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Labour and National strip substance from campaign

In the end, everyone loses when campaigns devolve into mudslinging, with voters tuning out and candidates getting elected on the basis of being the least disliked, argues Marc Daalder

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The chilling cost of going back to the polls

The expense of a second election is just too high, says former Prime Minister Helen Clark. She should know. Jonathan Milne crunches the numbers.

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Progress for our communities is at stake this election – we need your vote

We can rise above divisive culture wars and stand proudly as a beacon of love, understanding, and equality – because ultimately, I know that’s who we are as a nation.

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Successful Māori initiatives in jeopardy under National - Hipkins

The Labour leader has accused National of holding a “really radical” view of co-governance that would end a long track record of successful initiatives under successive governments.

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Housing and the Nimby problem

Labour’s urban growth agenda has been laudable and made real progress and any incoming government should keep measures like the medium density standards to enable more housing, argues Dr Eric Crampton

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Invasion of the biodiversity snatchers

The frequency and intensity of fires in New Zealand are likely to increase as a result of climate change, making vegetation more likely to ignite because introduced plants such as gorse, eucalypts and pines are more flammable

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VOTE2023: Q&A with Grant Robertson

Labour’s Finance Minister talks the cost of living, tax, climate change adaptation, and student-focused issues.

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Luxon’s empty Christchurch pitch

National’s leader can’t state one specific policy for Christchurch or Canterbury, other than a bridge and a road

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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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Why cancer pledge will be hard to keep

A $24m question mark hangs over lowering the bowel cancer screening age

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Nobody wants to be an ex forever

Rugby great Dan Carter on something the All Blacks need right now: resilience

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Defining Issues: Don't cherry pick changes to the Sentencing Act

Proponents of harsher sentences for criminals claim those who offend have their rights put ahead of the rights of their victims.

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When breathing kills

Air pollution is the invisible killer behind one in every 10 deaths in New Zealand. There's no safe level of it, but it's an easy issue to ignore.

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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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It's vital, not dangerous, to question democracy, Mr Seymour

Rawiri Waititi's comments about the ‘tyranny of the majority’ was recognition that simply adding up votes and handing control to the group who gets the most is indeed dangerous, argues Rob Campbell

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Defining Issues: On the frontline of the climate crisis in Westport

Sandwiched between two rivers and the sea, the town of Westport is a microcosm of the thorny questions about resilience, funding and managed retreat which will become ever more common in a warming world.

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Hamas attack: Why now, and who benefits?

What does Hamas hope to achieve by attacking Israel? Stephen Hoadley looks at which actors stand to gain most, and lose most, from the conflict.

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Oil price set to surge as Middle East tensions explode

'We are watching to see if something breaks.' The concern expressed by Fidelity International applies not just to surging bond yields but to fuel prices and inflation, as the world watches and worries. Andrew Patterson reports.

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'Under pressure': Verrall's weekly reports unveil hospital plight

Never-before-seen data obtained by Newsroom tells a grim tale of a health system under immense pressure and health workers say the situation has only worsened.

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Yes to more social housing, but housing quality would be even better

Cooperative housing is in its infancy in Aotearoa, but if it were tweaked for social housing tenants it may help get them out of state housing and enable their home-ownership aspirations

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‘A lot can happen in six days’: Hipkins holds out hope

With just a handful of days before the polls close, Hipkins is using every hour at his disposal.

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Chris Hipkins condemns Hamas 'terror attacks'

Chris Hipkins is "appalled" after 250 people were killed in Israel in a surprise attack from Hamas, and now hundreds more in Israeli retaliation.

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Seymour finds common ground in Hawkes Bay

If there’s one politician who can move seamlessly from an upmarket women’s clothing store to a dimly-lit bar with a dozen televisions blasting the horse racing, to a famers market, it’s David Seymour. Emma Hatton reports on his 24 hours in Hastings.

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Good day/bad day: At your service, and the customer is always right

Our political leaders are getting ahead of Stats NZ's food price index, to be published this week, by serving up their own.

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Good day/bad day: When size really does matter

As Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon threw their weight about on the campaign trail, it was a terrible day for some of the small parties.

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