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If you're disinterested, despondent or deflated by the election campaign and its daily parade of pointless behaviour, here's why you shouldn't miss your opportunity to exercise a little strategy in… Audio

After an uninspiring first televised leader's debate last night, the latest TVNZ Verian poll shows Labour is continuing to lose much-needed support. The party is at twenty-seven percent, down one from… Audio

The two men vying to be Prime Minister have ventured back out on the campaign trail with renewed energy after last night's televised face-off. The first leaders' debate was a sometimes scrappy, but… Audio

"Defeated" and "disheartened" is how a young voter's feeling after she says the two Chrises "bounced around" her question in last night's leader's debate. Sky Rens is a waitress on Auckland's… Video, Audio

Today on The Panel Wallace and panellists Scott Campbell and Anna Dean discuss last night's leaders debate, New Zealand's dependency on cars and school reunions. Audio

Wallace and panellists Scott Campbell and Anna Dean continue our discussion on the importance of handwriting by speaking to a listener who sent us a letter. Plus, our panellists tell us what has been… Audio

A property economist says the National Party Leader could be trying to hedge his bets by claiming foreign buyers won't cause house prices to rise.

Christopher Luxon told Morning Report that housing… Audio

Front line Pacific health care providers are frustrated at a lack of political action to address a health system failing Pacific communities.

GPS and primary care nurses say they are exhausted.

And… Audio

A progress report from the United Nations says many countries including New Zealand are falling behind on climate change.

Local experts say New Zealand's emissions target is ambitious and got off to… Audio

It was the clash of the Chrises, the debate to demonstrate who should be prime minister.

TVNZ's leaders debate last night pitted National's Chris Luxon against Labour's Chris Hipkins.

It was the… Audio

Like a well-oiled - or perhaps solar powered machine, the Green Party co-leaders are used to working together - but not usually in the kitchen.

In RNZ's new political series, Grilled - the top four… Audio

The first leaders debate of the election campaign was held on TVNZ Tuesday night.

Both leaders, Labour's Chris Hipkins and National's Christopher Luxon, rated themselves 8 out of 10 for their… Audio

The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, will address the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday (NZ time).

He's expected to use his first speech to the gathering in person to… Audio

The National and Labour party leaders each rated their performance in the first leaders debate an 8/10.

The two faced off in the One News debate Tuesday night, with the tightest exchanges over… Audio

A furious row has erupted between Canada and India, after the Canadian Prime Minister announced potential links between the Indian government and the murder of a Sikh activist on Canadian soil.

… Audio

Like a well-oiled—or perhaps solar-powered—machine, the Green Party co-leaders Marama Davidson & James Shaw hustle in the kitchen to produce a pasta and salad combo. They boast about the benefits of… Video

There's usually one place you can avoid politics and that's TradeMe - but not this week. Producer Jeremy Parkinson talks politics with Millie Silvester. Audio

The two 'Chrises' vying to be the next Prime Minister will go head to head in their first leader's debate tonight. Both politicians are playing down their preparation, and prospects, ahead of the TVNZ… Audio

The Electoral Commission's hoping young people will be out in force to vote in this year's general election, building on the jump in youth turnout in 2020. Just over 60 percent of eligible 18-24 year… Audio

Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson talks to Mihingarangi about her role as Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence. In an extended interview, she discusses the Green's… Video, Audio

Today on The Panel Wallace and panellists David Farrar and Niki Bezzant discuss tonight's leaders debate and a study revealing the state of New Zealand's mental health system. Audio

The Green Party wants to expand the free school lunches programme to cover more students, and ensure it continues beyond the end of next year.

The current programme provides free lunches to 230,000… Audio

US correspondent Ron Elving joins Kathryn to break down some of the issues in Washington right now, as the House Speaker Kevin McCarthy fights to keep his job and quell a rebellion in his party ranks… Audio

The National Party's Hamilton-East candidate Ryan Hamilton has disavowed his decades-long opposition to fluoridation - but won't say when he changed his mind. 

After repeatedly ducking RNZ's requests… Audio

Candidates from the National and Labour parties are disavowing comments made in the past on fluoride and vaccines.

National's Hamilton East candidate Ryan Hamilton says he no longer opposes the… Audio

The Leader of the Labour Party is well known for leading the country through a crisis, but finding his way through a kitchen is a different story.

In RNZ's new political series, Grilled - the top… Audio

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters admits the state of the government's books has meant his party will have to pause and take stock of some of its tax policies.

He's criticising National and… Audio

The National Party's Hamilton-East candidate Ryan Hamilton is disavowing his decades-long opposition to fluoridation - but won't say when he changed his mind.

After repeatedly ducking RNZ's requests… Audio

Five Americans who'd been imprisoned in Iran have been freed and have landed in Doha, Qatar.

They were freed as part of a wider deal that includes the United States unfreezing $6 billion in Iranian… Audio

It's crunch time for Chris Hipkins heading into the first leaders' debate of the election campaign.

Labour is languishing in the polls. Last week's Newshub Reid Research poll had Labour on 26.8… Audio