Blockbuster fiction, a nifty cookbook and a big, beautiful new anthology of queer writing.

Is this the springboard for a bigger resurgence in 2023?

A journalist who has covered NZ elections across seven decades puts Labour's win last year in perspective.<br />

We knew we were making progress when a female focus-group participant said: 'National only cares about money, Act cares about people.'

Our wealth tax policy became a flashpoint and sparked a backlash. That worked for us.

We have taken a battering but we have got up, says the National Party leader.

There was a focus on traversing the country, making the 'double duty' case, and avoiding the Kool-Aid, says the Labour leader.