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Outliers and overhangs

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Opportunity cost: Luxon's improbable proposition

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Zombie walking to the election: 28 percent later

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Debate and switch: campaign week two

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New Caucus, Who Dis?

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A pre-campaign catchup as parties flee Parliament

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Unexpected item in National's policy area

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National's olive branch: bed tax out, council cash in

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Coalition in clean up mode

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National and Labour dance around areas of agreement

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An urgent call to fix the aged care crisis

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National's nightmare: come again, coup again

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Sorry, not sorry: Luxon's shocker week

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National bolts the door as Opportunity knocks

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Stuart Nash's swan song

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Three Wise Pol Eds and a Poll

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Outrage over emergency housing targets

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National converts to KiwiSaver

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Officials in firing line over $30m immigration failure

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Labour joins election race with fare cap promise

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Penk's verbal nuclear bomb inflames defence debates

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The deliberately boring election-year Budget

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Public service cuts spur debates on AI, shorts and flying

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Te Pāti Māori's shrinking caucus: "No story here"

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The GP crisis politicians can't ignore

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Coalition parties trade blows over India agreement

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Confidence call: Luxon's uneasy victory

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Vaianu: better safe than sorry?

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Iran war dominates Winston Peters’ US trip

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Fuel crisis forces rationing plan revisions - just in case

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Fuel fears rise as government shifts tone

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Peeni Henare farewells Parliament after 12 years

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Prime Minister flubs his lines as Iran conflict reignites

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Move-on powers move safety nets into the spotlight

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Coalition pulls a U-turn on Auckland housing plans

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Gas plan derailed by definitional dispute

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Minor parties plot major influence on election year

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Luxon and Hipkins give election-year teaser

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Councils prepare to tighten belts with rates relief in sight

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How the council 'reset' aims to spur amalgamations

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Coalition tempers ACT’s influence on gun laws

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IPCA bombshell forces reckoning at top of police

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Introducing: Politics NZ

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From reset to regret: Te Pāti Māori at war

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Leaked and launched: Labour debuts its tax plan

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Strike and counter-strike: the pitch for public sympathy

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Farmers celebrate as coalition slashes methane target

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Questions linger after Te Pāti Māori reset

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Energy tweaks expose electoral live wire for National

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Promises of transparency from new Reserve Bank governor

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Poll paints picture of discontent

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Coalition partners jostle for votes as polls predict tight race

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Coalition cracks door open to foreign buyers

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Tāmaki Makaurau by-election

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Coalition hopes for a winter thaw after OCR cut

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The state of the opposition

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NCEA gets failing grade from government, but has it done its homework?

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NZ resists global push to recognise Palestinian state

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Butter battle fizzles as cost of living war drags on 

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ACT’s rallying cry meets reality check

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Regulatory Standards Bill gets its week of scrutiny

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Moe mai rā: Takutai Tarsh Kemp laid to rest

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The United States strikes Iran

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Meth use and organised crime in New Zealand

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Coalition turfed out in latest RNZ Reid-Research poll

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Trading places: Seymour steps up, Peters gears up

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A Budget of give and take, cuts and credits

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From urgency to uproar: a House of Chaos?

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Pay equity shake-up: billions saved, trust lost

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The pros and cons of public-private partnerships

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Defence Capability Plan spend-up shows the new strategic normal

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Razor-sharp race in first RNZ-Reid Research poll

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Politics and the police

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Government ups engagement with India, United States during global volatility

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The beleaguered school lunches programme battles through another week

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The impact of tougher access to emergency housing.

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Winston Peters' takes NZ's defence and security concerns direct to Beijing

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Shaken trust in the public service's data safeguards

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Why the coalition's squabbles are likely to escalate

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Waitangi Day from the Treaty Grounds

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Oral submissions begin on the Treaty Principles Bill

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2024 in Politics: Change, Challenge, and Chuckles

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All aboard the Winston Peters' rail mission

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Scrutiny week's political fireworks: is it all just for show?

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The Coalition's First Year: Compromise and Controversy

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Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti arrives at Parliament

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Crown apologises as Cabinet mulls 'complex' redress for abuse in care

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Trump triumph touches NZ shores

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Minister Chris Penk lays foundations for self-certified building scheme

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Scandals dog National, the Greens while New Zealand First takes aim at Labour

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Wellington woes - government threatens council intervention

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Winston Peters bangs drum on UN veto reform

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Tobacco debate getting heated at Parliament

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Interislander ferry's future adrift amid coalition indecision

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Tough-on-crime talk becomes a numbers game

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Mill closures put spotlight on power prices, profits and planning

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Not-so-super markets? Commissioner warns of slow progress

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Sovereignty debate sees major parties weighing in for first time

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Coalition positions on Treaty principles crystallise at Koroneihana

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Green for go for coalition's new beneficiary traffic light system