3+ hour, 55+ min ago   (38+ words) Coalitions Politik NZ Corin Dann moderates a panel with Wayne Eagleson, former Chief of Staff to Sir John Key; Neale Jones, former Chief of Staff to Jacinda Ardern and Stuart Wilson, former Specialist Ministerial Advisor to David Seymour....

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1291+ words) Prime Minister Christopher Luxon yesterday stretched coalition goodwill to near breaking point with his go-it-alone announcement of an under-16 social media ban. NZ First leader Winston Peters called a press conference to attack the way the Prime Minister had gone…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1436+ words) Labour launched its Fiscal Strategy yesterday, but it would be best described as aspirational. Labour leader Chris Hipkins and Finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds repeatedly stressed that the detailed numbers would come only after Treasury produces its Pre-Election Economic and Fiscal…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (891+ words) The National Party’s failed coup attempt yesterday has claimed its first victim. After he was stripped of his portfolios earlier in the day, Kaipara ki Mahurangi MP Chris Penk last night announced he would no longer stand at the coming…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (850+ words) There were hopes last night that the Prime Minister might recognise the apparent difficulty of his position and resign. It seems that numbers yesterday firmed against him. But there was no real indication of what he might do. One Minister…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (932+ words) There were unconfirmed reports last night that National caucus members were calling for a special meeting, possibly tonight, to consider the party’s leadership. One source said the party had already planned a virtual caucus meeting on Wednesday on other matters…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1105+ words) Parliament was yesterday treated to nearly a third of its Question Time being devoted to Foreign Minister Winston Peters dodging questions about what has been widely called his racist attack on Green MP Xu Nan last week. For people cynical…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1858+ words) Wellington Bays is a new electorate this election, but its history is a classic story of where the old Labour Party of manual workers, trade unionists and left-wing intellectuals came to die. Now, this election it is a microcosm of…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (1466+ words) Foreign Minister Winston Peters’ attacks on Green MP Lawrence Xu-Nan, which were described by National Minister Simeon Brown as “racist”, are fast becoming a diplomatic incident. Peters broadened his attacks on Xu-Nan today to extend to generalisations about China and…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (793+ words) National candidate Candace Kinser would be likely to defeat Green co-leader Chloe Swarbrick in the Auckland Central electorate, according to a Curia Taxpayers’ Union poll which POLITIK has obtained. The poll showed Kinser on 22 per cent; Labour candidate Swarbrick on…...