{"id":617532,"date":"2026-10-01T15:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T15:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/617532\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T15:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T15:26:08","slug":"election-2026-live-minor-party-leaders-go-head-to-head-in-first-big-debate-of-campaign-rnz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/617532\/","title":{"rendered":"Election 2026 live: Minor party leaders go head to head in first big debate of campaign &#8211; RNZ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi3AFBVV95cUxOZDBwM0VsemdlamtzQUdDendHcEF6Uk43WHZwbjZHbzZZMzdYLXNacU92aWVBOXZGRXl2d2VITVNuVm1Gb1p0a3RscmJfcURxbUhXeTBzd3k5d3pmSWZzcG1IeHJzNzVNSU56dUI0RVNza09OM1VycFVmaXhTTTJvSGtOT2ZRZW1td3QtNkVSNFZUS0pkSUl6T1F3RFBjMlk1bFJzRXhybHFITWc0Z0FkSFhHMjJ5OEVNakZERTJzNmdiNUtxSThsUlk4bXcwTWhkSElDZ1A0ZDU3UFd0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Election 2026 live: Minor party leaders go head to head in first big debate of campaign<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivwFBVV95cUxNV2plZzdfMUFwWFRLVnFveTR2b2thUld0WHl5SThHLXVpUTFBUkhTaWpoVlVSb2Z5cEZRWWJxQnFWZG15WDBvY0Z3My0zMDdjUTBLQW9temhHNlN1eUV0eE10dE9reEEzMWdIRERxWEpyZnZSVjZfc0gxWm43TlJKOUE1OFYwZFBtX1ZTVjR4UGxhOVc5VVB0Zi1jUGdqNm9VUm43RlMwdEV4TXh4OGJkcENreFNVVzU4ZEx2aVU3dw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Press Kingmakers\u2019 Debate: Five parties, one question: Who will be the next kingmaker?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Press<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxPUkpZejZMU3JtRmE2SVdueXdvWl9KcHRrLTZ4dGRIV0NmMGVackU1bVFVOGJTazZaV0x2M2ZvajRlVmFHVnVwbEwzNWdGUFAzNnlIdlR4V0dfYTV0RHJ5MFQzaWVqbEJWQ3BPM3Q4cFdoT3FLSjlMYTNKQ2NGVGlqMUVMa0xwMEtoX20xaFVvUmcxakE5MWx5ZzBOUFdidWI0OVpR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Not in the same league:\u2019 Winston Peters on the two Chrises as prime ministers<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivgFBVV95cUxOZGxtRXRwSGNCM2pTX0N5OWJsZFFMT1pYNU1MSHBIX3JxRWJmdG9jMDhrVTZTYmpCVE1EMTlLbWVUUmUxYmpUWXJQM3V2OEJHYmZQbU9fZ2JRZXhKbFAzbkZJajVta1BKdlJYLXBQRmRwaWJhTUNkaVIxWkt3cU9xdmZNTDhDVElnVGkzZUJ5SWU1YXd0elUyRnRDSDdLYVJPYnhTYjBuN2hodldPcjE5bjZyVTZQLU1MNnZzM3FB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Minor parties keep calm and carry on in tepid kingmakers debate<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuwFBVV95cUxQaFJsRm1nTlB2VzVJMnBkUi1FMHRKRnh6QjBpRkZDQkxDVmpsVHE0dU5LMERsUU93cm1MdjFQYllrU054ZWRHMGhCTmxKanNTOTllRGRaMUd1MlZOVFZMQmFyYVRJYUxPZklHV2ZiSlRTcGlQOUtDNWl4a2dJR3V1aTUwNmw3MzZJMXBxd2ZQQ2gxSGlfbjhBaVJRYVdlN3ZMSG1oOVlMVHRsVW5YRVl0cndCLWNzdDRBU21j?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Winston Peters, ruthlessly on brand, and ruthless &#8211; a winning combo &#8211; in Kingmakers\u2019 Debate<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Election 2026 live: Minor party leaders go head to head in first big debate of campaign&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZThe Press Kingmakers\u2019&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":617533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-617532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}