Lara Greaves

Labour's leader Jacinda Ardern, has made it clear she wants to form a government as soon as possible - within the next two to three weeks.

With 64 seats and 49 percent of the vote, Ms Ardern says she… Audio

You want to use your vote to back the sort of policies that matter - or find out which parties pledges align with you. But parties making promises all at once, how do you weigh up what they’re all… Audio

New Zealand First, the Green Party, ACT, the Māori Party and Advance NZ have all faced off in the TVNZ multi-party debate.

Current polling shows many of them struggling to stay, or get back, in… Audio

The barbs flew during last night's leaders' debate in Christchurch, but both prospective prime ministers are guilty of getting tricky with the truth. Checkpoint ran a fine-tooth comb through the… Audio

It's two weeks from the election and party leaders can be seen left, right and centre trying to attract the attention of voters. But many have already made up their minds, forming queues outside… Audio

Labour has taken a slight hit and would need help from the Greens to form a government according to the latest 1 News Colmar Brunton poll.

Monday's poll puts Labour on 47 percent and National on 33… Video, Audio

It's three weeks until election day, and a Newshub-Reid Research poll released last night showed Labour could govern alone.

However, Labour leader Jacinda Ardern is not banking on a majority, because… Audio

The two women vying to govern New Zealand after the upcoming election faced off in the first leaders debate last night.

New poll numbers show Jacinda Ardern remains the favourite for Prime Minister… Audio

National's promising a short-term package of tax cuts - worth more than four and half billion dollars - if they're elected to Government.

The cuts would be delivered through significant increases to… Audio

Maori underrepresentation at local government level has sparked talk of iwi having voting rights and wards created. Dr Lara Greaves, an Auckland university lecturer in New Zealand Politics and Public… Audio

Dr Lara Greaves from Auckland University joins The Panel to discuss today's developments. Audio