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Election 2023 headlines with summaries.
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Luxon touts 'tremendous progress' as personal polling falls
16 May 2023National leader Christopher Luxon denies he has a "likeability" problem, after a poll showed his personal ratings on a steady decline. Audio
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Police quiet on preparations for general election
16 May 2023Police are keeping tight-lipped about their preparations for the general election in October.
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Watch: PM Hipkins announces new schools, more classrooms
15 May 2023Chris Hipkins says the funding today will maintain the momentum of the government's funding of about 4000 student places every three months.
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Te Pāti Māori and National have 'nothing in common' - Ngarewa-Packer
15 May 2023The Te Pāti Māori co-leader would not be drawn on whether the party would prefer to be part of a coalition government or not following the general election. Audio
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ACT alternative budget highlights tax, prison bed policies
15 May 2023The ACT Party is proposing to condense income tax brackets, slash the number of public servants and increase prison beds in its alternative budget.
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'It will be a journey' - Councils, opposition react to cyclone recovery package
15 May 2023Councils in some of the regions hit hardest by Cyclone Gabrielle are relieved the government is promising to pay for the repair job on local roads, so the cost will not fall back on ratepayers.
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New political poll: Main parties in a tight race, but Luxon's popularity drops
14 May 2023Five months from the election, the latest Newshub-Reid political poll shows Labour and National running neck and neck - but Christopher Luxon's popularity is now lower than Judith Collins' was.
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National, ACT pour scorn on Robertson's $1b-a-year savings
11 May 2023Opposition parties are rubbishing Finance Minister Grant Robertson's cost savings, saying $1 billion a year is nothing in the context of how much extra it's spending. Audio
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Left-aligned parties label National's one-person-one-vote system line 'dog-whistling'
10 May 2023They say Luxon's ability to vote in multiple regions in local elections undermines his "one person, one vote" philosophy; he says he would "possibly" look to repeal that.
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Elizabeth Kerekere rules out joining Te Pāti Māori
10 May 2023"I have good relationships with them but I am not going to Te Pāti Māori," the MP says in her first public comments since leaving the Greens.
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'No philosophical alignment' - Luxon on ruling out Te Pāti Māori
10 May 2023National leader Christopher Luxon has bluntly ruled out working with his party's former coalition partner should he lead the next government. Audio
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Whaitiri decries 'censure' after Te Pāti Māori leaders ejected from Parliament
9 May 2023The leaders of Te Pāti Māori have been ejected from the House after welcoming Meka Whaitiri with a whakawātea, without permission from the other parties or the Speaker.
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'My door is always open' - Labour rejects Whaitiri's criticism
9 May 2023Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and Labour's Māori MPs say Meka Whaitiri never raised concerns about not being listened to - and it doesn't match their own experience.
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'It's over to her' - Prime Minister on Meka Whaitiri's surprise departure
9 May 2023Chris Hipkins says he still has not heard from former Labour minister Meka Whaitiri who defected to Te Pāti Māori last week, but he is focused on moving on. Audio
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Rolling with the punches: Fraught Hipkins trip buoyed by pastry
8 May 2023Power Play - Prime Minister Chris Hipkins will be travelling back to New Zealand feeling grateful for sausage rolls.
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'No free ride' says Seymour as ACT proposes to build youth detention centres
ACT wants to spend half a billion dollars building youth detention centres that would be run by the Department of Corrections if it is in government after October's election.
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Hipkins tells BBC: Treaty settlement process 'very powerful ... but it isn't easy'
8 May 2023In a 10-minute interview, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has told Britain redress for indigenous peoples must be an open process that's "always a work in progress". Video
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Greens co-leaders react to Kerekere's resignation, dispute her allegations
6 May 2023Green Party co-leaders Marama Davidson and James Shaw have disputed a number of allegations made by former Green MP Dr Elizabeth Kerekere.
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Green MP Elizabeth Kerekere resigns from party
5 May 2023Under-fire MP Elizabeth Kerekere has resigned from the Greens after earlier hitting out at the party's co-leaders over their handling of an investigation into her behaviour.
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Why has the waka-jumping legislation not been invoked for Meka Whaitiri?
4 May 2023A law expert says the Speaker of the House's interpretation of parliamentary rules has allowed Meka Whaitiri to remain in Parliament as an independent MP despite her defection from the Labour Party. Audio
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Whaitiri's defection 'small-fry' compared to losing Ardern - Davis
4 May 2023Labour's Kelvin Davis has brushed off the shock departure of Meka Whaitiri, while her leader has called it an "awakening". Audio
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A vote for Te Pāti Māori a vote for Labour and Greens - Luxon
3 May 2023The National leader says despite Te Pāti Māori poaching Labour's Meka Whaitiri, they are essentially "one entity" when it comes to the election. Audio
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'Disappointed': Labour reacts to Whaitiri's surprise departure, ministerial roles removed
3 May 2023Customs Minister Meka Whaitiri has announced she has quit Labour and will stand for Te Pāti Māori - a surprise move Labour says has not been explained.
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PM learned of Whaitiri resignation plans on arrival in UK
3 May 2023Meka Whaitiri, who has been MP for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti since a by-election in 2013, made the announcement at a marae in Hastings on Wednesday morning. Audio
