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Election 2020 headlines with summaries.
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Labour promises $59m for law and order over four years
9 Oct 2020Labour has announced a $59 million law and order reform policy, focused on drug and prisoner rehabilitation.
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Labour pledges stronger protections against kauri dieback if re-elected
9 Oct 2020Labour is pledging to defend kauri trees from dieback by using the Biosecurity Act's strongest form of protection - a National Pest Management Plan.
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Fact check: More spent on Corrections than Treaty of Waitangi settlements?
8 Oct 2020Is two years of Vote Corrections funding more than the total amount spent on all Treaty of Waitangi settlements? AAP fact checks Māori Party co-leader John Tamihere's statement.
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Election 2020: ACT, Greens in race for third place
8 Oct 2020While Labour and National are aspiring for first prize, ACT and the Greens are racing for the bronze medal. Audio
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Election 2020: Health and housing at the forefront for Pasifika people in Gisborne
9 Oct 2020The Pasifika community in Tairāwhiti Gisborne want to see more housing opportunities and better healthcare services from the incoming government.
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Poll shows scarce support for Billy Te Kahika
8 Oct 2020The New Zealand Public Party leader Billy Te Kahika has almost no support in Te Tai Tokerau, according to the latest Māori TV Curia Market Research Poll.
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Recap: TVNZ minor parties debate
8 Oct 2020Five of the smaller parties - ACT, Advance NZ, the Green Party, the Māori Party and New Zealand First faced off in a debate tonight.
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Partial reverse of livestock ban if Labour elected - O'Connor
25 Sep 2020The Minister of Agriculture has unveiled policy that would allow some live cattle exports to be permitted from late next month.
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Correcting Corrections: Are prison reforms repairing Māori inequities?
9 Oct 2020With Māori still making up half the prison population, justice advocates fear changes to bring down incarceration rates have lost momentum, Yvette McCullough writes.
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Collins, Peters on thin ice as Ardern finds her feet
8 Oct 2020Analysis - National's not having the week Judith Collins would have prayed for. After a couple of strong debate performances some MPs were getting hopeful. Then Denise Lee sent an email and Collins…
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High Court decision won't sway youth vote campaigners
8 Oct 2020The group behind the campaign to lower the voting age to 16 say they won't give up after the High Court rebuffed their bid and our now targeting MPs in the hope a law change is put through Parliament. Audio
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What's changed for schools and ECE under Labour-NZ First?
8 Oct 2020The principal of decile one Windley School, Rhys McKinley, has no doubt his 300 pupils are better off after three years of the Labour-New Zealand First government.
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Election 2020: Party leaders reject accusations of planted supporters
7 Oct 2020What seem to be strategically placed supporters greeted National leader Judith Collins on the campaign trail today, a tactic Winston Peters says all parties - except his - are using.
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'Incredibly poor form': Judith Collins critiqued after on-air announcement
7 Oct 2020Judith Collins is still facing questions over the fallout of her on-air policy announcement which prompted one of her MPs to say she had "incredibly poor form" and another to say she was "making up…
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New Conservatives fail in bid to feature in TVNZ debate
A High Court judge has dismissed the New Conservative Party's bid to be included in TVNZ's multi-party debate.
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NZ First policy proposes to prioritise victims, change sentence terms for murderers
7 Oct 2020New Zealand First has announced its Safer Kiwi Communities policy package, with a mix of new - and old - election pledges.
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Labour aims to decarbonise New Zealand's bus fleets
7 Oct 2020Labour says it will require councils to purchase only zero emissions buses by 2025 in a bid to decarbonise the public transport bus fleet a decade later.
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Collins on border closures, Samoa and 'policy on the hoof'
The National Party leader says she did not peddle misinformation at last night's The Press leaders' debate when speaking about Covid-19 border closures in Samoa and New Zealand. Audio
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Electoral Commission fronts up after early voting errors
7 Oct 2020The Electoral Commission has come under fire after a string of mistakes in the first week of advance voting.
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We can vote now, so why no election advertising on polling day?
8 Oct 2020The two MPs vying to be Prime Minister have disagreed on whether election advertising should remain banned on election day. Audio
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Third leaders' debate: Ardern and Collins steelier and more combative
7 Oct 2020Power Play - There was a tense edge to the latest debate, where Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins took to the stage in Christchurch in front of a live audience, Jane Patterson writes.
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Parties claim dual debate victory in Ardern, Collins clash
7 Oct 2020Neither Jacinda Ardern nor Judith Collins were willing to claim victory in last night's debate, but that has not stopped both Labour and National crowning their own champions.
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Recap: Ardern vs Collins: The Press debate 2020
6 Oct 2020Labour leader Jacinda Ardern has defended her government's pandemic record in tonight's Press Leaders Debate. Look back at our live coverage.
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Judith Collins: 'We don't have leadership by committee, we have leadership'
6 Oct 2020National party leader Judith Collins will not commit to telling her MPs before she makes policy, as she defends her decision to announce a review into Auckland Council if elected.
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