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Election 2020 headlines with summaries.
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Greens push for student votes with slew of tertiary policies
The Green Party is making a last-minute bid for the student vote by today highlighting a package of policies relating to tertiary education.
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'Every vote counts': Prisoner voting rights returned
15 Oct 2020For the first time in a decade, prisoners serving less than three years can vote in the general election.
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Collins says Greens 'unemployable' in latest wealth tax attack
14 Oct 2020Labour leader Jacinda Ardern says Collins' claim Labour would implement a wealth tax - despite promises to the contrary - are desperate misinformation.
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What National would do for senior citizens if elected
14 Oct 2020The National Party is promising to establish a commissioner for senior citizens, and maintain the winter energy payment, if elected.
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Winston Peters remains upbeat about election chances
14 Oct 2020New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is defying recent polling, saying the election is the only poll that matters. Audio
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Judith Collins' final week attacks 'bizarre', 'desperate' - pundits
14 Oct 2020Political commentators say Judith Collins' efforts to ramp up attacks against Labour in the final week of the election campaign appear to be an effort to shore up support from her party's base.
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Winston Peters returns to Tauranga in final campaign sprint
14 Oct 2020NZ First leader Winston Peters is on the final campaign sprint after a marathon tour of the whole country as he fights for his political survival, writes Jo Moir. Audio
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Tight race for candidates in Hutt South and Ōhāriu
13 Oct 2020With election day inching closer the Labour and National Party leaders hit two hotly contested electorates today, Hutt South and Ōhāriu.
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Collins says Ardern 'lied' about Covid border testing
Judith Collins is ramping up attacks on Labour saying its leader Jacinda Ardern lied over testing at the border and she's happy to prove it in court. Ardern says that's just "opposition politics".
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Collins puts brave face on a difficult week
8 Oct 2020Analysis - National is trying to steady its ship after a shocker week on the campaign, with leader Judith Collins dogged by dissent, leaking, a debate loss and a walkabout whoopsie.
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Opinion: Sth Auckland candidates tread tricky cultural ground
4 Oct 2020Opinion - Richard Pamatatau says political actors courting votes on the South Auckland stage are caught at the slippery intersection between culture, identity, ethnicity and institutional party… Video
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Person referred to police for multiple vote claims
14 Oct 2020The Electoral Commission has referred a person to police after they claimed to have voted multiple times.
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Pacific community 'silent in the shadows' - health leader
Pacific health professionals in New Zealand are calling on the next government to better empower them to improve health outcomes for the community. Audio
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Advance votes surpass total in previous election
13 Oct 2020Advance voting figures have now surpassed the total advance votes cast in 2017, with more than 1.28 million people heading to the ballot early.
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Election 2020: Collins doubles down on wealth tax attack
National Party leader Judith Collins says Labour would implement a wealth tax despite a promise not to, while confirming her party's commitment to two Wellington roading projects.
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Labour unlikely to back down on wealth tax - political scientist
13 Oct 2020Labour is unlikely to govern alone and it would be risky for it to try to, but there is little chance they would back down on tax in negotiations, a political scientist says. Audio
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Little fake news, some half truths in NZ election campaign - research
13 Oct 2020While New Zealanders can be assured they are not being bombarded with "fake news", there is evidence of misleading behaviour from some political parties, researchers say. Audio
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Behind the scenes in coalition negotiations
14 Oct 2020The Detail - Former MP Peter Dunne, who's been involved in five coalition negotiations, takes us behind the closed doors of MMP deal-making.
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Politicians have a 'mandate' for climate action, how do their policies stack up?
Before the 2017 election, Jacinda Ardern called climate change her generation's "nuclear-free moment". Three years later, do the climate policies on offer ahead of the election reflect that?
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Judith Collins: 'I don't take chocolate biscuits to the negotiating table'
12 Oct 2020National's Judith Collins says voters can trust her when she pledges to rule out key elements of potential partner ACT's economic plan, but insists the same can't be said of Labour and a wealth tax.
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More than 450,000 votes cast over weekend before election
12 Oct 2020More than 1.15 million votes have been cast by early voters, with 453,426 voting over the weekend.
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Pacific tertiary students see mental health, living costs as election priorities
Help with living costs while studying and extra support for mental health are two areas Pacific tertiary students want given more attention. Audio
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National proposes $50k tech PhD scholarships
12 Oct 2020The National Party has announced it would, if elected, fund $50,000 scholarships to encourage 200 PhD candidates to spend at least six months in New Zealand.
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Ruling out conversation on wealth tax 'not credible' - Shaw
12 Oct 2020The Green Party would expect to have negotiations about a wealth tax with Labour if they enter negotiations after the election, Green co-leader James Shaw says. Audio
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