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New Zealand election: Where political parties stand on Pasifika issues
What parties say about Pasifika issues, from visas to aid.
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CEOs deliver damning verdict on Te Pāti Māori
93% of chief executives said Te Pāti Māori lacked coalition credibility.
Election 2026 Campaign Diary: This week's winner is ABC… Anyone But Chippy
Labour's Chris Hipkins had no good choices when it came to candidate Kerrin Leoni.
Engagement and endorsement? Gang visit debate continues
Political commentators question if the Mob pad visit was worth the scandal.
Campaign Diary: Willis takes a dig at NZ First's spending promises
The Speaker is pointing his finger in the wrong direction over threats to MPs.
Campaign Diary: What a tin of spaghetti reveals about the cost-of-living election
OPINION: The election campaign is set to focus on your back pocket.
Why the latest poll puts Labour in a deep hole
ANALYSIS: Does the party have any aces up its sleeve? It desperately needs some.
Powerbrokers' debate preview
Katie Bradford and Thomas Coughlan discuss what to look for in tonight's Powerbrokers' debate. Video / Emma Tavai
Campaign Diary: Where the battle for undecided voters will be fought
Is Opportunity just like other parties?
New poll puts election on knife-edge as Opportunity tops 5% threshold
Labour leads National by 2.1 percentage points, at 29.7% to 27.6%.
'A mistake': Hipkins on Ardern's sign-off of $2.75m for Mongrel Mob-run programme
The former PM had defended the move. Now her successor says it was wrong.
Greens on course to pick up first Māori electorate
The Greens are ahead in an incredibly tight race.
Who is the next Leader of the Opposition? Hint – not Luxon or Hipkins
OPINION: If you thought Peters had peaked, think again.
Luxon says ‘reasonable’ Labour party voters should worry about TPM ‘muppets’
National leader Christopher Luxon made the comments during a policy announcement from Waikato today. Video / NZ Herald
'Stitch-up': Kiri Tamihere-Waititi calls backlash to MPs' gang hui 'manufactured outrage'
Rawiri Waititi's wife laid into the 'debacle' on Instagram.
Election 2026 Campaign Diary: Who won the political play on the campaign this week?
'Are you okay?' Green Party's response to a cheeky question from reporter.
Politicians, commentators and middle-NZ are clutching their pearls about gangs
OPINION: TPM and Greens politicians meeting the Mob is a welcome distraction for some.
Election 2026 Campaign Diary: How the Mongrel Mob photo furore damages the left
Christopher Luxon's irritating answer about pay equity.
Election 2026 Q&A: Ask our political editors (almost) anything
Our political experts answer your question about debates, polls, policy and more.
How can we stop overhangs stealing an election?
OPINION: The 2026 campaign is the first to feature deliberate overhang tactics.
Election 2026 Campaign Diary: Education heating up as battleground
The ghosts of Lee Kuan Yew and Whina Cooper stalk the TVNZ debate.
'Key to our future': Greens leaders win high-level endorsement for $6b plan
OPINION: National revives the tax wars by targeting a brain-box Labour candidate.
Labour accused of hypocrisy over questionable ‘freeze your pay’ ad
'What's good for the goose is good for the gander,' Labour's campaign chair says.
A note to John Key and others: Nats voters smart enough to work out a split vote
OPINION: The right vote-splitting campaign Harry Mowbray and I have promoted is sound.
Parties pitch competing plans to make New Zealand safer
We compare what parties are promising on law and order in this election.
Gisborne meet the candidates event: Equal Pay Amendment Act canvassed
About 70 people attended the candidates’ forum in Gisborne on Tuesday.
Better is ... impossible. The nonsense in a suit posing as political slogan
OPINION: Virtually all political slogans promise everything and explain bugger all.
Support rises for NZ First and Labour in new poll
The coalition parties still have the numbers to form a government on this poll.
Why Labour's rising star has a popularity problem
OPINION: Arena Williams made a controversial entrance to national politics.
How could Māori, who make up about one in six voters, influence this election?
OPINION: Social media leftist campaigns like #DitchThePricks are influencing some voters.