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Labour contemplates the unthinkable – a one-term bounceback: Smashed in 2023, moribund in 2024, the Labour Party ends 2025 with polls and a spring in its step ...
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Rawiri Waititi: The hesitant leader: The co-leader of Te Pāti Māori on a tough campaign, a rollercoaster of a term and staying grounded.
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Luxon says Hipkins was NZ’s ‘most abysmal education minister’. Was he?: Experts say National has run a successful marketing campaign in education ...
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Poll: Coalition has path to power but Labour steady after gangs row: National has dropped back from last week but Labour has failed to gain.
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Cornish MP suspended over claims he did not repay taxpayer-funded Covid bounceback loan
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Poll: National jumps, leaving Labour’s position perilous: The latest 1News Verian poll has been released 18 days from the election.
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Labour candidate warns Te Pāti Māori gang photos hand right wing ammunition: Party's Tāmaki Makaurau candidate Kerrin Leoni says rival Te Pāti Māori’s ...
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Election live: Labour candidate resigns 'campaigning alongside gangs': Ahead of the November 7 election — follow 1News for the latest from the campaign trail.
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Labour’s hype train has finally arrived in Wellington: If there’s anything a Labour Party event can do well, it’s emulating the vibe of a church youth conference ...
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Hipkins should defy Te Pāti Māori boast and ditch it: Comment: Labour leader would find a long-term benefit if he were to rule Te Pāti Māori out of his ...
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Peeni Henare stepping back from politics for good: The senior Labour MP won't be contesting the Tāmaki Makaurau seat at this year's election.
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For Hipkins and Labour: Winning isn't everything - it's the only thing: With no mention of education, almost nothing on the Treaty or climate change ...
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Labour will lose more Māori political support if it keeps old guard: Opinion: The Labour Party needs to urgently attract the young activists now going primarily ...
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Labour candidate Peeni Henare stands by gang-patch law repeal claim: His party has previously stated it would not repeal the legislation, if it became government ...
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Labour’s reshuffle reignites a war for Auckland: Labour's official line for 2025 is a focus on 'jobs, health and homes' ...
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Peter Dunne: Luxon's 'coalition of chaos' may yet come to pass: It looks as though the Green Party is at last being anointed as Labour’s preferred ...
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Political Roundup: Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and Labour’s refocus on cost of living is working - Bryce Edwards
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National takes a tumble while Labour gets some runs on the board: For political nerds and tragics the 2020 election was about as boring as it could get with no ...
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National takes a tumble while Labour gets some runs on the board
Key FactsNational suffers a setback, while Labour scores some runs
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  • If Te Pti Mori joins Labour and the Greens, it would give the centre-left bloc the two seats it needs to compete with National and the ACT.

  • Despite the fact that Hipkins has only been on the job for five minutes, it appears that Kiwis have yet to connect with the Luxon brand and are now more trusting of him.

  • The National Party's promise to abolish Three Waters and the Mori Health Authority, in particular, has not gone down well with Te Pti Mori, nor has the Opposition's determination to portray co-governance as separatism.
Opinion: Māori definitely snubbed by the Labour Party leadership reshuffle: Māori caucus might looked pleased but they were snubbed by Labour
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Opinion: Māori definitely snubbed by the Labour Party leadership reshuffle