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Election 2020 headlines with summaries.
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Factcheck: Did Labour turn a $6bn surplus into a $1bn deficit?
16 Oct 2020AAP FactCheck investigation: Did Labour turn a $6 billion surplus into a $1 billion deficit in two years prior to the emergence of Covid-19.
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What else apart from a wealth tax? The shape of a Labour-Greens coalition
14 Oct 2020Analysis - The Green Party supports a wealth tax but Labour has repeatedly ruled it out, so voters deserve more information about how Labour and the Greens might play their hands, writes Tim Watkin.
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St John funding: 'It's going to turn into a crisis'
Front line paramedics want stronger commitments to funding for St John, than those offered by the two women vying to be prime minister. Audio
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Labour seeking 'simplicity' and strong mandate - Jacinda Ardern
Labour leader Jacinda Ardern says her government has been progressive, but a simpler government arrangement would mean a faster recovery from Covid-19. Audio
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Election 2020: The low stakes final leaders' debate
16 Oct 2020Power Play - Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins went head-to-head in a muted final face-off on Thursday night, in what seemed at times to be an exercise in warding off the inevitable, writes Craig…
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Young people 'trying to get enrolled and getting informed'
15 Oct 2020There are just two more sleeps until election day, but that has not stopped efforts to get more young people enrolled to vote.
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Final leaders debate: A showdown, then a love-in
15 Oct 2020Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins' final leaders debate came with two days left until voting closes, on the heels of a poll showing a big lead for Labour. There were revelations, a showdown, and love…
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Poll: Labour on 46%, National 31%, while Greens and ACT both on 8%
15 Oct 2020Tonight's political poll puts Labour on 46 percent and National on 31 percent with just one day remaining until election day.
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ACT Party profiles: Who might join David Seymour in Parliament?
15 Oct 2020The ACT Party has been polling relatively well in the lead up to election day, with the latest results putting the party on 8 percent, meaning it would get 11 seats in Parliament.
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Advance NZ Party's Facebook account closed after breaches
15 Oct 2020Advance New Zealand's Facebook account has been removed for repeatedly breaching the social media giant's misinformation policies.
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Peters claims surge in support during last campaigning days
15 Oct 2020Winston Peters says New Zealand First is getting a late surge and he feels great with just a couple of days to go before Saturday's election.
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Labour MP Meka Whaitiri leading Ikaroa-Rāwhiti electorate
12 Oct 2020Three wāhine are in the race for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti, with Labour incumbent Meka Whaitiri holding a strong lead in the polls.
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Waiariki: Māori Party makes push for Rawiri Waititi in race with Labour's Tāmati Coffey
12 Oct 2020The Māori Party is throwing its weight behind its Waiariki candidate Rawiri Waititi, the nearest rival to Labour incumbent Tāmati Coffey.
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End of Life Choice kōrero: Safeguards and the right to choose
11 Oct 2020Voters need to enter the booth having done their research, say health, ethics and disability specialists at the RNZ-PMN debate on the End of Life Choice Bill. Watch the full kōrero here. Video
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Farmers share concerns with Labour leader
As Labour leader Jacinda Ardern says there is more work to be done over freshwater policy reforms, farmers have been voicing their concerns with her personally.
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Week in Politics: Collins faces problem as Labour holds poll lead
9 Oct 2020Analysis: Judith Collins faces a problem created by one of her own MPs, Jacinda Ardern shows her strength in the third leaders' debate, and Labour holds its lead in the latest poll.
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Minor parties' debate becomes a rushed, uninformative melee
9 Oct 2020Analysis - With more than 16 minutes of ads spread in four blocks across the hour, and five leaders to bounce ideas and insults off one another, last night's debate made for frantic, fractured…
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Ardern sings own praises, Collins positively positive
15 Oct 2020With another debate looming, Labour's Jacinda Ardern has attended a Mary Poppins musical rehearsal while National's Judith Collins is saying her campaign has been relentlessly positive.
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'Maybe if we had another week I'd be emphatically confident'
15 Oct 2020Māori Party co-leader John Tamihere says if his party was given a week longer to campaign the numbers at the poll would tell a different story. Audio
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Judith Collins on why National should form next govt
15 Oct 2020National Party leader Judith Collins spoke to Nine to Noon. See what she had to say here. Video
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As it happened: Ardern and Collins in final debate
15 Oct 2020See how the leaders' final debate unfolded tonight, with just one more day left before voting closes on Saturday evening.
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Green Party post-election talks are 'down to voters' - James Shaw
15 Oct 2020The Green Party is keeping its cards close to its chest on what its bottoms line will be at potential coalition talks just a few days out from the election.
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More support for Greens would make Labour bolder - Davidson
14 Oct 2020The Green Party has made its final pitch to supporters ahead of election day, by outlining its track record on climate change and Covid-19 and plan for the future.
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Obesity remarks show 'different direction' for National - Ardern
Labour leader Jacinda Ardern says the National Party's position on obesity under Judith Collins is a departure from the science-based stance of John Key and Bill English.
