Stories by Russell Palmer

Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins both made several new commitments, or at least said they were open to changes on certain issues. Here's what you need to know.

Members of the 2019 Welfare Expert Advisory Group have rejected National's claim their report backs up the party's harsher sanctions for some jobseekers. Audio

Analysis - A fast-paced election debate focused on young voters got heated as it drilled into parties' answers to the cost of living, housing, climate change and rainbow issues.

随着国家党和工党均承诺本周公布各自完整的财务计划，双方在经济上的言辞也愈加激烈。

National and Labour are both promising to front up with their full fiscal plans this week, their rhetoric over the economy growing increasingly feisty.

This election has 20 political parties vying for voters' affections, eight of which appear linked to the Tamakis or fringe protest groups.

通过独立建模计算，经济学家发现国家党此前针对海外买家增收购置税的政策可能无法完成其预设目标。但国家党拒绝公开其数据模型。

Economists analysing National's foreign buyers tax have found it would likely raise $210 million a year - falling well short of the $740m a year National expects to rake in. Audio

ACT's David Seymour says he's considering a new kind of governing arrangement if National refuses to cooperate during post-election negotiations.

National says a campaign of attack ads targeting its leader Christopher Luxon funded by the Council of Trade Unions is "disgraceful".

Parliament has ended for another term, shutting down ahead of the election campaign with a debate where most focused on attacking their political opponents.

Explainer - Election campaigns are often strewn with debate over potential coalition or other partnership arrangements - here's how it all works.

The Green and ACT parties are calling out National over its supposed "climate dividend", saying the language is misleading.

Analysis - The National Party has unveiled its tax cuts plan - including new taxes to pay for it. Here are the finer details on the plans and how much each policy will cost.

Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi has been named and suspended from the House for 24 hours over comments that may have breached court suppression orders.

Here's where the nearly $4b in cuts, savings, delays and reprioritisations announced by the government have come from.

ACT is in damage control after candidates were revealed to have made inflammatory posts on social media.

一名雇佣关系律师表示，行动党关于对承包商设置更为具体规则的政策只会让打工人面临更多剥削。 

Political parties are criticising the government's transport plan, with those on the right targeting the cost, and the Greens sounding alarm bells over the climate.

The government has unveiled its plan for land transport over the next decade, prioritising more than $20 billion of funding on 14 new roads and public transport links.

National is promising to allow people to split their KiwiSaver between multiple providers.

Associate Housing Minister Willie Jackson has had to apologise in Parliament, while Finance Minister Grant Robertson is refusing to apologise after calling his opposite a "liar".

Labour's GST-free fruit and vegetables tax policy is being widely panned by experts, who say it is betting on voters' ignorance.

New Zealand's Defence Force will ramp up its readiness for combat, taking a more "proactive and purposeful" approach as part of a new government strategy.

Both major political parties are working to clear up confusion over their transport policies.