Dunedin Green candidate confident of making Parliament
Dunedin Green candidate confident of making Parliament
Green Party Taieri candidate Scott Willis is on the cusp of being elected to Parliament, and was quietly confident of making it.
Mike Houlahan
Mixed polls kindle leaders’ debate
Mixed polls kindle leaders’ debate
The leaders of the main parties spent their final debate talking about momentum: Labour leader Chris Hipkins claimed he had forward momentum, while National's Christopher Luxon was denying his was in reverse.
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Chippy gets snippy, Luxon ducks ructions
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Chippy gets snippy, Luxon ducks ructions
A cross Chris Hipkins was on the attack from the start in the final leaders’ debate before Saturday's election, while Christopher Luxon criss-crossed his way through familiar talking points.
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Greens visit to rally the troops, National not so much
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Greens visit to rally the troops, National not so much
As the election campaign enters the home stretch, the non marginal seats of Dunedin are not a magnet to most political party leaders — on that, more shortly.
Greens candidate casts vote
Greens candidate casts vote
If Dunedin Green Party candidate Francisco Hernandez makes it into Parliament by one vote, he will know who to thank.
Church echoes to sounds of laughter, political points
Church echoes to sounds of laughter, political points
It is the final week of the election campaign, but if the Opoho Candidates meeting is anything to go by people have not got tired of politics just yet.
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Small halls central to Act’s campaign
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Small halls central to Act’s campaign
There are many reasons why Act has its best asset in the Lake Wānaka Centre in prime time, rather than strutting the stage somewhere more populous.
FMA report on Kloogh pleases victims
FMA report on Kloogh pleases victims
Victims of multimillion-dollar fraudster Barry Kloogh are pleased the financial markets regulator has recommended tighter regulations to cover transactions by financial advisers.
Minor parties agree to disagree
Minor parties agree to disagree
They say that opposites attract, but in the case of last night’s 1News multi-party leaders debate our philosophically opposed political parties seemed positively repelled by each other.
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National goads Leary over wealth tax policy comments
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National goads Leary over wealth tax policy comments
Taieri MP Ingrid Leary occupied the centre of the election campaign stage yesterday, after comments she made were seized on as "evidence" of a plot to depose Chris Hipkins as party leader.
Te Tai Tonga candidates join televised debate
Te Tai Tonga candidates join televised debate
‘Tis the season for election debates, with podiums and politicians springing up all over the place.
Luxon on a roll in southern visit
Luxon on a roll in southern visit
National leader Christopher Luxon used his time in Invercargill to learn how to make a cheese roll and to reveal the party’s policy to boost overseas student numbers.
Woodhouse absent from local candidates debate
Woodhouse absent from local candidates debate
National Dunedin candidate Michael Woodhouse was a prominent no-show at a major election debate yesterday, sparking conjecture as to what role he will play during this campaign.
Plenty of huff and puff as leaders battle to get their jabs in
Plenty of huff and puff as leaders battle to get their jabs in
Chaos reigned in the Newshub leaders' debate last night, as Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon fought to see who could yell over moderator Paddy Gower the loudest.
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Little cars fire up Luxon’s personality
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Little cars fire up Luxon’s personality
One of the biggest hurdles politicians have to clear is the mysterious, undefinable quality of likeability.
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‘Momentum is building’, claims come back king
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‘Momentum is building’, claims come back king
In the final in a series of profiles of party leaders, political editor Mike Houlahan talks to New Zealand First leader Winston Peters about being in and out of Parliament.
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Opportunity knocks for outsiders
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Opportunity knocks for outsiders
In the sixth in a series of profiles of party leaders, political editor Mike Houlahan talks to The Opportunities Party leader Raf Manji about the challenges of trying to make it into...
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Growth ‘anaemic’; Labour ‘cannot deliver anything’
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Growth ‘anaemic’; Labour ‘cannot deliver anything’
National Party leader Christopher Luxon is basing much of his election campaign on painting Labour as poor economic stewards and nothing is going to change that, not even far better economic growth...
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Challenging the status quo a key aim
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Challenging the status quo a key aim
In the fifth of a series of profiles of party leaders, political editor Mike Houlahan talks to Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer about . . .
Two Chrises clash in debate
'Better than a couple of cents off your beans and carrots': Two Chrises clash in debate
For a political debate between two rivals, Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon spent a lot of their first verbal stoush agreeing with each other.