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The secret diary of . . . the campaign: Week 1

$New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has kicked off the party\\u2019s 2026 campaign with a call to abolish M\\u0101ori from retirement villages. PHOTO: REUTERS$

$New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has kicked off the party\\u2019s 2026 campaign with a call to abolish M\\u0101ori from retirement villages. PHOTO: REUTERS$

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has kicked off the party’s 2026 campaign with a call to abolish Māori from retirement villages. PHOTO: REUTERS

Steve BraunaisColumnist

Friday, October 2, 2026

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ChristchurchOctober 2

Steve Hansen sells his Wānaka home for $7.3m

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North OtagoOctober 2

Husband of demoted deputy principal takes aim at troubled Otago school

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DunedinOctober 2

‘Heroic’ prison officer foils hospitalised prisoner’s desperate escape bid

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DunedinOctober 2

‘We have nowhere else to go’: taxman blamed as small Otago town loses only pub

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DunedinOctober 2

Dunedin joins exclusive Michelin club as boutique hotel makes the grade