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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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The chilling cost of going back to the polls

The expense of a second election is just too high, says former Prime Minister Helen Clark. She should know. Jonathan Milne crunches the numbers.

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Successful Māori initiatives in jeopardy under National - Hipkins

The Labour leader has accused National of holding a “really radical” view of co-governance that would end a long track record of successful initiatives under successive governments.

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Labour and National strip substance from campaign

In the end, everyone loses when campaigns devolve into mudslinging, with voters tuning out and candidates getting elected on the basis of being the least disliked, argues Marc Daalder

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Defining Issues: Kicking farm emissions can down the road

Pricing on-farm climate pollution is one of New Zealand's longest running policy debates, but it could come to a head during the next term of government, reports Marc Daalder

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Funding problems end another vaccine startup

Difficulty securing cash needed to commercialise technology led to Avalia's liquidation

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An incident in Mātukituki Valley

The terrible tragedy of two deer hunters killed by a helicopter rotor blade.

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How political ads influence voting

Political ads focusing on the gains you’ll get from voting are more persuasive than ads that focus on the losses you’ll incur if you don’t vote, writes Lachlan Grimwade

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Our messy migration

Self-serving, messy, and directionless. With record numbers pouring into the country, our immigration policies are under the microscope – and they don't stand up to scrutiny.

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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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This weekend's other vote

Is it not time, after nearly 125 years, to provide constitutional security for the representation of Australia’s First Peoples?

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Invasion of the biodiversity snatchers

The frequency and intensity of fires in New Zealand are likely to increase as a result of climate change, making vegetation more likely to ignite because introduced plants such as gorse, eucalypts and pines are more flammable

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Housing and the Nimby problem

Labour’s urban growth agenda has been laudable and made real progress and any incoming government should keep measures like the medium density standards to enable more housing, argues Dr Eric Crampton

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Luxon’s empty Christchurch pitch

National’s leader can’t state one specific policy for Christchurch or Canterbury, other than a bridge and a road

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Simon O'Connor causes upset among Chinese community

National MP Simon O’Connor has polarised some in the Chinese community following remarks on a protest in Mission Bay in which a Chinese businessman knifed a Falun Gong banner.

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Why cancer pledge will be hard to keep

A $24m question mark hangs over lowering the bowel cancer screening age

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Nobody wants to be an ex forever

Rugby great Dan Carter on something the All Blacks need right now: resilience

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It's vital, not dangerous, to question democracy, Mr Seymour

Rawiri Waititi's comments about the ‘tyranny of the majority’ was recognition that simply adding up votes and handing control to the group who gets the most is indeed dangerous, argues Rob Campbell

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Yes to more social housing, but housing quality would be even better

Cooperative housing is in its infancy in Aotearoa, but if it were tweaked for social housing tenants it may help get them out of state housing and enable their home-ownership aspirations

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Oil price set to surge as Middle East tensions explode

'We are watching to see if something breaks.' The concern expressed by Fidelity International applies not just to surging bond yields but to fuel prices and inflation, as the world watches and worries. Andrew Patterson reports.

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Gaza war tears a rift in NZ's 'single voice' on foreign affairs

The violent conflict injects small dose of uncertainty into New Zealand's election campaign, a world away, with petrol and food prices both set to rise this week. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Hamas attack: Why now, and who benefits?

What does Hamas hope to achieve by attacking Israel? Stephen Hoadley looks at which actors stand to gain most, and lose most, from the conflict.

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Defining Issues: Don't cherry pick changes to the Sentencing Act

Proponents of harsher sentences for criminals claim those who offend have their rights put ahead of the rights of their victims.

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'Under pressure': Verrall's weekly reports unveil hospital plight

Never-before-seen data obtained by Newsroom tells a grim tale of a health system under immense pressure and health workers say the situation has only worsened.

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Defining Issues: On the frontline of the climate crisis in Westport

Sandwiched between two rivers and the sea, the town of Westport is a microcosm of the thorny questions about resilience, funding and managed retreat which will become ever more common in a warming world.

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