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Effing and blinding boss shocks business high-fliers on mental health

Hunch founder Michael Goldthorpe 'takes business awards by storm' as he warns of personal challenges facing many small business owners. Jonathan Milne reports.

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National Party donors cleared as SFO case crumbles

All charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office over political donations to National and Labour in a milestone case have now been quashed - leaving just one defendant guilty of lying to the SFO.

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Fact checking the final leaders' debate

As Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins clashed in the final leaders' debate of the 2023 election campaign, Newsroom confirms both made provably false claims.

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National's big guns come out in Tāmaki

National has wheeled out its stars into the blue, blue seat of Tāmaki which is under attack from friendly fire from Act deputy leader Brooke van Velden.

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Muller mends rifts and moves on: 'Part of healing is being able to let that go'

Todd Muller says he doesn’t know and has given up trying to understand what snapped inside him the day the world as he knew it changed. He spoke to political editor Jo Moir in his last ever interview as an MP.

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Sophisticated investors could be allowed to manage their own KiwiSavers – National

Allowing only the wealthiest investors to manage their own retirement savings raises equity concerns, say critics. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Act deputy's moonshot bid for National's crown jewel

The Act Party deputy leader wants to take over one of National's bluest and safest seats in Parliament, and is shaking up local politics in Auckland's east, writes Tim Murphy

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Congestion charge: pay the price now not later

Infrastructure Commission chief executive gives green light to congestion charging this year: 'Sometimes it's not about more concrete, it's about more courage'. Jonathan Milne reports.

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PM pulls out of toasting Chinese business

Hipkins has withdrawn as guest speaker at a gala dinner next week hosted by a business group founded by ex-National MP and Chinese spy school lecturer Jian Yang and presented by a major Chinese liquor brand.

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National finalises candidate selections, including two Māori seats

The race is on in Wellington Central for the National Party candidate selection where a well-known pub owner will battle it out against a human rights expert on Sunday.

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Political relationships have become 'polarised', says PM

Chris Hipkins is frustrated that political disagreement has got personal. He explained to political editor Jo Moir that smokefree laws are partly to blame.

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Why National won't panic as it did in 2020

The focus for the party must be on developing its own post-Cyclone Gabrielle reconstruction and resilience plan that it can promote positively and with confidence, argues Peter Dunne

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Luxon's puzzling brain fade

Comment: Jacinda Ardern's shock resignation on January 19 completely obliterated a caucus reshuffle announced that morning by National leader Christopher Luxon, and obscured an astounding decision by the first-term leader

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Chris Hipkins: 'I'm not going to write the Budget or a tax policy on day two of the job'

After meeting with business leaders, new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says he's not going to get ahead of decisions that still need to be made.

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Small print shows the impact of inflation isn’t 7.2% but a massive 8.7%

Stats NZ publishes a figure for consumers price index plus interest payments, that undermines Government's claim that 'inflation has peaked'. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Labour's swift, clean move to pick new PM

The past few days saw none of the drama, the backstabbing, the leaking and counter-briefing we've come to associate with leadership changes.

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One wedding, two honeymoons – and ultimately a funeral

To move on Three Waters, the retirement age and a capital gains tax could be the nails in Chris Hipkins' coffin – but they would provide some substantive additional lines to the epitaph of a government that has achieved less of its reform agenda than some supporters hoped, writes Jonathan Milne.

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Willie Jackson's bid to sell merger to TVNZ/RNZ

Willie Jackson is to meet with TVNZ staff on Friday morning and RNZ next week as the March 1 deadline draws closer for the two public media companies’ assets and staff merging into one entity.

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How SFO failed in Labour donations case

Serious Fraud investigators knew they needed to do more work to prove fraud over a Labour Party artwork donation but decided not to, leading directly to four defendants being acquitted

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The dragon in the room

Testimony from an expert witness on China's overseas influence operations never made it to the High Court trial of local Chinese and others hiding donations to Labour and National.

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Ex MP Jami-Lee Ross cleared of fraud charges

A four-year saga over alleged cover-ups of donations to National and Labour ends with the former National MP cleared and three others guilty on some charges.

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This week's bestselling books

The week's biggest-selling New Zealand books, as recorded by the Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list and described by Steve Braunias

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The MP who wants you to know he lied, and lied, and lied

The seven-week trial of seven defendants for concealing large donations to the Labour and National parties ends with its central character urging a court not to believe him

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'They all lied, except for Jami-Lee'

Lawyers summarise the Crown's prosecution of former MP Jami-Lee Ross and Chinese donors alleged to have concealed big sums given to both Labour and National

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Money, sex and power – National at war

It started with a dispute over a loss of power, and money, and ended with allegations of persistent sexual misconduct: the spectacular fallout between two key National figures is laid bare

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