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Composite election graphic featuring Tāmaki Makaurau candidates Kerrin Leoni of Labour, Oriini Kaipara of Te Pāti Māori and Florence Te Ohaere of the Green Party against a pink textured background with blue graphic shapes and Election 2026 labels. Leoni is pictured on the right, Kaipara in the centre and Te Ohaere on the left.

Ātea

Tāmaki Makaurau poll: Oriini Kaipara leads Labour rival by just two points

The incumbent has a fight on her hands with the seat potentially returning to Labour.

Te Ao Māori News

21 Oct 2026

Kai

The government’s controversial plan to build an LNG terminal in Taranaki, explained

Joel MacManus

21 Oct 2026

High angle view of coastal industrial area with a tall chimney, storage tanks, and a harbor at sunset,New Plymouth,New Zealand

Business

The government’s controversial plan to build an LNG terminal in Taranaki, explained

The Stuff leaders' debate had two losers: Christopher Luxon and Ryan Bridge

The Stuff leaders' debate had two losers: Christopher Luxon and Ryan Bridge

‘This is serious’: The scrappy final leaders’ debate

Henry Oliver

21 Oct 2026

Politics

‘This is serious’: The scrappy final leaders’ debate

Paul Henry hits the strategic-vote speed bump

Lyric Waiwiri-Smith

20 Oct 2026

Politics

Paul Henry hits the strategic-vote speed bump

Kiwibank's response to the fuck Buck movement may have made things worse

Hayden Donnell

20 Oct 2026

Buck, Kiwibank's green-haired sheep mascot, looks worried in a video about the recent attention she has got online.

Business

Kiwibank's response to the fuck Buck movement may have made things worse

The cost of being: A 70-year-old who can't afford to retire yet

The Cost of Being

20 Oct 2026

Society

The cost of being: A 70-year-old who can't afford to retire yet

The Cost of Being

20 Oct 2026

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‘This is serious’: The scrappy final leaders’ debate

Henry Oliver

21 Oct 2026

The Stuff leaders' debate had two losers: Christopher Luxon and Ryan Bridge

Joel MacManus

21 Oct 2026

The government’s controversial plan to build an LNG terminal in Taranaki, explained

Joel MacManus

21 Oct 2026

Paul Henry hits the strategic-vote speed bump

Lyric Waiwiri-Smith

20 Oct 2026

How the final leaders' debate went down

Hayden Donnell

20 Oct 2026

Politics

How the final leaders' debate went down

'Making it up as I go': Sam Duckor-Jones’ Gloria of Greymouth, reviewed

Hūhana Lyndon leads tight contest for Te Tai Tokerau

A social media video widens the fallout from the Greens and Te Pāti Māori visit to the Mongrel Mob

Democracy idea: An independent unit for enforcing breaches of bottom lines

What’s your local? Where (and what) election candidates like to eat in their electorate

Emma Gleason

20 Oct 2026

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The bizarre story of the Kiwibank sheep that conquered the world

Toby Manhire speaks to Hayden Donnell about the saga of Buck the sheep, and to Lyric Waiwiri-Smith about the case for making political party campaign buses mandatory.

At Large with Toby Manhire20 Oct 2026

Ali Mau on Tika, and the experiences that built it

Toby Manhire speaks to Ali Mau about Tika, a pioneering new online service for survivors of sexual harm, and the experiences that lead her to this point.

At Large with Toby Manhire19 Oct 2026

Gone By Lunchtime: We are all covered in ash and yearning for the ocean

There are somehow still three weeks to go but fear not: we're here to give you the energy and optimism you need to make it to election night.

Gone By Lunchtime16 Oct 2026

Winston Peters on a life in politics – and the moment that ‘cost me psychologically’

Toby Manhire speaks to the New Zealand First leader about what's driving him on his 18th general election campaign.

At Large with Toby Manhire15 Oct 2026

Jacinda Ardern's media man on five seismic years

Toby Manhire speaks to Andrew Campbell, former media man for Jacinda Ardern, about steering the former PM’s communications strategy through a laundry list of national crises, and to Emma Gleason about a classic local album that turns 25 this year.

At Large with Toby Manhire13 Oct 2026