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The Department of Internal Affairs has come out hard on free-to-play gambling ads.

The Crown accounts will lose billions in tax receipts this fiscal year, as the tax collector takes the day off for Matariki. Yet nobody is concerned – there's a reason for that.

At 45, Chris Hipkins faces the prospect of never returning to office if he loses the coming election; similarly it is hard to see Christopher Luxon sticking around on the backbenches in Opposition, writes Peter Dunne

A new poll has Labour well short of being able to form a government and confirms the news Chris Hipkins didn’t need, that National is in arm’s reach of 40 percent

It was high-vis and head wraps for Christopher Luxon this morning as he visited South Auckland to plead National’s case

Visually, it was the opposite of your average political debate or community meeting in New Zealand. Nary a grey hair in sight. Teens, students and young workers showed their political colours by putting parliamentary hopefuls through their paces on the issues that matter to them.

Big banks' deep pockets allow them to tilt the playing field with mortgage broker incentives and home loan cashbacks, says Heartland chief executive. Jonathan Milne reports.

Labour gives a glimpse of grit in the face of a horror poll

There are horror stories on both sides of the landlord/tenant divide, but how do the laws of the country ensure a fair balance between the rights of both?