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Power Play - The panic is setting in as National and ACT contemplate the prospect of also having to work with New Zealand First, Political Editor Jane Patterson writes.

Analysis - A debate tonight offered further evidence of the gap between the ACT and NZ First leaders who may soon be in coalition negotiations with the National Party to form a new government.

One leader took 252 words to answer a question - another took just one.

Analysis - A debate tonight offered further evidence of the gap between the ACT and NZ First leaders who may soon be in coalition negotiations with the National Party to form a new government.

Wrapping up the TVNZ multi-party debate, leaders weighed in on conflict in the lead up to the election. Recap the day's political news with RNZ's blog.

Leader David Seymour believes such restrictions are ineffective in combating migrant exploitation.

Party president John Tamihere says an "elderly Pākehā" man has been trespassed after entering Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke's home - the second time it has been invaded in a week. Audio

National and ACT will need to call on NZ First if they are to form the next government, the latest 1News-Verian poll suggests.

Research shows relying on the emissions trading scheme alone to drive decarbonisation would see petrol prices need to rise by 60 cents a litre.

Analysis - A policy is labelled racist. Then that accusation is itself called racist. Are we getting anywhere with any of this?

ACT leader David Seymour says the country's biggest export industry is tied up in endless red tape that would be unravelled if ACT gets its way in any new government.

ACT is promising to require one-week Medsafe approvals for drugs and medical devices approved by at least two similar countries.

The organisers of a high-profile leaders' election debate say they worked to the last minute to find another date and it's "extremely disappointing" it has proved to be in vain.

National says its candidates and volunteers have faced threats from gang members, while ACT says such concerns should be dealt with quietly by police rather than in public. Audio

The ACT Party says it would abolish Fair Pay Agreements, put a hold on minimum wage increases for three years, and remove the 2 January public holiday.

The National Party's fiscal plan is ghoulish smoke and mirrors that will put more children into poverty, if you listen to Labour and the Green Party. ACT is critical, too.

Labour leader Chris Hipkins says the National Party's fiscal vision "says everything about their priorities". Follow all the latest updates from the campaign trail with with RNZ's live blog.

In an open letter, Māori and community leaders are calling for an end to a "divisive style of politics", and asking National leader Christopher Luxon to condemn race-baiting by NZ First and ACT.

Explainer - Early voting will begin for the general election. So let's take a look at the nuts and bolts of casting a vote. Video

It is "wrong" that the government gets to set the terms of reference of a Royal Commission of Inquiry into its Covid-19 response, the ACT Party says.