Healthcare in Napier proves a pressing issue as candidates talk through solutions
About 200 people watched the debate, ranging from teenagers to a mother with her newborn to pensioners. Healthcare,…
NZ First unveils party list with new candidates leapfrogging current caucus
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters. Photo / NZME New Zealand First has unveiled its party list. There…
Election 2026: Act candidate Antonia Modkova heckled over Te Tiriti comments at Auckland Central debate
Modkova said Act was proud of how New Zealand “has redressed the wrongs of the past” through land…
Election 2026: New poll reveals frontrunner in the Māori seat of Te Tai Tonga
“If you asked me the impact, it probably makes it slightly less favourable to more centre-right candidates, but…
Should Act voters give their candidate vote to National? Paul Henry weighs in
With National polling below 30%, lower than the 38% it received in 2023, some projections suggest Bishop entering…
Election 2026: Waiariki candidates at debate unite on better outcomes for Māori
While all four were vying for votes, they made it clear they were united in wanting better outcomes…
Hawke’s Bay health manifesto: Candidates challenged over Māori health policies
McRoberts said he agreed to chair the talk because his 80-year-old aunt in Wairoa had been on dialysis…
Election 2026: National to reveal party list, Winston Peters challenges Luxon to Māori seat referendum
The first list spot in Parliament will likely be taken by deputy leader Nicola Willis, who is also…
Labour candidates make it to Wellington conference by taking a leaf from Jami-Lee Ross – Thomas Coughlan
List candidate Ibrahim Omer, who, like Chen, was an MP in the last Parliament, made the same trek,…
Election 2026: Another John Ormond in on the Act in Napier – fourth in long line of election candidates
He stood in Tukituki in the first MMP election in 1996, and again in 1999, 2002, and 2005,…
Election 2026: Another John Ormond in on the Act in Napier – fourth in long line of election candidates
He stood in Tukituki in the first MMP election in 1996, and again in 1999, 2002, and 2005,…
Meet Michel Mulipola – the Green Party candidate body-slamming opponents on weekends
“The speeches, the pageantry, the peacocking, the larger-than-life personas you see in government and politics all lean heavily…