Jennifer Curtin

Te Pati Maori has risen in popularity in new political polling, suggesting they could play kingmaker this election. The party has almost doubled in points from 1.8 percent to 3.5 percent in the… Audio

New Zealanders who have won a Special Category Visa and have lived in Australia for fours years will be able to get citizenship from July 1.

The move is praised as a logical step by Auckland… Audio

Hamilton West MP Gaurav Sharma, who was kicked out of Labour's caucus, has resigned from the seat and is starting his own political party.

The Prime Minister says she urged Mr Sharma to stay as an… Audio

Wallace Chapman and panellists Kathryn Graham and Liam Hehir discuss the Government announcement to send additional defence force personnel to the UK to train Ukrainian military, Australia's new PM's… Audio

The government launched a sweeping review of Aotearoa's electoral law yesterday.

It spans transparency of political donations, a four-year term in office, overseas voting, a younger voting age, and a… Audio

Government officials are scrambling to work out how the Australian Prime Minister can visit New Zealand this weekend without having to go into isolation.

Scott Morrison is scheduled to arrive in New… Audio

New Zealand's first African, Latin America and Sri Lankan MPs are among the 40 new faces entering parliament.

Along with seven of The Green Party's 10 seats, more than half of Labour's 64 seats in… Audio

This weekend is New Zealand's ninth election under the MMP voting system and, according to the polls, could be the first to give us one party with a straight majority.

Despite that possibility, the… Audio

Labour's Jacinda Ardern and National's Judith Collins went head-to-head last night in a lively and argumentative second leaders' debate.

The Newshub debate was a stark contrast to last week's… Audio

The Labour Party could govern alone on the results of a new political poll out yesterday.

In the latest One News Colmar Brunton poll, Labour scored 53 percent support, compared with 32 for the… Audio

Returning to our story now on the latest political poll.

The National Party is up nine percentage points in the first 1 News Colmar Brunton poll since Todd Muller rolled Simon Bridges to take the… Audio

Four months out from the election the National Party has slumped in the polls and now the caucus must choose between a leader who's not well liked and the alternative who's not well-known.

Politics… Audio

Harassment and bullying will come under scrutiny in a review of National Party culture. Leader Simon Bridges is pledging to seek advice, particularly on how to ensure female MPs feel safe at work. The… Audio

The political hiatus is almost over with Winston Peters due to meet his board on Monday. Otago Law Professor Andrew Geddis and Associate Professor Jennifer Curtin from the School of Politics and… Audio