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…
The Opportunity Party is having a moment
TOP has a new policy platform, a new leader and a newly curious supporter base. After a decade…
Six months and six million dollars until the election
It’s time for a political health check-up six months out from the election, writes Madeleine Chapman in today’s…
The National Party’s five-point comms plan to seize back the agenda
A strategic reboot seeks to put Luxon above the fray and the party on the front foot. Something,…
‘Dumb on so many levels’: unpacking the Peters v Luxon inferno over Iran emails
When a prime minister is accusing his foreign minister of ‘putting politics ahead of the national interest’, it’s…
Why Kerrin Leoni thinks she can win back Tāmaki Makaurau for Labour
Labour’s pick to reclaim the high-profile seat from Te Pāti Māori is making a case for power from…
Arguing with my mother-in-law about the state of NZ
It’s election year. That means endless arguments with your family members about politics. Here journalist Mark Crysell, who…
Nationalist with a capital W: Winston Peters sets out NZ First’s plan to win 2026
At New Zealand First’s state of the nation event in Tauranga, the war on woke played a bit…
The poll numbers that could spell death for National
Is the country on the right track, or the wrong track? Pollsters have been asking this question of…
Barbara Edmonds could become finance minister, but she’s still figuring out how to be a politician
Barbara Edmonds doesn’t look like any finance minister that has gone before her, doesn’t speak like the others,…
A quarterly action plan for restoring Christopher Luxon’s quarterly action plans
The prime minister has lost his passion for plans. He needs a plan to restore his plan passion.…
Fisheries emerges as unlikely election battleground
Fisheries has found an unseasonably early spot on the election agenda, following three years of controversial pro-industry policies…