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Bumpy roads ahead: New Zealand’s incoming PM set to lead a three-headed, ‘anti-woke’ government

Final results from last month’s election confirm the right-wing National Party will need to partner with the ACT Party and NZ First to form government

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Chiding in plain sight, Part II

Our investigation into influence takes us to the battleground electorate of Ilam

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A new-look government

Ahead of special votes being delivered, political editor Jo Moir looks at the shape of the executive and where the problem areas lie

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Winston Peters now on Luxon's speed dial

Christopher Luxon has finally picked up the phone to Winston Peters and meetings between National and Act kicked off this week

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Free market free-for-all: Buying NZ's school curriculum off the app store

In reducing the curriculum to a function of choice, competition, and financial gain, Act’s policy bypasses questions about what the curriculum is for and the fundamental role it plays in a public education system, argues Claudia Rozas Gomez

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Post-election coalition intrigue in New Zealand

New Zealand prime minister-in-waiting Chris Luxon says he will wait until election results are final on November 3 before confirming his coalition government.

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Winston's move next as Luxon and Seymour hold fire

Analysis: Christopher Luxon and David Seymour are in regular contact as they try to get traction on a new government, but with New Zealand First still in the frame there’s little appetite to start formal talks.

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Christopher Luxon promises a new day – well, he's got 100 of them

National will lead a new government, but it may be nigh Christmas before its precise shape become clear. Jonathan Milne reports on the promises made, and compromises still to be made...

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Something to celebrate for everyone but Labour

Christopher Luxon headed to bed in the early hours of Sunday morning a Prime Minister with a National-Act majority, having ransacked Labour in safe red seats.

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Brooke van Velden becomes Act’s star turn

After turning the deep blue Tāmaki seat pink this weekend, Brooke van Velden is looming as the Act Party’s next leader.

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Greens, minor parties eye gains in New Zealand election

New Zealand's election is set to produce the biggest vote share for minor parties in more than 20 years, with the Greens leading the way.

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Good day/bad day: Election race ends in a road crash

The campaign wraps up with the most ill-judged wisecrack of all. We report who's in the pink, and who made a blue.

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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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Hipkins makes Brash comparisons in South Auckland

Hipkins says if National wins, 'Māori lose', while Luxon calls him a 'desperate individual' as time runs out to pull any last campaign tricks out of the bag

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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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Good day/bad day: Leaders distracted by obscenities, tears and stardust

She's baaaack – the anticipated return of Jacinda Ardern to the campaign trail means a good day for some, a bad day for others...

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Chris and Chris cast long shadows over town hall

Political theatre in Christchurch lacks two main players

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Candidate death triggers New Zealand election quirk

Poultry veterinarian and New Zealand election candidate Neil Christensen has died, setting off a rarely seen oddity of the country's electoral system.

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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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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 voice campaign gets NZ support from Maori Party

Rawiri Waititi, the co-leader of New Zealand's Maori Party, has offered support to the Yes campaign in Australia's voice referendum.

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Seymour finds common ground in Hawkes Bay

If there’s one politician who can move seamlessly from an upmarket women’s clothing store to a dimly-lit bar with a dozen televisions blasting the horse racing, to a famers market, it’s David Seymour. Emma Hatton reports on his 24 hours in Hastings.

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Good day/bad day: At your service, and the customer is always right

Our political leaders are getting ahead of Stats NZ's food price index, to be published this week, by serving up their own.

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Luxon impresses in Taranaki, still doesn't know Winston

The early morning All Blacks game wiped half of the crowd expected for Luxon's first New Plymouth visit, but those who came were all ears for the National leader

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Would I lie to you? No

'Minor' party leaders quizzed at TVNZ debate on issues ranging from coalition building to lying

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