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Week in Politics: Keep him on or cut him loose? Luxon's big decision
Analysis - Christopher Luxon must decide whether Sam Uffindell stays or goes - the most difficult call he's made since as leader - while a Labour MP launches an extraordinary attack on his caucus…
Week in Politics: Chaotic payments spoil government's week
Analysis - The cost of living payment gets messy, Cabinet decides to urgently fix a serious electoral law problem, and James Shaw won't face any challengers for Greens co-leadership.
Week in Politics: 'Seething animosity' in the Greens, Luxon's social media gaffe
Analysis - The Green Party's instability has implications reaching through to the next election, while Christopher Luxon is caught up in another unnecessary muddle.
Week in Politics: Andrew Little's bad week
Analysis - More than 900 doctors warn the health workforce is in serious trouble as the surge in Covid-19 cases and hospitalisations draws a response from the government.
The Week in Politics: Trans-Tasman relations warm up as Ardern visits Australia
Analysis - While the PM's trip to Australia signals a shift in trans-Tasman relations, speculation continues over the government turning on the red traffic light again, writes Peter Wilson.
Week in Politics: Luxon moves National out of a political danger zone
Analysis - National's Christopher Luxon moves to defuse a potentially vote-losing disaster, the Health Minister's problems keep piling up and the PM speaks at a NATO summit and unveils an historic…
The Week in Politics: Another week, another crisis
Analysis - A health 'crisis' is the latest of the government's cascading problems, the Gib board shortage is elevated to ministerial taskforce level and the new police minister gets to work.
Week in Politics: Ardern meets National's law and order challenge
Politics this week was like a jigsaw puzzle with two pieces - National ramped up its law and order campaign, the PM responded and the casualty was the police minister. Here's what the big picture…
Week in politics: Police Minister under fire as National ramps up law and order campaign
Is Poto Williams's job in jeopardy as public concern builds over gang violence? That issue as well as health restructuring legislation and the PM in Sydney feature in the Week In Politics.
Defence becomes a hot potato after PM meets Biden, China woos Pacific nations
Analysis - The prime minister meets the US president in the White House and China doesn't get all it wanted from Pacific countries.
Week in politics: Govt under pressure at home as Ardern tours US
Analysis - The PM visits the US, Australia's change of government raises questions about its effect on trans-Tasman relations and China moves to extend its influence in the South Pacific.
Week in politics - The Budget and the ERP: How they went down
Analysis - It was the government's biggest week of the year with the Budget and the Emissions Reduction Plan coming out, and neither was given much of a welcome, Peter Wilson writes.
Week in politics: Get set for the climate crunch
Analysis: The PM reveals when the border will reopen and the Police Minister announces a pre-budget law and order boost, but David Seymour steals the show at question time.
Week in Politics: Another poll shows Māori Party could be kingmaker
Analysis - National gains ground in another poll that shows the Māori Party could hold the balance of power after the next election.
Week in Politics: Inflation, inflation, inflation
Analysis - The prime minister smiled her way through Singapore and Japan this week but back home the highest inflation rate in a generation wasn't something to be happy about.
Week in Politics: Orange for everyone and troops for Europe
Analysis - The government steps over a line as it sends weapons to Ukraine, albeit indirectly. Louisa Wall fires a broadside as she leaves Parliament and some MPs blunder their way through the week.
Week in Politics: Settings, sanctions and Ashley Bloomfield
Analysis - The PM decides the country will stay in red for a while longer, the government ramps up sanctions against Russia but the opposition wants more, and Ashley Bloomfield resigns.
Week in politics: China's Pacific security pact shakes region
Analysis - Peter Wilson looks back at the week that was with China and Solomon Islands' draft security agreement, the controversial fair pay legislation, and David Seymour's "bottom line". Audio
Unfriendly fire and plaudits as govt dismantles Covid-19 measures
Week in Politics: The Prime Minister announces a significant easing of Covid-19 restrictions - but she doesn't please everyone - and New Zealand offers non-lethal military aid to Ukraine.
Week in Politics: Big announcements mark the dawn of a new era
Analysis - Tourists will soon be back, the government cuts the price of petrol to ease the pain at the pump and National loses one of its most experienced MPs.
Week in Politics: Christopher Luxon's tax tactics pay off
Analysis - Christopher Luxon's attacks on the government over the cost of living and his promise to cut taxes pays off as National overtakes Labour in the latest poll.
Week in Politics: New Zealand begins to reconnect with the world
Analysis - An end to MIQ allows Kiwis to come home, the government reacts to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the big clean up begins after the occupation of Parliament's grounds.
The Week in Politics: Ardern, Luxon, Peters and the protesters
Analysis - Another week of protest politics, with Primie Minister Jacinda Ardern describing National leader Christopher Luxon's comments as "dangerously close to sympathy".
The Week in Politics: The protesters and the politicians
Analysis - Opposition parties gang up on Speaker Trevor Mallard over his reaction to the protesters, David Seymour upsets the prime minister by talking to them and a dialogue deal is rejected.
The Week in Politics: Protest overshadows Parliament's first week
Analysis - A "reset" National Party takes on the government during Parliament's first week, but protests outside on the grounds dominate the media; and another poll shows National gaining ground.