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Which Party Should I Vote For? Your Guide to the 2026 Election (opens the original)
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Election campaigns are very good at telling you that this is the most important election of your lifetime. They are less good at telling you whether your bus fare will go down, whether your rent might be capped, or what happens to your student loan once you graduate. This guide tries to make that choice a little easier. It breaks down what each of the six parties currently represented in Parliament—National, Labour, the Greens, Te Pāti Māori, ACT, and New Zealand First—is actually offering in 20
Opinion: National Wants Women to Forget (opens the original)
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The National Party appears to have developed a new campaign strategy just in time for the election. It is called amnesia. National is suddenly presenting themselves as the party prepared to fix the justice system for survivors of sexual violence. The rebrand only works, however, if we forget what the National-led Government has already done with the power they have. In May 2025, the Government rewrote the pay-equity system and forced the legislation through every stage under urgency. The changes
Opinion: I Went to the SPCA and Came Home With 24 Toes (opens the original)
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In 2023, I adopted my cat, Beans, from the Wellington SPCA. I had moved to Wellington from the United States the year before, and adopting her felt like a way to mark my first anniversary in the city. Wellington was beginning to feel less like somewhere I was temporarily living and more like somewhere I could build a future. With all my family still in the United States, I wanted a companion. A pet seemed like the closest thing to having family here. I was drawn to cats because they are relative
Taxing the gain: what would a capital gains tax actually do? (opens the original)
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Capital gains tax is back on New Zealand’s political agenda. Labour has promised to introduce a targeted capital gains tax if elected in 2026, while National has pledged that it will not introduce one. The debate has already produced the usual combination of tax jargon, frightening hypotheticals and arguments about whether landlords are hardworking investors or property-hoarding parasites. Before deciding who is right, it helps to understand what is actually being proposed. A capital gains tax,
Opinion: TOP is Not a Left-Wing Party (opens the original)
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The Opportunities Party (TOP) is suddenly close enough to Parliament to be taken seriously. After recently polling at 4.6%, just shy of the 5% threshold, TOP has been rebranded by some as the sensible, fresh, almost-left alternative for voters tired of the old parties. The Coalition parties have been criticising TOP as a left-wing party, citing their Citizens Income Policy as evidence. On the surface, it is easy to see why—TOP proposes paying up to $370 a week to almost every adult, funded throu
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