ft tall committed the kind of assault Uffindell committed and it hit the headlines, National would be demanding he be locked up, argues Aaron Smale

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NZ MP Uffindell probed over fresh claims

Fresh claims of abusive behavious at university have prompted the New Zealand opposition National party to stand down new MP Sam Uffindell.

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Uffindell stood down over new university bullying allegations

In a late-night statement, National leader Christopher Luxon stands down the new Tauranga MP after new allegations about his intimidating behaviour at a university flat

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Uffindell affair sparks more questions about National judgment

The National Party has yet more questions to answer about its failures in candidate vetting and disclosure.

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New Zealand’s National party stands by MP who beat fellow student while at high school

Sam Uffindell was asked to leave prestigious private school Kings College after taking part in a group attack on a fellow student when he was 16

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National sticking by bashing MP Uffindell

Sam Uffindell has been cleared by National party leader Chris Luxon to continue his political career despite revelations of a high school bashing.

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National stays ahead of Labour in NZ poll

On the numbers presented in a new TVNZ-Kantar poll, Jacinda Ardern is on track to lose office in next year's New Zealand election.

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