Chris Hipkins

New Zealanders have voted for change with National soon to be in charge of the country and ready to govern with ACT.

Labour's promised surge never happened and red seats fell across the country… Audio

Labour party leader, Chris Hipkins joins Kathryn Ryan for an interview on all the issues this election and why his party should form the next government. Audio

Friday is the final day of campaigning for the 2023 election.

Voting closes Saturday evening at 7, then the counting begins and a new government will eventually be formed.

National Party leader… Audio

The Labour Party says 6,000 public servants would lose their jobs if National leads the next government.

National's plan outlines $2.3 billion of cuts to public services each year.

But Labour says… Audio

The TVNZ Young Voters' debate run by Re:News was a rowdy interjection into what had been a relatively subdued election campaign. Its moderator has some ideas on how media organisations can better… Audio

In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about the first live TV leaders' debate of the election campaign and the sports analogy-filled post-match analysis.

The Leader of the Labour Party is well known for leading the country through a crisis, but finding his way through a kitchen is a different story.

In RNZ's new political series, Grilled - the top… Audio

It's crunch time for Chris Hipkins heading into the first leaders' debate of the election campaign.

Labour is languishing in the polls. Last week's Newshub Reid Research poll had Labour on 26.8… Audio

Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins discusses yoga, the impact of all the sausage rolls, and cost of living while boldly managing to bake a lasagne in 75 minutes. Video

The leaders of ACT, the Greens, Labour, and National face Midday Report’s Charlotte Cook, who grills them over policies, technique in the kitchen, and how they got into politics. Video

Labour's political polling numbers have plummeted to a six year low.

In the latest Newshub Reid Research poll Labour is sitting on 26.8 percent support - well below a resurgent National Party on 40.9… Audio

In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about National's attempt to weather a storm of journalistic scrutiny of its tax plan, Patrick Gower's unusual… Audio

Campaigning for this year's election has only just begun and already accusations are flying over attack ads.

The National Party has dubbed ads targeting leader Chris Luxon, and funded by the Council… Audio

National’s tax plan is a clever political document but raises questions about “heroic” numbers. We look at how much government spending doesn’t change and what’s up for grabs in coalition deals. Plus… Video, Audio

The public sector has been told it must cut up to 2 percent from its baseline budgets over the next 4 years.

The government is tightening its belt to making savings of around $4 billion in the public… Audio

Correspondents Dale Husband and Tim Hurdle join Kathryn to discuss Chris Hipkins ruling out any possibility of Labour working with New Zealand First and Winston Peters post-election - even as the… Audio

The election looms over Parliament’s debating chamber and as it nears the behaviour of MPs is amplified, especially in Question Time. We have a week of photos from above and from down amongst it.