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A twelve year old Bay of plenty school boy has won a national golf title after playing just three rounds of the game in his life. Bayleigh Teepa-Tarau nailed the nine hole golf competition at the AIMS… Video, Audio

The nation's books have been opened - and while there is no forecast recession, and and inflation is expected to dip below 3 percent by December 2024, there are some ugly numbers in front of us. Tax… Audio

The National Party isn't impressed by the Pre-Election Economic and Fiscal Update released yesterday.

National leader Chris Luxon spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

Battered and bruised, but better than expected - that's the state of the government's books in Treasury's pre-election forecast.

The government is celebrating the state of the nation's coffers… Audio

Pacific nations struggling to retain trained nurses. Audio

National's Health Spokesperson, Shane Rei, says his party cannot commit to adopting Labour's free cervical smear policy if elected, without first seeing the costings and impact it will have on labs.

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Trained nurses in the Pacific are leaving for New Zealand and Australia as the Islands struggle to maintain their workforce.

Labour mobility schemes are being blamed for making it easier for nurses… Audio

The National Party is under pressure to explain where evicted anti-social Kāinga Ora tenants would go. 

The party says it would direct Kāinga Ora to evict and relocate repeat and serious anti-social… Audio

Support for the Labour Party has fallen 5.5 points to 26.8 percent in the latest Newshub Reid Research poll.

National is up 4.3 points on 40.9 percent. On these numbers, National and ACT can… Audio

National's plans to evict unruly Kianga Ora tenants will just see more people living in cars and substandard lodges according to one policy analyst. The party says there is deep community frustration… Video, Audio

ACT leader, David Seymour says his party will consider a confidence-only deal if National refuses to co-operate during post-election negotiations.

David Seymour warns a confidence-only deal would be… Audio

National is vowing to cut waiting times for key medical services, including cancer treatment.

Northland emergency doctor Dr Gary Payinda reacts to the policy discussion between Labour's Dr Ayesha… Audio

National is vowing to cut waiting times for key medical services, including cancer treatment. Its health policy also sets five key targets including shorter emergency department visits; faster cancer… Audio

National's newly announced health policy would set targets for medical wait times and cancer treatment.

The party also promises shorter stays in emergency departments, faster cancer treatment… Audio

The National Party is hitting back at criticism its tax cuts will cost front-line services.

It's promising to cut $2.3 billion in bureaucratic spending. CTU economist Craig Renney says services like… Audio

The Council of Trade Unions says National's plan to cut public service spending will target frontline services.

CTU economist and a former advisor to Labour's finance spokesperson Grant Robertson… Audio

The National Party leader Christopher Luxon is dodging any questions about what influence parties like ACT would have in a National led government, as polling day draws nearer.

This includes a… Audio

Under pressure over law-and-order, the Labour Party is promising to add another 300 police officers to the front-line over four years.

It says that will be one of the new ways it will crackdown on… Audio

The National Party is promising to provide 10,000 electric vehicle chargers across the country by 2030.

But it also proposes to scrap the Clean Car Discount.

Green Party spokesperson Julie Anne… Audio

National Party deputy leader Nicola Willis was among three political leaders who made a surprising commitment at a debate last night to build a 1,000 state houses in Auckland each year.

Labour Party… Audio

The Motor Transport Association is backing National's plan to scrap the Clean Car Discount and rework the Clean Car Standard.

National Party leader Christopher Luxon has also promised 10,000 electric… Audio

National will ditch the clean car subsidy for Electric Vehicles if it's in govenrment saying people who can afford a brand new electric car dont need a subsidy from taxpayers to buy it. But it is… Video, Audio

Labour's leader will have a word with some of his MPs after they were caught making incorrect statements about what National and ACT have planned after the election. National says it shows the party… Audio

They've been crying foul over attack ads, but now the National Party are being accused of being hypocrites.

The Labour Party leader, Chris Hipkins, unveiled a long list of ads he and his MPs have… Audio

The Tertiary Education Union says it's dismayed at the extent the University of Waikato's Vice Chancellor worked with the National Party on its proposal for a new medical school in Hamilton.

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