Some New Zealand parties have signed up. Others are still deciding. But if they don't, should you trust them at all, asks Cate Owen.
Inspired by Winston Peters' dog and muse, Beau, a range of other dogs have urged their politician owners to get them in the Spinoff gallery. Drool away.
A fringe political party is hoping for better returns in 2020 after adding a high profile independent lawyer to the leadership team.
In a developing situation, Iran has fired ballistic missiles at two US military bases in Iraq.
Winston Peters' weak statement on the US assassination of a Iranian military commander is a craven display of fealty to Donald Trump, argues former Green MP Keith Locke.
A very possibly foolish attempt to whittle down the dates to the likeliest polling day, based on All Blacks, Trump, school holidays and the vibe.
Tensions between the US and Iran, and across the wider Middle East, are reaching a boiling point after the assassination of a senior Iranian military leader by an American airstrike.
Our political sleuths nominate the issues that could make the difference in this year's general election.
Eighteen months into her first term as prime minister, Jacinda Ardern faced a formidable task: communicate what happened on March 15, embrace a ruptured community, and force through real reform.
I’ve worked at parliament for three different MPs over five years. For the first time, I'm now working for a woman MP, and the kind of messages sent to her online are shocking.
Our gallant politics-watchers plunge headlong into the crystal ball.
Summer reissue: Are we missing the rise of the far-right? What would the symptoms of such a movement be and how could the media better cover them?
The government's environmental policy is creating major tensions in farming communities. Alex Braae went to a meeting in Taumarunui to see it play out.
Summer reissue: The candidates to tackle Donald Trump are very keen on the New Zealand prime minister.
Toby Manhire meets one of the most fascinating – and polarising – characters in NZ politics
We asked our punditry pantheon: Give us 2019 in a sentence.
The allegations, including sexual assault, were 'not established', found the QC, while evidence presented by a key complainant was found to be unreliable.
