One Candidate, One Pint: Labour’s Max Harris on his push to ‘reclaim’ Tāmaki
The Labour Party’s Tāmaki candidate on mortality, Radiohead and being Glen Innes hard. He wears the stress of…
Unemployment New Zealand: the numbers, the regions, the politics
The number of New Zealanders either out of work or wanting more work are up. Way up, writes…
Where is the Count Binface for New Zealand?
As Britain enjoys a head-to-head between Nigel Farage and a space alien with a bin on his bonce,…
The Green Party candidate deploying bikini ‘thirst traps’ to get young men to vote
A Green Party candidate is trying to lure young men onto the electoral roll with a campaign built…
The little parties coiling their springs for election 2026
Enough big kids for a minute – these are the truly small parties seeking your vote. The Opportunity…
The Greens propose a state-owned energy company
It says ‘Kiwipower’ would solve our current affordability and supply problems, writes Henry Oliver in today’s excerpt from…
Feeling abandoned, former opponents unite under the banner of NZ First
New Zealand First’s cadre of rehomed politicians shared a similar message at the party’s annual conference: we didn’t…
No matter who the next government is, Aotearoa is going solar
The energy election is ramping up, and for the first time, three parties are campaigning on getting more…
Boost for local innovation but scepticism hangs over Opportunity economic policy
Reinstating funding for polytechnics would support not just “bigger, shiny research and science projects” but also economic development…
Immigration politics is hardening but NZ needs migrants more than ever, warns sociologist
New Zealand is moving into a future where immigration may become harder to avoid, even as politics around…
New poll: the issues that most concern New Zealanders, with 165 days to go
A new Ipsos Issues Monitor reveals the things most on voters’ minds, and the parties they think best…
Jones urges mining bosses to apply for fast-track before election
Mining bosses are hurrying to get their fast-track applications in before the election, wary of what a Labour-led…