Analysis: A record surge of expat votes threatens to upend MMP rules and decide a razor-thin election.

The two electorates that returned the strongest results for the Māori party were for the two MPs who very nearly walked in ...

There are thunderstorms threatening around NZ. And politically, we're in the eye of the storm between the noise of the ...

Party founder Gareth Morgan has strong advice for his successors in Opportunity now they look to have made it to Parliament.

New Zealand First is weighing its coalition negotiation strategy and a potential 12 seats in Parliament as special votes are counted, with deputy leader Shane Jones calling for political cooperation ...

Election night is essentially a TV show, a good old analogue rite of passage, viewers settling down for an evening’s ...

Wealthy Split Your Vote campaign leader Harry Mowbray says a little gratitude would be nice. Jonathan Milne reports.

Approaching the closed door to Labour’s Christchurch electorate party from inside the Richmond Club on Saturday night, one ...

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Seeming against all odds, the party retained five of the six seats it won in 2023 – with just 0.56% of the party vote.

The Opportunity Party is set to enter Parliament with seven MPs, having secured nearly 6% of the party vote in the ...

Remember that National Party ad featuring a half-shorn sheep? Turns out it was a self-portrait of a party losing its talent ...