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Hipkins dubs Labour 'underdogs' as party support crashes in poll

The poll had Labour on 29 per cent, down four points on the last poll in July.

Crackdown on vape stores, UK nurse sentenced and parking prices go up | Focus Morning Bulletin August 22, 2023

Labour’s latest election promise as the party grapples with its worst poll result in six years, UK nurse Lucy Letby sentenced for the murders of seven babies ad another blow for Auckland motorists. Video / NZ Herald / AP / Getty

Opinion: There’s a lot of scaremongering about Māori elite, but what about the Pākehā elite?

OPINION: The political noise about a Māori takeover is almost deafening.

Thousands of families, cyclone victims subject to CGT on family home under new rules

An IRD interpretation may mean high tax via the bright-line test for many.

Simon Wilson: Big plans and bigger problems for transport in Auckland

OPINION: Simon Wilson on transport agreements, disagreements and the truly "farcical".

Labour's vaping policy: Control over number of stores and where they can be

Labour also wants much bigger fines for selling or supplying children with vapes

Claire Trevett: Chris Hipkins stares into blizzard of bad polls

Hipkins will face some difficult question as Labour's polls worsen.

Election 2023: Foreign interference warning as security spend jumps by $1m

The PM believes candidates are more at risk of foreign interference in this election.

New vaping restrictions come with nicotine limits, no more fancy names but loophole remains

The maximum concentration of nicotine allowed will be slashed from September 21

Govt to legislate consistent maths, reading and writing teaching in schools

The new model would become compulsory from 2026.

Te Pāti Māori list has a dame, a lady and an ex Cabinet minister

20-year-old Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clark is No 4 on the Te Pāti Māori list

Opinion: Nat’s commitment to Dunedin must be questioned

Party will have no representation in New Zealand’s sixth-biggest city.

Derek Cheng: Why some voters don’t seem to trust Christopher Luxon

OPINION: Voters prefer Chris Hipkins over Luxon, who is also less trusted, but ...

Koroneihana: Politicians urged not to use Māori as 'political football'

Leaders of major parties attempted to woo Māori - Luxon even put on his dancing shoes.

Labour: Lessons in money and finance 'too important to be left to chance'

Labour wants the policy in place by 2025.

No Kermadecs deal before election - Hipkins

'We are not progressing the Kermadecs legislation before the election,' PM says.

Te Pāti Māori promotes youth to Parliament list

Te Pāti Māori Waikato-Tainui candidate at No 4 on Party list

Stuart Nash’s work wives, will Mike Hosking honour his bet and who won Chris of the week?

It comes as another National politician struggles with his spelling.