Stories by Farah Hancock

Christopher Luxon fronted quirky social media videos produced by renowned agency Topham Guerin. But National wasn't the top spender on advertising overall.

What is the Fast Track Approval Bill and why do experts say it's a step beyond even the Muldoon era?

Analysis: What the numbers show about the cost of winning an electorate.

Lobby and campaign groups spent 13 times more on the 2023 election campaign than in 2020.

Explainer: Some schools issue 'invoices' that look like they have to be paid. But parents should know what is and isn't legally required.

The wealthiest schools get over a million dollars in parent donations - much more than schools signed up to a new government scheme.

They burrow into your skin, crawl up your windpipe and end up living in your small intestine. But some people are happily hosting hookworms for research into whether they might improve a raft of…

NZ First has enjoyed the financial and political support of part of the natural health sector for many years. They're celebrating the party's immediate action upon returning to power.

What would happen if only voters - not unions or businesses - could donate to political parties? A plan to do exactly that exists, if the government wants to try it.

人们获取资讯的习惯正日益向网络转变，政党的宣传"阵地"也逐渐从传统媒体向新媒体转移。本次大选，各党花在网络推广上的钱有多少？

One party appeared to target its ads at women, and one at men, while another doubled down on aiming for the elderly. RNZ examines three months of data leading up to the election.

Every political party poured money into online ads that flooded the internet for three months.

最新民意调查、竞选资金、社交媒体定位等，RNZ大选专题为您带来更多详情。

Labour's leader brought out three new phrases to attack Christopher Luxon, and got them out with startling regularity in the final head-to-head debate of the campaign.

Some of the most active campaigners are new to politics. Another promoter is a wealthy foreign businessman.

One leader took 252 words to answer a question - another took just one.

The property industry gives more in political donations than any other, and its millions of dollars almost all go to two parties.

If the debate was judged on repetition of a single word, Christopher Luxon would have won hands down.

Winston Peters and David Seymour filled up significantly more air time than Marama Davidson and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer.

An RNZ analysis of the first leaders' debate shows National's leader got the most words in. But how much of it was hot air?

Billionaire Graeme Hart has donated a total of $700,000 to National, ACT and NZ First in the past two years.

Since 2021, Labour has received zero substantial donations from business.

"我们同属新西兰"网站由反对"共同治理"的右翼政治人士设立，这一举动被毛利专家及学术界人士批评。

Hobson's Pledge is accused of 'astroturfing' in its campaign designed to recruit new migrants.

National has banked millions more than Labour, raising concern over the fairness of political donation rules.