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What did the first-ever Young Voters Debate tell us?
Seven politicians, five hot button issues and a room full of youths.
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Parents of truants should face tougher penalties - Act
The Act Party wants parents to face tougher penalties if their children are skipping school.
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Fact or Fiction: All just spin?
Audio 12 Sep 2017The minor party leaders got to go up against the major parties' deputies during a debate hosted by website The Spinoff. Fact or Fiction checks their claims.
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Families of suicide victims call for a better approach to New Zealand's suicide statistics
The National and ACT parties have received a frosty reception at a meeting with families of suicide victims after both sending last-minute representatives.
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Wrong to conflate euthanasia debate with youth suicide issue - Labour leader Jacinda Ardern
Labour leader Jacinda Ardern says it was wrong of a National MP to link her stance on euthanasia with comments she made about youth suicide.
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National pledges to add $10k to HomeStart
The National Party is promising to increase financial assistance to people buying their first house.
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150 years of Hansard Debate
A comic debate recorded at Parliament on 26 July 2017 to mark 150 years of Hansard documenting its proceedings. The Speaker (the Right Hon. David Carter) chairs the session, which involves Judith… Audio, Gallery
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Peters wants Gold Card to go high tech
New Zealand First wants the SuperGold card to be more than a "dumb piece of plastic" by turning it into a debit card that collects loyalty points.
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Party leaders' favourite bands revealed
It's probably not going to influence anyone's vote, but we love finding out what our politicians are listening to. Video
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Coalition preferences emerge during minor parties debate
The Māori and Green parties have signalled their preference to work together in a future government.
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Minor parties clash in multi-party debate
The Māori Party, Greens, Act and United Future leaders have had it out in TVNZ's Multi Party Debate.
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Act on track to keep electoral lifeline in Epsom
The Act Party is languishing in the polls at around 0.3 percent, but its electoral lifeline - the Epsom seat - will almost certainly guarantee David Seymour will return to Parliament.
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Will David Seymour get back into Parliament through Epsom?
The Act Party is languishing in the polls, but it's electoral lifeline - the Epsom seat - will almost certainly guarantee David Seymour will return to parliament. RNZ reporter Sarah Robson went to… Audio
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Labour a nose ahead of National on the averages
Poll of Polls - Labour is now a whisker ahead of National in the latest polls, writes Colin James.
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Labour holds the lead in latest poll
Labour is on top with 43 percent compared to National's 39 percent in the 1 News Colmar Brunton poll.
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Four new charter schools announced by govt
The National government has announced four new charter schools, including the first in the South Island and Gisborne.
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Shaw, Fox and Seymour debate policies - over cake
To mark the 21st birthday of MMP, Greens' James Shaw, Maori Party's Marama Fox and Act's David Seymour join John Campbell in the Checkpoint studio. Video, Audio
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Quick fire questions with minor party leaders
The Green Party's James Shaw, the Maori Party's Marama Fox and ACT's David Seymour answer some quick fire questions from John Campbell. Video, Audio
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ACT wants teacher union contracts dropped
David Seymour has launched the ACT party's campaign with plans for a controversial $1 billion education policy to bulk fund schools for teachers' salaries, as long as they drop union contracts Audio
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ACT leader blames unions for teachers' poor pay rates
The ACT Party leader says the teacher unions are to blame for poor rates of teachers' pay. Audio
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Act Party campaign launch
The political parties have been launching their campaigns - and taking advantage of the media spotlight to announce a new policy or two while they are at it. The Act Party leader David Seymour talks… Audio
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ACT promises bulk funding if schools drop union contracts
The ACT Party says it would bring in bulk funding for teacher salaries, offering schools $93,000 per teacher but only if they abandon collective agreements.
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Turei, Key to Labour's surge
Opinion - A chain of events started by two high-profile resignations led us to this week's shock poll result and pivotal debate, writes Jon Johansson.
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Green and ACT parties unveil education policies
The Green Party is promising a $315 million boost to education funding to help students with high needs, while the ACT Party wants to almost double the budget for private schools.
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Fact or Fiction: The Nation's minor parties debate
Audio 31 Aug 2017Our fact-checkers assess claims made during the recent minor parties debate on TV3's The Nation.
