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Politics
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National has called it "economic lunacy". ACT compared it to the Hunger Games. But the Greens say their tax policy will "rebuild our country".
5:45am
Existing policy and reasonableness reigned in a debate excluding the two Chrises, and which Winston Peters seemed to think was a waste of his time.
Friday 8:43am
1:32
Voters aren't highly approving of either the leaders of the two top political parties.
Tue, Sep 29
Greens co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick told Breakfast the party wanted "to actually do the things that we were put in Parliament to do".
The Greens' Chlöe Swarbrick says her party was taking nothing for granted.
Mon, Sep 28
The 1News Verian poll result would give the party 19 MPs if repeated in November’s election.
The proposed changes announced today would cap political donations, block companies from giving money to parties and create a public register of professional lobbyists.
Tue, Sep 22
Under the proposal, councils could issue a notice to owners of commercial spaces left empty in CBDs for more than a year, giving them eight weeks to find a tenant.
Business
Sun, Sep 20
Steve Abel has been urged to apologise after invoking the Holocaust while debating climate change in Parliament.
Wed, Aug 26
The proposed Member's Bill would make it illegal for supermarkets to charge prices deemed as excessive compared with the cost of supplying a product, plus a reasonable profit margin.
Mon, Aug 17
The poll landed as National MPs met behind closed doors this morning before deciding they still wanted PM Christopher Luxon as leader.
Wed, Aug 12
"We're going back to work and we're moving on," says the Prime Minister in a 76-second statement.
The party says Te Waonui a Tāne would end reliance on short-term government funding cycles.
Te Ao Māori
Sun, Aug 9
"Am I seriously going to be the worst offender in this for merely daring to point out that the rules are being applied equally?"
Tue, Aug 4
Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick said a freeze was not a ban, as a "one-year pause gives us time to get this right."
Sun, Jul 26
The election-year policy from the party would create a new Crown entity to invest in renewable power generation.
Mon, Jul 20
The "Drink Swim Fish" package, announced today, sets out eight interventions the party says would deliver clean drinking water, swimmable rivers and beaches.
Environment
Mon, Jul 6
Both Labour and National have taken falls in the latest 1News Verian poll.
Tue, Jun 23
"This is what happens when you have a large team moving at pace," says party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick.
Mon, Jun 22
Speaking to Breakfast's Tova O'Brien, the pair sparred about how soon the tax would have to be paid and what happens with any inherited second or investment properties.
For wage and salary earners, the party wants to create a new $10,000 tax-free threshold – and add a new higher tax rate on income made over $160,000.
Sun, Jun 21
The latest 1News poll suggests the minor party would get 13 seats in Parliament.
Wed, Apr 22
"We need to do better," he told 1News after recording his worst-ever party vote result as Prime Minister in the 1News Verian poll.
Sun, Apr 19
The results of the 1News Verian poll show that if an election were to be held today Labour and its partners would knock the coalition out of power.
