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With recent polling giving both major parties cause for concern and the election less than three months away, the countdown is on - and the policies are starting to roll out.

Labour has launched…

Analysis - Another poll points to a change of government, David Seymour says he won't sit at the Cabinet table with NZ First and questions about National's huge road building plan, Peter Wilson writes…

Analysis - It's all still to play for in the countdown to the October election, but the trend for the governing Labour Party is only heading one way - and that is down.

The Electoral Commission says it will pay particular focus on the spread of inaccurate information this election.

A new Newshub-Reid Research poll shows support for Labour has dropped 3.6 points to 32.3 percent while support for National is up 1.3 points to 36.6 percent.

Is the FIFA Women's World Cup enough to squash a longstanding trans-Tasman rivalry?

ACT wants to speed up the ERA, National continues to target gangs, NZ First look to move Auckland's port north and a possible new political party champions the rights of animals. Follow the latest on…

Tragic circumstances putting a halt to the political career of one of Labour's rising stars, East Coast MP Kiri Allan, was just the start of the party's headaches this week. 

Along with speculation…

Co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer say their policies would redistribute wealth, changing a system that takes from the poor to give to the rich.

IT systems so old and complex they struggle to pay almost half of beneficiaries properly are to be overhauled in a $2 billion-plus makeover by the Ministry of Social Development.

National's leader questioned why Hipkins had allowed Allan to return to work and ACT said the government was going through a lot of "churn". Audio

ACT will use private partnerships to build road infrastructure if the party gets into government at the next election.

Analysis - "Soft on crime" taunts finally get a response from Labour, National's Christopher Luxon puts his foot in his mouth, and a poll shows Labour's support hasn't collapsed.

Three people are dead, including a gunman on home detention, after a shooting incident in Auckland on Thursday morning. Here's everything you need to know.

David Seymour has accused the government of coming out with a "half-baked, uncosted, bargain-bin" version of his own party's youth justice policy.

ACT Party co-founder Sir Roger Douglas says his former party has "lost the plot" and he will not be voting for it in the coming election because he believes ACT only represents the wealthy.

Priyanca Radhakrishnan claims the interests of ethnic communities would be "under threat" if ACT joins a coalition with National after election, but David Seymour sticks to his guns.

The latest political poll shows National and ACT could form a government, but the gap between the left and right blocs is closing.

Political parties are hitting the campaign trail in Auckland today with National pledging to create a $500 million Pothole Repair Fund.