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Green Party announce plan to pay nurses, teachers and essential job workers for student placements

15 Oct 10:22 PM

Brown appears to rule out Opportunity after leader appeared to rule the party in

15 Oct 08:05 PM

'TOP is still ruled out': National won't work with Opportunity despite Act's open door

15 Oct 07:51 PM

Tell me who in the Western World is less ambitious at raising capital than NZ?

15 Oct 04:00 PM

‘We’re not the problem’: Mongrel Mob hits back over MPs’ photo backlash

A gang spokeswoman says gangs are being scapegoated amid the political firestorm.

15 Oct 05:26 AM

Election 2026 Campaign Diary: How the Mongrel Mob photo furore damages the left

Christopher Luxon's irritating answer about pay equity.

15 Oct 05:02 AM

David Seymour says he would work with Opportunity if it keeps Labour out

Election 2026: Act leader said Opportunity's tax reset plan would hurt rural communities.

15 Oct 04:10 AM

Do you have to leave New Zealand to get ahead?

University of Otago Associate Professor Leah Watkins joins The Front Page to discuss how financial pressure is changing what we buy, who we trust and how we feel about our future.

15 Oct 03:55 AM

A rates cap won't solve how New Zealand pays for its visitor economy

OPINION: The Government has decided it will cap annual council rate increases at 4%.

15 Oct 03:38 AM

Watch: Luxon on Greens Mongrel Mob visit

Christopher Luxon accuses Labour of being soft on crime when asked about Chris Hipkins response to the Green Party visiting the Mongrel Mob.

15 Oct 03:37 AM

Watch: Simeon Brown responds to Herald's claims of some cancer treatments being suspended

Simeon Brown addresses media over claims made in an NZ Herald article that some cancer patients were having their treatment suspended.

15 Oct 03:15 AM

Luxon and Hipkins ‘not meeting the moment’

NZ Herald Leaders' Debate and retirement age discussed by two industry leaders.

15 Oct 03:14 AM

‘I’m not swayed at all’: Leaders fail to win over debate audience members

Lisa Eagle sought answers on cancer scans as Chris Barrett challenged both leaders.

15 Oct 02:52 AM

'By the Mob, for the Mob': What really happened at Mongrel Mob’s meth treatment courses

Under scrutiny again - the Mob-run programme that got $2.75m in Government funding.

15 Oct 02:29 AM

Is NZ heading for a radically different kind of government?

Nick Leggett and Kirk Hope join Katie Bradford on Election 2026: The Podcast to unpack the second leaders debate and other highlights from the campaign trail.

15 Oct 01:45 AM

‘Sick joke’: Nats call out Greens over willingness to fund Mob's drug schemes

Labour's Chris Hipkins says gangs are 'perpetrators of misery'.

15 Oct 01:38 AM

Watch: Funding Mongrel Mob drug addiction programme on the table for the Greens

Green co-leader Marama Davidson said her party was open to reinstating the funding. Video / Mark Mitchell

15 Oct 12:34 AM

Tax

National negative on Act's negative gearing property policy

Nicola Willis says this isn't the time to give investors tax relief.

15 Oct 12:00 AM

Candidate works hours for election signs. Vandals defaced them with swastikas

Each hoarding cost 19-year-old Bianca O’Keefe five hours of minimum-wage work to buy.

14 Oct 11:00 PM

Analysis

Election 2026 Q&A: Ask our political editors (almost) anything

Our political experts answer your question about debates, polls, policy and more.

14 Oct 08:58 PM

Opportunity's Qiulae Wong has Luxon's number, but will he pick up?

Wong says she will call Luxon on November 7 if National wins the most votes.

14 Oct 07:18 PM

Chris Hipkins live in studio with Mike Hosking

Chris Hipkins live in studio with Mike Hosking. Video / Newstalk ZB

14 Oct 05:11 PM

Analysis

Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon were tied – then came the minimum wage clanger

Hipkins and Luxon clashed in a fiery leaders' debate.

14 Oct 05:01 PM

Labour says 'Better Starts Now' – unless it is talking about education

OPINION: Labour's plan to abolish charter schools puts ideology ahead of outcomes

14 Oct 04:00 PM

Chris v Chris: Our experts' verdicts on who won Herald debate

Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins went head-to-head in the Herald's Leaders Debate.

14 Oct 08:50 AM

Live: 'Out of touch' - Luxon slammed for claiming minimum wage has kept pace with inflation

Tonight’s debate was a 'tight draw', according to our panel.

14 Oct 08:50 AM

Schooled: Luxon and Hipkins get heated over education

Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon go head to head over education, clashing on mandatory teaching requirements and how best to lift student achievement.

14 Oct 08:44 AM

New Zealand Herald Leaders' Debate: Hipkins vs. Luxon

Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon go head-to-head, facing questions that matter most to voters - every answer, challenge, and exchange could influence the outcome at the polls.

14 Oct 08:35 AM

'Bad judgment': Hipkins rules out Greens, TPM from major ministerial roles

Labour leader states position in Herald debate after MPs posed with Mongrel Mob members.

14 Oct 08:20 AM

Bed taxes, groceries and fast-track tensions on display in finance debate

The Queenstown event had the biggest live audience for a political debate this campaign.

14 Oct 08:10 AM

Watch: Post - Leaders' Debate media stand-up

National leader Christopher Luxon and Labour leader Chris Hipkins talk to the media following The New Zealand Herald Leaders' Debate. Video / NZ Herald

14 Oct 07:45 AM

Luxon grilled over axed pay equity claims in leaders' debate

Christopher Luxon defends his Government's overhaul of pay equity laws as Chris Hipkins challenges the decision to cancel dozens of claims from female-dominated workforces.

14 Oct 07:38 AM