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NZ cancer patients miss out in campaign pledge backdown

Conservation groups will stage a "March for Nature" next week to protest government cuts to climate and environment projects.

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Ardern ally Grant Robertson leaves New Zealand politics

Former New Zealand finance minister Grant Robertson has exited politics, saying he is at peace with his legacy despite it not including major tax reform.

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New Zealand PM's residence uninhabitable: Luxon

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Luxon has told the Australian cricket team he is unable to live in the official residence due to maintenance issues.

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Robertson exits NZ politics as Labour licks wounds

Grant Robertson, New Zealand's finance minister from 2017 to 2023 and a giant of the Labour party, is leaving politics.

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NZ government's first law to reform Reserve Bank

The Reserve Bank has been ordered to focus on fighting inflation - and not maximising employment - by the New Zealand coalition government.

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‘People are going crazy’: rugby fever grips New Zealand in lead-up to World Cup final

Anticipation builds across the country before the clash between the All Blacks and South Africa’s Springboks

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Election calls abrupt end to years of service

Decades of public service came to an end for MPs across the political spectrum this week, with not even a valedictory speech to say goodbye, writes Jo Moir

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Hipkins to stay as NZ Labour leader, as Little resigns

Defeated Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says he is "not done with politics" and will stay as Labour leader - at least for the meantime.

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What a Labour Opposition and leadership will look like

Labour's caucus is still thick with ministerial expertise, but there are looming questions about whether Chris Hipkins and other senior MPs decide to stick around. Marc Daalder reports.

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Ardern weighs in NZ election on child poverty, climate

The latest from the New Zealand campaign trail, with Labour and National competing for office ahead of the October 14 election.

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Campaign contest turns to who is the most negative

The two Chrises from the Hutt are in a war of words over which party's campaign is the most negative and misleading, reports Emma Hatton

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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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Finance debate: Robertson finds 'new hole' in National's foreign buyers tax

The final finance debate of the election campaign was another fiery clash between Grant Robertson and Nicola Willis over government spending and National's tax plan.

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COVID-struck Hipkins not throwing in NZ election towel

Chris Hipkins will try to resume election campaign duties virtually, as the NZ Labour leader struggles with COVID-19.

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'Chicken' Luxon walks from COVID-hit NZ leaders debate

New Zealand's election contest has devolved into a blame game over which parties are acting responsibly on a hostile and increasingly toxic campaign trail.

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Campaign chairs get claws out over debate

Labour says the opposition is chickening out but National says it's ridiculous to be accused of pulling out of a debate the Labour leader can't make

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National's fiscal plan doesn't answer tax cut questions

National may have hoped its detailed fiscal plan would put to bed the lingering questions about how it will pay for its tax cuts, but there are no satisfactory answers in sight.

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NZ Labour likens Luxon to Eddie Jones in fiscal fight

New Zealand's Opposition National party has released its alternative budget, promising more disciplined spending to pay for income tax cuts.

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Fiscal plans fly as overseas voting opens

The Labour Party has released its fiscal plan showing how its election promises and the ongoing cost pressures in the public sector would fit within Budget allowances.

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Recession or not, New Zealand GDP growing again

New Zealand enjoyed a return to solid growth in the June quarter, with Stats NZ reporting an 0.9 increase, well beyond market expectations.

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New Zealand set to exit recession with low growth

Market expectation for gross domestic product growth in New Zealand is 0.5 per cent for the second quarter of the year.

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When four politicians walk into a room

There were, says Grant Robertson, a lot of professors of hindsight economics in the room at the ASB Queenstown finance debate. Newsroom's Jonathan Milne was also there.

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Finance debate draws taxing admission from Nicola Willis

National finance spokesperson's extraordinary concession raises more questions about the impact of National’s tax policies on house prices, writes Jo Moir.

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State of the economy in the eye of the beholder

The opening of the Government's books gave little cause for celebration or catastrophising, which of course didn't stop politicians from doing both.

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Recession to end but Govt surplus delayed a year

The pre-election forecasts offer a rosier picture of the economy, with wages growing ahead of inflation, but tougher times for the Government’s own books.

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