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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.

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Brooke van Velden becomes Act’s star turn

After turning the deep blue Tāmaki seat pink this weekend, Brooke van Velden is looming as the Act Party’s next leader.

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Simon O'Connor causes upset among Chinese community

National MP Simon O’Connor has polarised some in the Chinese community following remarks on a protest in Mission Bay in which a Chinese businessman knifed a Falun Gong banner.

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Tāmaki: When two tribes go to war

A knife-edge poll result in the previously rock-solid National seat of Tāmaki sets the scene for a debate with a distinct lack of camaraderie between the two allies of the right. Tim Murphy was in the room.

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It could all come down to one seat – Seymour

With advance voting almost under way, Act pitches hard for voters to exclude "chaos" in a future government by ensuring National and Act can govern, Tim Murphy reports

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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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Chris Hipkins unleashes as he prepares for dogfight

The people Chris Hipkins marginalised in his speech on Sunday were never going to vote Labour, but if the communities he stood up for were listening he might have just mounted a comeback

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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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Yesterdaze: Team Blue scores an own goal

Maureen Pugh’s manmade climate change denial denial was itself manmade - and the man who made it was BlueChris. James Elliott recaps a heady week of 180s.

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Message to Ukraine president: 'Enough mothers’ sons have been slaughtered'

As Ukraine's president reminds the New Zealand Parliament of the two countries' tragic ties, the parents of a man shot down in Flight MH17 plead for peace, not weapons.

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Xi's growing power brings risks for NZ

As China's leader embarks on a precedent-breaking extension of his rule, New Zealand and the world await the consequences.

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Yesterdaze: Goodbye to the good days

James Elliott looks back at a week dominated by people invoking divine vengeance in response to legislated rights. And it wasn't pretty.

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Spotlight back on abortion in New Zealand after US Roe v Wade ruling

MPs spar over their stances, with opposition leader Christopher Luxon forced to manage the gulf between his personal views and National party policy

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Watchdog’s guide to counter ‘greenwashing’

New ‘greenwashing’ guidelines have been issued by the corporate watchdog to stop Australians from getting stuck with ill-informed investments.

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Watchdog's guide to counter 'greenwashing'

New 'greenwashing' guidelines have been issued by the corporate watchdog to stop Australians from getting stuck with ill-informed investments.

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New Zealand faces global pressure over move to let resident be extradited to China

MPs from around the world tell Jacinda Ardern that case of murder suspect Kyung Yup Kim could set ‘dangerous precedent’

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Louisa Wall's departure a loss for MP independence

Departing Labour MP Louisa Wall's successes seemed to come in spite of her party, rather than because of it, writes Sam Sachdeva.

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