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NZ First's Shane Jones yelled "Send the Mexicans home" during a debate on Tuesday.

'All of our children are not the same," ACT says, as Labour calls it "the worst type of experiment".

The new season of Celebrity Treasure Island is due to hit New Zealand screens later this year.

Officers have also raided a property linked to the owners of a vehicle seen at the scene at the time the crossing was painted over.

Social Development and Employment Minister Louise Upston has admitted New Zealand could lose some of its "best and brightest" overseas while in recession.

The event has led to a period of mourning in the House, and yet another shift in the party's caucus.

The Port Waikato electorate by-election date has been announced this afternoon by the prime minister.

ACT says it would immediately shut down several government projects, and aim to halve the more than 6000 staff at MBIE.

The ACT Party is proposing to condense income tax brackets, slash the number of public servants and increase prison beds in its alternative budget.

A new TV3 Reid Research poll published on 10 September kept National firmly in the box seat at 50.3%, fractionally up on its most recent four-poll average reading.

National's leader Christopher Luxon has gone a step further than the prime minister, labelling Russian President Vladimir Putin a war criminal.

The leader of the National Party wants to the government to take more and stronger action against Russia over the war in Ukraine and be more in step with actions taken by the US, UK and Australia. Audio

Parliament went into urgency this afternoon, for the first reading of legislation making a raft of changes as part of the Covid-19 response.

According to police, in the 12 months to October last year there were 283 ram raids around the country, more than five a week.

The gloves are now off, with accusations from the National Party about the government's handling of the latest outbreak.

The government quietly released a number of proposals, which are now out for public feedback.

Businesses feel the prioritisation for the government's order of rapid antigen tests has tripped up their pandemic planning, says the Food and Grocery Council. Audio

The ACT Party is proposing a suite of policies - including removing tariffs and work visa requirements - which it says would lower the costs of living.

New Zealanders on the street have mixed views on defining Kiwi values - and whether refugees should be made to subscribe to them.

Mandating the scanning of QR codes on the Covid Tracer app has been put in the too-hard basket by the government - for now.

Incoming transport minister isn't promising shovels in the ground on Auckland's light rail by the end of this political term, but says the city desperately needs it.

Questions are being raised over a government review into unsafe and illegal gun use. Audio

Opposition leader Simon Bridges says he's seen no evidence that his sister has been teaching creationism in place of the New Zealand science curriculum at a private christian school.

Poll of Polls - The lead has flipped with National now fractionally ahead of Labour, although now neither party can govern with just NZ First alone, writes Colin James.

Opinion - We mostly learn about our political leaders through sound bites and awkward photos. It pays to remember there's more to it, Deborah Mahuta-Coyle writes.