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A dramatic collapse in Labour’s poll ratings comes as National under Christopher Luxon soars

Reid poll also sees National party lead Labour amid growing concern over inflation and rising living costs in New Zealand

National’s just had its first opportunity to deal with its diversity crisis and its response was four white men contesting the Tauranga by-election, writes @jo_moir

Critics have cherrypicked aspects of court rulings on the Covid response – which saved thousands of lives – to wrongly paint it as illegal

Political editor @jo_moir looks at who will fill Simon Bridges' shoes in both finance, and his hometown of Tauranga.

Former National Party leader Simon Bridges has announced he is retiring from politics and will leave Parliament in the coming weeks.

National promises to remove six 'taxes' advanced by Labour, and to stop some of its biggest spending projects and policy reforms, if elected. Tim Murphy reports

National MPs will be under the microscope next week when their leader starts individual performance reviews, writes Jo Moir.

Whether or not recent (if limited) polling accurately reflects sympathy for the protest, the current spectacle in parliament’s grounds will be worrying Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her government – not least for its suggestion the “team of five million” may be breaking up.

Relentless political polling, a surge of anti-mandate protesters, and athletes' gravitational feats on snow converged this week to form a heady concoction of Newton's laws of motion.

National’s Chris Luxon wants to work with the Government on an appropriate time to end vaccine mandates.