Browsing: Election 26
Opinion Dr Muriel Newman On one side is a coalition that wants to encourage people to get ahead through lower…
Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com Public Service Minister Paul Goldsmith has criticised next week’s planned strike by public servants, describing it as part of…
OPINION: Michael Swanson. With the 2026 election drawing closer, both major parties have settled on a strategy that tells you…
Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com Labour has unveiled a major election pledge to guarantee every New Zealand‑trained graduate nurse a job in the…
Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said on NewstalkZB this morning there are “no red flags” over New Zealand’s fuel…
Mike Bain/cvnznews.com The Opportunity Party says New Zealanders struggling with high fuel prices deserve straight answers about how the country…
Mike Bain/cvnznews.com New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has delivered a wide‑ranging election speech casting his party as the only…
Sarah McMillan/cvnznews.com The Green Party has released its 2026 Tiriti policy, Te Waonui a Tāne: Thriving Marae and Thriving Communities,…
Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com Te Pāti Māori has released a sweeping new tax package it says will put more pūtea — money…
OPINION: Michael Swanson On Friday I sat down with the Vote2026 Team at the University of Otago, a student-produced series…
Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com Labour Promises Surplus by 2029/30, Plans to Restore Reserve Bank Dual Mandate signaling has released its fiscal strategy…
Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com Te Tai Tonga MP Tākuta Ferris has confirmed he will stand again in the Māori electorate — this…
Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com National has dumped two taxes it had been actively considering, with party leader Christopher Luxon ruling out both…
Sarah McMillan/cvnznews.com ACT has released a policy that affirms New Zealand’s core democratic values, protects property rights, reins in activist…
Sarah McMillan/cvnznews.com Labour has launched a fresh economic pitch for Election 2026, promising to grow the economy, return the books…
OPINION: Michael Swanson The Opportunity Party has never been short on ambition, but its 2026 “Tax Reset” is pretty ballsy…
Ashley Church. Could TOPs “free money” policy really work? And is it really ‘evidence based’? In 2004, John Key described…
Ashley Church. If you’re a centre-right voter, there’s a fair chance that a sense of dread has started to descend…
Mike Bain/cvnznews.com New Zealand politics is not short on health promises — but it is short on health plans that…
Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com By the time New Zealand finishes its morning coffee, the National Party may have decided whether Christopher Luxon…
OPINION: Ani O’Brien. A plan for a very different New Zealand The campaign policies of the Green Party of Aotearoa…
Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com Christopher Luxon walked through Wellington Airport today and refused to answer a single question — not one —…
OPINION: Michael Swanson With the election drawing closer, one of the quieter but genuinely consequential questions hanging over the new…
Mike Bain/cvnznews.com New Zealanders have long prided themselves on fairness and the rule of law — but a growing chorus…
Mike Bain/cvnznews.com The Coalition is hanging on like a possum on a powerline, Labour’s numbers have fallen through a drain…
OPINION: Michael Swanson When the polls closed on election night in 2023, Labour had been reduced from a governing majority…
Mike Bain/cvnznews.com The Conservative Party has released a comprehensive child‑protection policy package, with leader Helen Houghton saying New Zealand must…
OPINION: Bruce Cotterill. There once was a young woman. She had long dark hair and a nice smile. She was…
Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com Conservative Party leader Helen Houghton has confirmed she will contest the Tāmaki electorate in the upcoming General Election,…
OPINION: Michael Swanson I asked AI to model the 2026 General Election Last Friday night, when I was sat on…
Mike Bain/cvnznews.com Stuart Nash didn’t just trip over his own tongue — he detonated his political prospects in full public…
OPINION: Lindsay Mitchell A report from the Chief Executive of the NZ Council of Christian Social Services has made some…
Mike Bain/cvnznews.com Quick take: Senior National MP Chris Bishop says it is “highly unlikely” he would hold Hutt South if…
Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com NZ First has opened its 2026 election campaign with a bold pitch to reshape New Zealand’s energy future,…
Mike Bain/cvnznews.com Conservatives NZ says New Zealand’s justice system has become unaffordable, inaccessible, and increasingly stacked in favour of those…
Opinion: Peter Williams. It’s sure to be second time successful for the former TV host One of the rapidly emerging…
Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com Conservatives NZ law‑and‑justice spokesman Stephen Taylor has issued a detailed and sobering reminder that New Zealand’s justice system,…
Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com Polling near the bottom these days, the once‑prominent Conservative Party remains in the race, determined to offer an…
Opinion: Lisa Te Morenga Over the past few weeks, there’s been some fairly complex kōrero on Māori social media about…
OPINION: Michael Swanson Note: I wrote this just before the latest polls, so doesn’t take into account the latest from…