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Election 2020
Election 2020 headlines with summaries.
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New poll: Labour support slips, but could still govern alone
27 Sep 2020With just under three weeks until the election, Newshub's new political poll shows the gap is closing between Labour and National, but Labour could still govern alone.
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Labour promises to phase out hard-to-recycle plastics
27 Sep 2020The Labour Party is promising to phase out hard-to-recycle plastics by 2025 and standardise kerbside recycling if re-elected.
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Leader interviews: ACT Party relishing gain in polls
28 Sep 2020From a one man band to potentially bringing eight other MPs back to Parliament with him, ACT's David Seymour has been performing out of his skin. Video
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Explainer: How deep does National's fiscal hole go?
27 Sep 2020A week on from National's campaign launch, the party is still battling a cascade of complaints about errors in its alternative budget.
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Election 2020: Immigration reset or a new normal?
26 Sep 2020NZ First says mass immigration should be consigned to the past, National wants to introduce a tech visa and Labour says there will be a new normal. RNZ looks at the immigration debate behind this… Audio
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Will pumped hydro result in significant energy price hikes for NZ?
Will transitioning to 100 percent renewable electricity generation increase power prices in New Zealand?
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Paul Goldsmith and Grant Robertson go head-to-head in finance debate
25 Sep 2020National's Paul Goldsmith and Labour's Grant Robertson talk about budget issues, tax cuts, housing, inequality and more. Audio
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Non-disclosure of child abuse would be an offence under National govt
25 Sep 2020National is pledging to make non-disclosure of child abuse an offence with a maximum three-year jail sentence and establish a reduction target for children suffering material hardship if elected.
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National says fiscal plan stacks up after Labour insists there's another mistake
25 Sep 2020National's finance spokesperson Paul Goldsmith remains defiant the party's economic plan stacks up - but has had to make another correction after using out of date figures.
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Fact Check: Has state housing wait list increased under Labour coalition?
Are there 20,000 people on the state housing waiting list in New Zealand, up from 5000 at the end of the last National government? AAP FactCheck finds out.
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Agriculture industry, environmentalists lukewarm on National, Labour policies
Agriculture has found itself in a policy tug of war between National's Judith Collins and Labour's Jacinda Ardern this election.
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Watch: West Coast becomes campaign battleground
26 Sep 2020The West Coast was a campaign battleground yesterday - with both the National and Labour leader there trying to woo voters. Watch RNZ political reporter Yvette McCullough's video report. Audio
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Minority support for legalising cannabis at Kaikōura debate
23 Sep 2020While some Kaikōura candidates have admitted "personal experience" with cannabis, only two will vote 'yes' in next month's referendum.
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RNZ's guide to The Outliers for general election 2020
24 Sep 2020Do you know which party wants to change the country's name to Aotearoa, which one wants a universal basic income of $250 per week and which one wants pre-marriage couple's counselling?
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Complaint over National's Lawrence Yule billboards fails
24 Sep 2020A complaint against a National candidate's billboard has not been upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority.
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National rules out including agriculture in the ETS
Judith Collins has today confirmed farming will not be included in the Emissions Trading Scheme under a National government, as Labour says National's agriculture policies would take NZ "back…
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Clean energy coal boiler replacement fund rolls out to more schools
24 Sep 2020Government funding to switch coal boilers to clean energy is being rolled out to another 18 schools.
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Tukituki MP Lawrence Yule's ads under investigation
24 Sep 2020Tukituki MP Lawrence Yule is defending billboard and newspaper ads claiming he has secured funding for millions of dollars worth of infrastructure projects for Hawke's Bay.
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Oamaru's Pacific community weighing election opportunities
Oamaru's sizeable Pasifika community - proportionally higher than in Auckland - sees housing, jobs, culturally responsive education and health accessibility as priorities this election. Audio
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Wealth tax not a bottom line for Green Party but they will push for it - Shaw
24 Sep 2020Green Party co-leader James Shaw says one of his senior MPs misspoke under pressure when she said a wealth tax was one of the party's bottom lines. Audio
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Leaders' debate absent of Māori issues, Ardern and Collins forced to explain
23 Sep 2020Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins have been forced to front-up and explain why not a single mention of Māori interests, issues or rights was made during the leaders debate last night.
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Minor parties push for tangata whenua freshwater ownership
22 Sep 2020Some of the minor parties have united to break the stalemate over who owns freshwater, which they all agree is tangata whenua.
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Māori Party promises new health funding authority if elected
21 Sep 2020The Māori Party is promising to establish an independent Māori Health Funding Authority, overseeing the distribution of $5 billion - if it makes up part of the new government Audio
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Measuring the political pulse of Te Tai Tokerau voters
18 Sep 2020With the Māori Party and the Advance Party both vying to push out Labour's Kelvin Davis from the northern-most Māori seat, RNZ asked Te Tai Tokerau voters who they would vote for.
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