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Jim Bolger, former New Zealand prime minister who drove reconciliation with Māori, dies at 90

Tributes flow from across political spectrum for man known for high ideals but also remembered for controversially slashing welfare and health spending

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NZ's reformist and reconciling PM Jim Bolger dies at 90

Paul Keating has remembered former NZ prime minister Jim Bolger, who has died aged 90, as the "jolliest and best natured" government head he ever worked with.

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‘Even in the darkest times, he understood the need to build our nation’

Friends and friendly foes alike recall Jim Bolger as a leader who confounded expectations. He was warm and always open-minded. He listened to experts, he asked questions, he challenged received wisdom.

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Nicola Willis warns of fiscal ‘snakes and snails’ – her first mini-budget will be a test of NZ’s no-surprises finance rules

New finance minister Nicola Willis has claimed she was blindsided by the state of the government’s books. Days after stepping into the role, she said:

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New Zealand to get new government on Black Friday

The three party leaders involved in New Zealand's next government have concluded negotiations and are set to sign a coalition agreement.

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Winston Peters back in the driver's seat for coalition negotiations

Here go again. The final results of this year’s election have delivered two more seats to te Pati Māori, thereby increasing the size of New Zealand’s 54th Parliament to 123 seats (once the Port Waikato by-election has taken place).

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Induction 101: The first things new ministers need to learn (but won't be told)

Some advice from Dr Chris Eichbaum for incoming ministers and political staff is to read the Cabinet Manual and code of conduct, and treat those leaving the Beehive with dignity.

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A short history of NZ First falling out of coalition love

Winston Peters and NZ First have been in coalition governments three times since 1996 and three times they've ended in suspicion, controversy or bad blood. Tim Murphy reports

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Peters writes his own history on backing Labour in 2017

A rehashed claim from the NZ First leader on a televised debate to defend his backing of Labour in 2017 is dismissed as a "fabrication" by Sir Bill English

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For Te Pāti Māori, it's compromise or be compromised

Te Pāti Māori is campaigning on GST-free food and abolishing prisons. As aspirational as that may be, no coalition partner would ever support it as a policy. So what compromise would they consider?

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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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MMP and my part in the downfall of First Past the Post

My interest in electoral reform began in New Zealand in 1987, taking me to London and Berlin to campaign and research. MMP won out but National and Labour still do not like changes that might threaten their dominance, writes Philip Temple

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Two winning racehorses die after freak attack by swarm of bees while grazing

Sanus Per Aquam, winner of the Somerville Tattersall Stakes for Jim Bolger, and US import Air Support were unable to survive their injuries after the attack at stud in India

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Horse bred and trained by Irish legend dies after bee attack in India

Sanus Per Aquam was standing as a stallion at Kunigal Stud Farm in the Tumakuru district of Karnataka in the south-west of India

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MMP in New Zealand turns 30 at this year’s election – a work in progress, but still a birthday worth celebrating

In a tidy alignment of round numbers, this year’s general election will also mark the 30th anniversary of the binding referendum that ushered in the mixed member proportional (MMP) system of voting. It will also be the tenth election held under the proportional system, truly a generational milestone in New…

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Grand National winner Noble Yeats clear favourite to do Aintree double in 2023

The chaser won easily at Wexford on Monday and now heads the betting for the world's greatest steeplechase as Emmet Mullins trains him to win the race for the second time

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Jockey Kevin Manning announces retirement after 40 years in the saddle

The legendary 55-year-old jockey has finally called it a day.

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Obituary: Ken Douglas, unionist and visionary

Ken Douglas, a colossus within New Zealand’s economic and political history, died this week aged 86.

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God save the King: why the monarchy is safe in Aotearoa New Zealand – for now

New Zealanders with republican or just plain anti-monarchy sympathies will have been disappointed (though maybe not surprised) that the Queen’s death has not triggered a more critical conversation about the country’s constitutional future.

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Apathy in New Zealand – but little desire for change – as King Charles’s reign begins

Despite an apparent indifference to the new king, New Zealand also seems to have no real appetite to sever ties with the crown

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Mallard's departure and his complicated legacy

Trevor Mallard is calling time on his parliamentary career. What's he achieved as Speaker of the House of Representatives?

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The Mullins family tree after Emmet Mullins - nephew of champion trainer Willie - wins Grand National

Noble Yeats won the Grand National at odds of 50/1 on Saturday at Aintree

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