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Election 2023 headlines with summaries.
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Law and order now number two issue for voters, but most still concerned about the cost of living
Fear about rising crime has hit a record high in the latest political survey, now featuring as the number two issue for voters in New Zealand.
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Agricultural emissions plan in jeopardy as National walks back support
A plan to price New Zealand's agricultural emissions may be out to pasture before it gets going, as National backs away from supporting He Waka Eke Noa.
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'No time to waste' dropping voting age to 16 - campaigners
A group campaigning to lower the voting age to 16 has been vindicated by an expert review of electoral laws. Audio
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ACT preens as party in waiting ahead of Election 2023
6 Jun 2023Power Play - ACT Party leader David Seymour will be patting himself on the back after a sell-out annual conference in central Auckland this weekend.
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ACT pitches new ministry to sort 'jungle of red tape'
4 Jun 2023This proposed ministry would be given the powers to evaluate new regulatory proposals, review red tape and change laws to remove surplus regulation.
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Te Pāti Māori selects Tākuta Ferris for Te Tai Tonga
4 Jun 2023Te Pāti Māori has chosen Tākuta Ferris as its general election candidate for Te Tai Tonga.
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Te Pāti Māori confirms Heather Skipworth for Tukituki electorate
2 Jun 2023The seat is the first on the general roll contested by Te Pāti Māori this election, with Skipworth shifting her attention there after Meka Whaitiri defected to the party.
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Former National MP switches to ACT for 2023 election
31 May 2023Parmjeet Parmar, a former National list MP voted out in 2020, will stand for the ACT Party in this year's election.
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Labour and National in standoff over housing density
The main parties both say they are willing to work together on policies to build more housing, but neither seems likely to budge over their approach.
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Slow down Simeon Brown – bilingual traffic signs aren’t an accident waiting to happen
30 May 2023Opinion - When the National Party's transport spokesperson, Simeon Brown, questioned the logic of bilingual traffic signs, he seemed to echo his leader Christopher Luxon's earlier misgivings, Richard…
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National's housing policy backdown a 'massive flip-flop'
29 May 2023The National Party is denying stepping back from a bipartisan housing policy, which it helped to draft, is a backdown. Audio
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'Coalition of chaos' versus 'coalition of cuts' - the voters will decide
29 May 2023Power Play - Labour is ramping up its pitch to regain power, telling voters they "deserve to know the choices they have" in election year, Jane Patterson writes.
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Apprenticeship scheme would be permanent under Labour government
28 May 2023Labour leader Chris Hipkins has used his first major speech to his party to promise to keep an existing apprenticeship scheme in place.
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Labour promises not to change superannuation age if re-elected
27 May 2023Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni says a re-elected Labour government led by Chris Hipkins would not raise the pension age from 65.
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AI in politics: Law expert urges transparency and more regulation
27 May 2023The use of artificial intelligence in political campaigning needs stronger regulation to help prevent voter manipulation, an Auckland law lecturer is warning. Audio
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Labour faithful gather for election-year conference - what might they have in store?
27 May 2023The Labour Party faithful are gathering in Wellington this weekend for the party's annual congress.
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Under pressure, National confirms policy costings will be released earlier
25 May 2023After pressure to release its fiscal plan, National says its policy costings will be released earlier than the month before the election, as they had been planning.
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National Party leader says extra $1.5b for tax plan 'about right'
National Party leader Christopher Luxon said it was "obvious" the plan would cost more given the rise in inflation and the Council of Trade Unions' analysis was 'about right'. Audio
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Hipkins to take up offer to visit India, talk free trade agreement
23 May 2023The Prime Minister will be taking up an offer from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the country and talk about a potential free trade agreement. Audio
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How Labour's 'no frills' budget targets voters in election year
18 May 2023Analysis - After a 2022 Budget that played to Labour's base, this year's effort was essentially an inflation-driven budget that many more right-leaning parties would have been happy to deliver, Tim…
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Nash backs Labour's new candidate for Napier
20 May 2023The Labour Party has revealed its new candidate to contest the Napier seat, replacing the disgraced Stuart Nash.
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Budget 2023 at a glance: What you need to know
18 May 2023This year's "no-frills" Budget is spending nearly $11.5 billion more of taxpayers' money over four years. Here's a list of the major spending and projects.
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Cost-of-living Budget centres on cheaper childcare
18 May 2023Young families are the clear target of Labour's election-year Budget, but its flagship promise - cheaper childcare - won't kick in until next year.
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'They need to actually put out their plan' - Hipkins on Nats' fiscal transparency policy
16 May 2023Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has derided the National Party's plans for tax receipts as "bumper sticker slogans", and says the party needs to show what they would cut. Audio
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