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The National party leader has come under fire for comments she's made about obese people, just days before the election.

Judith Collins described obesity as a weakness, and said people who are obese… Audio

The leaders of the National and Labour parties have been campaigning in battleground Wellington seats this morning, as we draw closer to election day.

Judith Collins and Jacinda Ardern were both… Audio

Labour's Grant Robertson and National's Paul Goldsmith have squared off yet again - this time in last night's Stuff finance debate.

Fiscal holes, the cost of housing and the Provincial Growth Fund… Audio

An Election 2020 debate on the arts, with MPs from National, Labour and the Greens exploring their policy differences and similiarities. Miriama Kamo is in the chair. Audio

One week out from the election and National has failed to close the gap with Labour in the latest 1News Colmar Brunton Poll.

The Labour Party remains at a comfortable 47 percent, while the National… Audio

Johan Buys is the Hoofman. His job is trimming the hoofs of the country's cattle. He caught up with our Country Life producer Carol Stiles while doing a spot of hoof trimming - or cattle podiatry as… Audio

And the National Party is trying to steady its ship after a shocker week on the campaign.

Judith Collins has been dogged by caucus dissent, internal leaking, a debate loss and a walkabout whoopsie.

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The National Library of New Zealand is looking to re-home 625,000 books from its international collection, to free up space for more New Zealand and Pasifika works. Book Guardians Aotearoa are making… Audio

National has promised a four percent unemployment rate by 2025 and 10,000 jobs a month.

However, last month the Treasury's Pre-Election Economic and Fiscal Update said unemployment is already… Audio

National has released its new housing policy, promising a scapping of the RMA and rent to buy schemes.

Leonie Freeman, a housing consultant and the chief executive of the property council speaks to… Audio

The National Party's housing policy is getting the seal of approval from social housing and real estate groups, but its messaging is also getting some heat.

The party wants to scrap the Resource… Audio

National's promising to urgently address what it calls a state of "emergency" in housing. Leader Judith Collins unveiled the party's housing policy in South Auckland today, pledging to pass… Audio

National is promising to take urgent action to make houses more affordable if elected, by passing emergency legislation similiar to that used for the Christchurch rebuild.

National leader Judith… Audio

Geneticist Neil Gemmell is calling for a wastewater monitoring system to find hidden Covid-19 clusters and people who could be asymptomatic carriers of the disease. Professor Gemmell is part of a… Audio

From fees free to a new national polytechnic, the Labour-New Zealand First government has book-ended its three years in power with some big changes in tertiary education.

Including student loans and… Audio

What was the role of New Zealand in the forming of the United Nations? You might think it was quite small, but New Zealand and its Prime Minister at the time Peter Fraser played a major part in… Audio

The National Party says it will double the size of the Serious Fraud Office if elected.

It would also rename the newly beefed-up agency the Serious Fraud and Anti-Corruption Agency.

Deputy Political… Audio

National has unveiled its plan to help get those out of work back into jobs - as well as its mental health policy.

If elected, National says it would give tertiary training providers four thousand… Audio

A National-led government would feature New Zealand's first Minister for Mental Health - and that minister would be charged with implementing a zero suicides strategy.

That's from National's policy… Audio

Nations United explores the significance of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. In the midst of a pandemic radically transforming our world, it sets out what must be done. Audio

C.T. (Manny) Jules is the Chief Commissioner of the First Nations Tax Commission based in Kamloops, British Columbia. He is a leading figure in getting Canada's First Nations people independence over… Audio

With eight days, 18 hours, two minutes and 10 seconds until voting starts, party leaders are calling up hit-jobs as they scrap for their political lives. Plus, the debate debacles, ACT's rise and… Video, Audio

The National Party is promising to revive the Recognised Seasonal Employer, or RSE scheme, if it wins the election, as well as repealing legislation and regulations that it says ae burdonsome on… Audio

A new poll out on Tuesday has good news for Labour - they will still be able to govern alone if the Colmar Brunton predictions ring true.

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But they have had a drop… Video, Audio

The British Prime Minister is set to make a rare national address later today, as the UK tries to tackle a second wave of Covid-19 before winter sets in.

It will be the third time Boris Johnson's… Video, Audio