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Christopher Luxon joins Kathryn Ryan for an extended interview on all the issues this election and why National should form the next government. Audio

The National Party is prioritising its plan to ditch Three Waters, committing to doing so within its 100 days if it's elected.

Labour has criticised the decision, claiming National would be leaving… Audio

Covid-19 has intervened in the election campaign, side-lining Labour leader Chris Hipkins just under two weeks out from polling day.

Hipkins started to experience symptoms on Sunday and returned a… Audio

The American band The National celebrates 2023 by giving us not one, but two new albums. William Dart checks them both out. Audio

As you'd expect National's fiscal plan is full of big numbers, but it also came with some chunky promises; including a bigger surplus and less debt than labour's offering and a committment to create… Video, Audio

The National Party has confirmed its long awaited fiscal plan, pledging to spend and borrow less than Labour, through a range of savings and prioritisations. It includes the billions of dollars needed… Audio

The National Party have released their fiscal plan for Aotearoa on Friday.

RNZ Political Editor Jane Patterson spoke to Charlotte Cook. Audio

Calls are mounting for New Zealand's national netball competition to be revamped if the Silver Ferns' are to snap out of their slump in form.

Last month the Silver Ferns missed the podium at a World… Audio

Election 2023: National and NZ First policies for unemployed is 'disappointing' says Salvation Army social policy analyst, Ana Ika Audio

Auckland's Mount Albert electorate has always been held by Labour. It's produced party leaders and Prime Ministers like Helen Clark and Jacinda Ardern. But this year National is running a strong… Audio

National is making a bid to reclaim the Nelson electorate seat that was blue for twenty-four years.

Labour's Rachel Boyack ousted Nick Smith in 2020 - and now Blair Cameron is vying for a shot at the… Audio

Labour and National traded barbs today over their economic credibility, with both saying the other could not be trusted. Chris Hipkins published his party's full fiscal plan this morning to prove it… Audio

National has just released its policing policy, in which it commits to delivering a further 300 frontline police officers, if they're elected.

Labour also committed to the same number in their police… Audio

The Green Party says the beneficiary policies announced by National and New Zealand First are heartless.

Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

National wants to introduce a traffic light system that could see some beneficiaries docked income, and NZ First wants to cap the job seeker benefit at two years over a person's lifetime.

National… Audio

National is promising to impose tougher sanctions on beneficiaries who repeatedly fail to turn up to job interviews. Punishments could include mandatory community work or having their welfare support… Audio

Cruel, dehumanising and out of touch. That's one description of National's policy to get more beneficiaries into work. But party leader Christopher Luxon's reckons it's a policy driven by love. If in… Video, Audio

National has announced it will crackdown on beneficiaries if they're elected next month, saying jobseekers need to face consequences for not complying with their obligations to prepare for, or find… Audio

The latest political poll results confirm one of the rules of modern New Zealand politics - never rule out New Zealand First and Winston Peters.

Monday night's Newshub Reid Research poll has National… Audio

Voters in Pakuranga there talking to our reporter Leonard Powell. Meanwhile.... National deputy leader Nicola Willis is urging supporters not to take it for granted that National will easily win. Audio

The Bay of Plenty has been dealt a good hand this year, with an event that has brought 600 rather intelligent tourists to the region.

New Zealand Bridge is holding its 37th National Congress in Mt… Audio

Our political editor Jane Patterson speaks to Lisa Owen. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6337779266112 Video, Audio

Well it's official, National leader Chris Luxon would "pick up the phone" to Winston Peters if he needs to - he might just need to find his number first. After weeks of dismissing questions about… Audio

National are proposing to change the rules governing how speed limits are set if elected next month.

National will mandate a cost-benefit analysis for each speed limit change, which would consider… Audio