Stories by Peter Wilson

Analysis - The government's "things to do" list gets a hostile reception, moves to get more children attending school could affect every parent, and is the PM running NZ like a company?

Analysis - Nicola Willis is holding firm on tax cuts despite the economic outlook being worse than forecast and critics urging her to wait, writes Peter Wilson for The Week In Politics.

Analysis - Interest deductibility for landlords a help for renters or a "cash handout"? The "insulting" police pay offer, and Luxon's uncomfortable press conference.

Analysis - Christopher Luxon gets a roasting, when is a tax not a tax, and there's another debacle, Peter Wilson writes.

Analysis - What we learnt as the government pushed two controversial bills through Parliament under urgency.

Analysis - Christopher Luxon comes out from under the shadow of his coalition partners, and the sudden death of Efeso Collins brings Parliament to a standstill, Peter Wilson writes.

Analysis: The government's plan raises questions as it is revealed Labour spent $1.2b setting up the repealed Three Waters scheme.

Analysis - The Treaty Principles Bill is still in the spotlight despite National trying to shift attention, Peter Wilson writes.

Analysis - Labour and health academics push for clarity over whether tobacco companies had any involvement with the government's smokefree policies, David Seymour will be at Waitangi to explain his…

Analysis - 2024 is already proving it will test Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, writes Peter Wilson.

Analysis - Three prime ministers and two radically different governments - 2023 saw changes that sent New Zealand into a new era of right-wing conservatism driven by the first three-party coalition.

Analysis: The Finance Minister is facing a difficult year, writes Peter Wilson.

Analysis - The government sets a cracking pace in dismantling Labour's legislation, Winston Peters has a fine time as Acting PM and Nicola Willis springs the surprise of the week.

Analysis: The government was under attack on multiple fronts during a week of relentless criticism and then faced its first Question Time in Parliament, Peter Wilson writes.

Analysis: Winston Peters' seniority is enhanced as he wins first go as deputy PM; Christopher Luxon puts a sensible cabinet together and Labour is primed to attack the new coalition government.

Analysis - Winston Peters' no show at the talks on Tuesday created controversy and is being described as a "humiliating show of political brinkmanship", writes Peter Wilson.

Analysis: After a slow start, the coalition negotiations may be approaching the point where an announcement is imminent, writes Peter Wilson.

Analysis: Final election results mean Christopher Luxon must reach an agreement with Winston Peters before he can form a government. It wasn't what he wanted, Peter Wilson writes.

Analysis - Coalition negotiations between National, ACT and NZ First are underway but next to nothing is known about them, and Winston Peters is called on to apologise for a "bizarre" tweet.

Analysis - Labour holds 35 seats in Parliament and of those only 17 are electorate seats. How could it lose so badly and give up so many seats to National?

Analysis - National could face a crisis of expectation after promising so much, while Labour has to rebuild its devastated ranks, writes Peter Wilson.

Analysis - If the polls are right a National-led government will be elected on Saturday, either in coalition with ACT, or as more recent polls indicate ACT and New Zealand First, Peter Wilson writes.

Analysis - Hipkins comes down with Covid, sparking a blame game over the cancelled Luxon debate, while Winston Peters lashes the media, writes Peter Wilson.

Analysis - Christopher Luxon's announcement that he'll work with Winston Peters after the election if he has to boosts NZ First's chances of getting back into Parliament, writes Peter Wilson.

Analysis - The leaders' debate Chris Hipkins had to win but didn't, more bad polling news for Labour, and ACT and NZ First reluctantly agree they could work together, writes Peter Wilson.