Chlöe Swarbrick and the weight of expectations
A decade into her career, the former political prodigy is knocking on the door of cabinet – and…
Christopher Luxon: The Nat with nine lives, or a man on borrowed time?
He has survived a series of leadership challenges, but how many more times can Christopher Luxon come out…
On the Chatham Islands, Wellington Bays candidates encounter a vastly different electorate
New Zealand’s most remote community held its first-ever election debate this week. The question that will likely be…
Local supermarket worker David Seymour seeks new job in November
Henry Oliver popped in for a pie and left with a tote bag full of free market economics.…
‘Enrol and have a free sausage’: Inside the campaigns to get young people to vote
Homemade costumes, rock concerts and satirical videos are being used to counter enrolment law changes that kick in…
Jack Tame on getting ghosted by Christopher Luxon
The Q+A host talks about the struggle to get the PM to appear – and how he is…
One Candidate, One Pint: Labour’s Sophie Handford on finding zen in politics
One of the younger high-profile candidates running in this year’s election doesn’t regret putting politics ahead of partying.…
The recoveristas vs the recovery-sceptics: just where is the NZ economy at?
We ask Shamubeel. Economists and commentators across the country have their calculators out and their fingers in the…
Whakaata Māori poll: Labour leads party vote as Te Pāti Māori dominates Māori roll
Poll shows 72% of Māori rate government performance as poor, with treaty partnership seen as weakened. This story…
The strange campaign of 2026, as viewed from November 8
As we wake on the morning after election night, let’s look back at a remarkable few months. Though…
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…