Election17

The National Party wants to start measuring primary school students' progress, as well as their National Standard results, its education spokesperson says.

The Labour Party is pledging to cut doctors fees by $10 a visit across the board if elected to government.

National's promising to get tough on freedom campers if re-elected, introducing stricter rules on where they can stay.

The State Services Commission has cleared the Treasury of breaching political neutrality by allowing the use of a National Party slogan in a presentation this week.

The Māori Party is targeting the show's main sponsor, ASB, after its co-host's misleading comments about voting for the party.

A Labour government would start building a new hospital in the centre of Dunedin in its first term, the party says.

Labour says it will put $30 million towards a walking and cycling path across Auckland's harbour if elected.

National's Brett Hudson has to get used to asking people to vote for him, and Labour's Greg O'Connor is worried his supporters will stay home. Audio

Voters grilled candidates about poverty, economic depression and youth suicide as an education debate turned to wider problems in the Far North.

After a difficult period for the Green Party culminating in the loss of two top staffers earlier this week, its leader James Shaw is cracking on with the campaign.

The National Party is facing questions about its campaign slogan making an appearance at yesterday's pre-election fiscal update at Treasury.

The National Party has promised an additional $120 million to help build the new stadium.

The Green Party wants to install light rail from Wellington's train station to the airport within a decade as part of its transport plan for the capital.

The Māori Party has called TVNZ's Mike Hosking's comments on the Māori roll "appallingly misinformed" and has lodged a formal complaint.

Up to 5000 people a day are enrolling to vote, with enrolments tracking slightly ahead of the 2014 election, the Electoral Commission says.

Both National and Labour have clarified their tax plans after the government books were opened ahead of the election. Audio

The Green Party's last-minute decision to stand a candidate in the electorate doesn't affect their wider deal with Labour, says leader James Shaw. Video

The Greens have had a change of heart about standing a candidate in the Ōhāriu electorate.