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More than 100 doctors have come forward to put their names behind cannabis legalisation, in response to the New Zealand Medical Association's backtracking from opposing the bill to neutrality.

Māori Party co-leader John Tamihere says if his party was given a week longer to campaign the numbers at the poll would tell a different story. Audio

Opinion - Sooner or later this question will be asked - if National Party Leader Judith Collins has been served well by her key tacticians and strategists in this campaign, writes Sandeep Singh.

For the first time in a decade, prisoners serving less than three years can vote in the general election.

The Green Party is keeping its cards close to its chest on what its bottoms line will be at potential coalition talks just a few days out from the election.

Many voters on the Māori roll are being encouraged to split their vote to get as many Māori MPs into parliament as possible - Here is a quick civics refresher with reporter Te Aniwa Hurihanganui.

Analysis - The Green Party supports a wealth tax but Labour has repeatedly ruled it out, so voters deserve more information about how Labour and the Greens might play their hands, writes Tim Watkin.

Analysis - Unless the polls have got it wrong we're heading for a four-party Parliament, a political scientist doubts Labour can win enough seats to govern alone, Judith Collins launches a tax attack…

Secrecy continues in the case of the pair charged after the SFO's investigation into the foundation and its handling of donations after the media's urgent appeal was dismissed.

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is defying recent polling, saying the election is the only poll that matters. Audio

Huge plastic bladders, each weighing as much as 20,000 plastic bags, are being dumped in landfills with no controls and no record-keeping.

NZ First leader Winston Peters is on the final campaign sprint after a marathon tour of the whole country as he fights for his political survival, writes Jo Moir. Audio

With election day inching closer the Labour and National Party leaders hit two hotly contested electorates today, Hutt South and Ōhāriu.

Before the 2017 election, Jacinda Ardern called climate change her generation's "nuclear-free moment". Three years later, do the climate policies on offer ahead of the election reflect that?

Advance voting figures have now surpassed the total advance votes cast in 2017, with more than 1.28 million people heading to the ballot early.

US President Donald Trump has returned to the campaign trail less than two weeks after testing positive for coronavirus.

Labour is unlikely to govern alone and it would be risky for it to try to, but there is little chance they would back down on tax in negotiations, a political scientist says. Audio

While New Zealanders can be assured they are not being bombarded with "fake news", there is evidence of misleading behaviour from some political parties, researchers say. Audio

Even a miracle Covid-19 vaccine - which Donald Trump has promised Americans this month - may not be enough to save him.