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Latest Articles

Analysis: Has Chris Hipkins' campaigning improved since 'tough' 2023

Early in the lead-up to the 2023 election, it dawned on many that Chris Hipkins, the political animal, talented debater and reliable fix-it minister, couldn’t quite translate his parliamentary skills to the national campaign trail.
By Jamie Ensor
• NZ Herald

Exclusive: ‘This is OIA-able’ – Leaked video shows top official telling staff not to put information in writing

A senior official working on a secondary school curriculum update has been filmed telling staff not to put information in writing showing material had “gone backwards and forwards” with the Education Minister’s office.
By Jamie Ensor
• NZ Herald

Analysis: How Dame Jacinda Ardern made today famous and what it means for Labour, National

Flagging poll results, a leader who appears not to be resonating with the public and potential coalition partners on the up: these are some of the political conditions Labour and National are contending with today.
By Jamie Ensor
• NZ Herald

Analysis: New poll should shake Labour from fantasy it can gain power off back of unpopular Luxon

Like being dunked in a bucket of cold water, the latest Taxpayers’ Union-Curia poll should wake Labour from any fantasy it may have that it can just stroll to power on the back of an unpopular, muddled Prime Minister.
By Jamie Ensor
• NZ Herald

Opportunity Party’s tax plan could lead to public service job losses, less money for OT, leader says

The Opportunity Party’s $4 billion savings drive could result in public service job losses, leader Qiulae Wong says, with thousands of workers “repurposed” to new roles.
By Jamie Ensor
• NZ Herald

Exclusive: New Zealand Army recruit training not in a position to meet demand effectively, Government paper says

New Zealand’s Army recruit training infrastructure “is not in a position to meet existing or future demand in an effective way”, according to a newly released Government paper that says investment is needed to avoid “future failure”.
By Jamie Ensor
• NZ Herald

Exclusive: How Christopher Luxon quietly empowered Mark Mitchell - and delegated national security responsibilities

Freshly released documents show how Prime Minister Christopher Luxon empowered senior minister Mark Mitchell by delegating him various national security responsibilities after his April reshuffle.
By Jamie Ensor
• NZ Herald

Labour ‘confident’ in capital gains tax revenue, won’t say what it’ll do if it makes less than expected

Labour won’t say how it plans to pay for three health policies if its proposed capital gains tax (CGT) generates less revenue than expected, saying it will “cross that bridge later if we have to”.
By Jamie Ensor
• NZ Herald

Exclusive: NZ First's Winston Peters takes on National, own Government policy at Fieldays; would ditch Paris climate agreement, questions rates cap

Winston Peters is dialling up his attacks on National and his own Government at Fieldays, distancing himself from the Prime Minister on climate issues, questioning the coalition’s rates cap policy, and suggesting farmers change their voting habits.
By Jamie Ensor
• NZ Herald

Exclusive: Concern raised about minister’s chainsaw use in social media video

A minister’s technique for starting a chainsaw in a social media video has prompted concern to be raised with WorkSafe, while a forestry industry group is calling out “unsafe practice”.
By Jamie Ensor
• NZ Herald

Exclusive: NZ diplomat suggested $10k donation to Samoa amid Luxon matai title discussions

New Zealand’s High Commissioner to Samoa suggested giving thousands of dollars to an undetermined project in Apia as officials explored koha arrangements ahead of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon being bestowed with a matai title.
By Jamie Ensor
• NZ Herald

Exclusive: Inside NZ-US work on critical minerals deal - Why ministry told Herald to destroy sensitive info

Ministerial briefings reveal how a proposed arrangement with the United States on critical minerals came about, what a draft version included, and its potential risks. But within documents obtained by the Herald was also information that wasn’t meant to be released. Jamie Ensor reports.
By Jamie Ensor
• NZ Herald

How emerging NZ designers want to change the way you dress

Then, a sudden gust ripped through the pitch-black room. Heads whipped to meet it. Gasps. Invisible doors cracked open on the other side of the runway. Behind it, a neon-green garden was aglow. Jojo Ross’ first model wandered through and crossed the threshold – the embossed, mossy dress seemed to …
By Madeleine Crutchley
• NZ Herald

Inside the booming business of bomb shelters for billionaires

A basic backyard bunker housing four people underground for up to a week while shielding them from bomb blasts and radiation costs around US$25,000 ($43,000).More sophisticated models, designed for years-long stays, can cost millions of dollars depending on how much food, energy and water they are stocked with.“It depends if …
By Moises Avila Roldan
• NZ Herald

Inside the booming business of bomb shelters for billionaires

A basic backyard bunker housing four people underground for up to a week while shielding them from bomb blasts and radiation costs around US$25,000 ($43,000).More sophisticated models, designed for years-long stays, can cost millions of dollars depending on how much food, energy and water they are stocked with.“It depends if …
By Moises Avila Roldan
• NZ Herald

Analysis: Inside the day the question of Luxon’s exit moved from ‘if’ and closer to ‘when’

National’s disastrous performance in the Taxpayers’ Union-Curia poll today shifted the needle on the likelihood of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s premature departure from an “if” question to something closer to a “when and how” question.
By Jamie Ensor
• NZ Herald

Hipkins reignites criticism of $12.8 billion pay equity figure as Treasury stands firm

Labour leader Chris Hipkins has doubled down on his criticism that the Treasury engaged in guesswork in calculating the savings produced as a result of the Government’s controversial pay equity changes.
By Jamie Ensor
• NZ Herald

Exclusive: ‘She’s not a trained lawyer’: Winston Peters hits out at India’s top diplomat in NZ over FTA comments

The outgoing Indian High Commissioner says it is an “aspiration” for New Zealand’s private sector to invest US$20 billion in India under the proposed free trade agreement, the same language National ministers have deployed to allay concerns over the clause.
By Jamie Ensor
• NZ Herald