{"id":617700,"date":"2026-10-01T19:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T19:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/617700\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T19:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T19:04:10","slug":"as-it-happened-minor-party-leaders-go-head-to-head-in-first-big-debate-of-campaign-rnz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/617700\/","title":{"rendered":"As it happened: 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\/CBMi1wFBVV95cUxPa0hFS3Y3bHdwMzgzU2lSMndsa25wRXVxU3lKTml6dG1zUWxOcWN2UnFxbjFwVmhHMnJsTkxLMmF1VEFZMmN1VUVEU0pYUlMxZmFXMld0cnh6dzR3eTJuZmVsYTFMeXRwRG1aREwzTVFvRGV2MFFCd2RhUTNWYmZOREpoZjBZeUcyZVBYNzViTWk2c3Z1bkFQYlBlY2hyZGdVMmNMQ2M2bG8zaDhuWXFYOXNiUWVRZ3BFVGpPSDM1TlM4S2xKM214RjNtSGtYaGF0ckRkSllRTQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">As it happened: 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\/CBMi8wFBVV95cUxQalhHenZ0Q3dEeHVVUm14alR4RzJPekJ6X2tNc2xsbDNWSDZtMFg0U0JOcFhvVjd2THJaV2VMSDJfX3RyMGRjYll1aU1QRmo3dEwyRGhuQ0R1eFZWaS10YzNhcFIwdnZZbnNaTUk0U0kwek9VWmp5SUxsSTFMNUpQMTFyZ3c0anpsYl9ZWXM3RGE2aUNBdTJXcjJ1N3EwLU80WVFSU0ZnSnNsZWZPbGJTYUdrWmdPa0wxaXNtbGdzcTJ2eFlCRl9YMmRQQ2dwYzF2Tng4U2FidzRsR2VtbXgyNkFtSmNDZEFpb0JpNGloZVZvY0k?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Minor party leaders kickstart election sparring in breathless first debate<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<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<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\/CBMivgFBVV95cUxOZGxtRXRwSGNCM2pTX0N5OWJsZFFMT1pYNU1MSHBIX3JxRWJmdG9jMDhrVTZTYmpCVE1EMTlLbWVUUmUxYmpUWXJQM3V2OEJHYmZQbU9fZ2JRZXhKbFAzbkZJajVta1BKdlJYLXBQRmRwaWJhTUNkaVIxWkt3cU9xdmZNTDhDVElnVGkzZUJ5SWU1YXd0elUyRnRDSDdLYVJPYnhTYjBuN2hodldPcjE5bjZyVTZQLU1MNnZzM3FB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Minor parties keep calm and carry on in tepid kingmakers debate<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As it happened: Minor party leaders go head to head in first big debate of campaign&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZMinor party leaders&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":617701,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-617700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617700","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=617700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}