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Raynold Oilouch and Surangel Whipps Junior will advance to the November race for the Palau presidency, according to unofficial results from the Election Commission.

NZ First says mass immigration should be consigned to the past, National wants to introduce a tech visa and Labour says there will be a new normal. RNZ looks at the immigration debate behind this… Audio

Tenants around the country are looking at rent increases of up to 30 percent as a freeze comes to an end, says a renters advocacy group.

Monte Cecilia Housing Trust chief executive Bernie Smith says south Auckland is at the epicentre of the country's poverty and housing crisis.

A women's rights advocate in Fiji says the Covid-19 pandemic has proven dangerous for women in the country.

The Māori Party is promising to halt all immigration into New Zealand until housing supply catches up with demand, if it becomes part of the next government.

Green Party co-leader James Shaw says one of his senior MPs misspoke under pressure when she said a wealth tax was one of the party's bottom lines. Audio

Opinion: Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins showed their true colours in the first leaders' debate, and they were pretty pale, Leonie Hayden writes.

Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Lately. This week: The 'big debate' debate, a revealing political poll, more Patrick Gower and more weed; some unpleasant fallout from a broadcasting complaint…

First Person - The virus was gone. Or was it? What was happening?

Power Play - Judith Collins needed to perform in the first major televised election campaign, and she did, writes Political Editor Jane Patterson.

The National and Labour leaders have clashed in the first televised debate tonight. While Ardern shied away from a "bloodsport" mentality, Collins would have been happy to go for another hour.

New Zealand mountain biker Sam Gaze is taking a different view on competition after dealing with depression.

Housing is more of a concern to New Zealanders than the threat of unemployment, a new survey has found. Audio

Famously labelled zombie towns, regional centres are bearing up well through the Covid-19 crisis off the back of the rural economy and extremely low case numbers.

Welcome to RNZ's go-to guide for party policy this election. We've put together a directory with some brief information about what the parties represented in the last Parliament would do if they were…

Soaring temperatures, lockdown in a pandemic, a summer of riots and protests, a crazy election - and now raging wildfires. A kiwi in California details her drama-filled 2020. 

The Reserve Bank has stress-tested the financial strength of the main retail banks and found they have sufficient capital to weather the pressures caused by the pandemic.

National leader Judith Collins says the GDP figures out today, showing a drop of 12 percent, is proof New Zealand needs a National-led government, while Labour leader Jacinda Ardern says we will see a… Video

An economist says the New Zealand economy could recover from a recession like the GFC but would likely be tracking lower for longer. Audio

Communities are struggling to meet increased need for help with housing, income instability and mental health support, a new report shows.