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National's strategists shut out all the noise and negatives

When the critics and the media commentary mounted and the public opinion polls showed ebbing support, National's strategists doubled down, convinced the demand for change would prevail.

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Fact checking the final leaders' debate

As Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins clashed in the final leaders' debate of the 2023 election campaign, Newsroom confirms both made provably false claims.

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One vote for the media

MediaRoom column: Despite the sometimes lazy, partisan and malign social media criticism of our political news coverage, journalists served the public well this campaign

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Luxon and National readies for final NZ election sprint

Centre-right opposition National's slogan is Get New Zealand Back On Track - but is Chris Luxon's campaign running off the rails?

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Winston Peters on what it takes to form a government

The NZ First leader says he doesn’t need to have a relationship with Christopher Luxon to form a government. He tells political editor Jo Moir it's all about trust.

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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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Second election shocker: National raise NZ poll fears

National party campaign chair Chris Bishop says New Zealanders could return to the polls for a second election if it can't do a coalition deal with NZ First.

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Raw Politics: Winston's late insurance policy?

This week on the Raw Politics podcast: Has isolation sucked the life out of Labour and Chris Hipkins' campaign, will fringe parties do a deal with NZ First and what's been eating National campaign chair Chris Bishop.

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Bishop may just knock over the Minister in Hutt South

In Hutt South, Chris Bishop won double National's nationwide vote in 2020 – so although Labour's Ginny Andersen looks likely to hold her seat, it could be tight, argues Liam Hehir.

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Furious ‘Chelsea-on-Sea’ residents vote to ban second homes ‘hollowing out’ seaside village

Burnham Market was given the nickname because of the large proportion of Londoners with property there.

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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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Defining issues: Infrastructure's bottomless well

How will each party approach New Zealand’s chronic infrastructure underinvestment?

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Greens want to stop scrapping over small spending bucket

Uncertain models of funding will plague whomever makes it into government – but the Greens say they have the answer

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Helen Clark’s advice to Labour in a ‘silly season’

Lending some star power to Mt Albert Labour candidate Helen White’s campaign launch last night, a former prime minister gave her unfiltered thoughts on run-up to the election

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National lays out plans to cut construction red tape

Speedier consenting, new materials and competition are National's construction priorities, reports Andrew Bevin

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Muller mends rifts and moves on: 'Part of healing is being able to let that go'

Todd Muller says he doesn’t know and has given up trying to understand what snapped inside him the day the world as he knew it changed. He spoke to political editor Jo Moir in his last ever interview as an MP.

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National frontbencher backs big party donor in $138m case against housing agency

Chris Bishop denies any conflict of interest, saying the question of whether developer Chris Meehan would get a meeting with a National Party prime minister is one for after the election. Jonathan Milne reports.

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For whom the road tolls: National digs through funding toolbox

The National Party’s roading-focused transport plan offers $24.8 billion of works over the next ten years – but can they avoid the same claims of overspending they’ve charged Labour with?

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National plans to let students dig into KiwiSaver for flat bonds

National is promising students a way through the price shocks of flat life, but they’ll have to dig into their own savings to do so.

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National 'cautiously optimistic' and on message

National Party campaign chair Chris Bishop says he's "cautiously optimistic" as the party rolls out its vision for what it would do in government if it triumphs in October.

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MPs agree they'll sell off shares – if that's the price of power

A rule against shareholdings would exclude some MPs with business and investing experience from ministerial roles, some opponents warn. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Bishop moves diagonally on housing

Although the party line is a backtrack on housing legislation, Chris Bishop doesn’t want to wave aside the need for intensification.

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Housing: a public policy disaster for 30 years

A major social housing conference this week heard that all parts of the system need a long term vision and goals, but that the crisis has been decades in the making and won’t be turned around quickly.

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Bipartisan politics up in smoke as election looms

There are few “grown-up” moments between National and Labour in recent political history other than the 2021 bipartisan housing accord. But as political editor Jo Moir writes, it only took a whiff of a tightly contested election to unravel it.

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