Labour disputes all but one of the nine would be a new tax under a government it leads.
Politics
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The filing raises some tricky legal questions, including whether a company can legally trademark a name another organisation has just announced.
Wed, Sep 16
Opportunity also fall from 6.1% to 4.5% in the latest Taxpayers' Union-Curia Poll, bucking the trend found in other polls.
Mon, Sep 7
The proposed franchise, called KiwiMart, would aim to dismantle the current supermarket duopoly of Woolworths and Foodstuffs.
Sun, Sep 6
Candidates from National, Labour, NZ First, ACT, the Green Party and the Opportunity Party faced off in front of a live audience in Morrinsville for a special Q+A rural issues debate.
New Zealand
With just nine weeks remaining until election day, parties in most parts of the country were now permitted to put up their election hoardings.
Sat, Sep 5
Steve Abel has been urged to apologise after invoking the Holocaust while debating climate change in Parliament.
Wed, Aug 26
Luxon will face Hipkins on October 6, but has turned down TVNZ's second leaders' debate scheduled for two days before the November 7 election.
Thu, Aug 20
"We can afford to feed our children nutritious kai and put money back into our local communities," co-leader Marama Davidson said.
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.
Business
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.
"If the Crown's own books aren't in order, the whole country stays exposed and vulnerable to major shocks here at home and abroad."
Sun, Aug 9
The party says Te Waonui a Tāne would end reliance on short-term government funding cycles.
Te Ao Māori
On these numbers Prime Minister Christopher Luxon would still have the numbers to form a government, though the margin has slimmed.
Fri, Aug 7
The proposal has sparked criticism from across Parliament, with a constitutional expert arguing it has "zero" chance of becoming reality.
"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
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has dismissed the comments as "attention-seeking" rather than firing his Foreign Minister.
Thu, Jul 30
Peters dismissed accusations of racism as "drivel" before China's embassy lodged a formal protest with MFAT over his remarks.
Greens call for a one-year moratorium on consents for new "AI data centres", which have been divisive in communities locally and abroad.
Environment
Mon, Jul 27
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 former NZ First candidate was "channelling the manosphere," says Christopher Luxon in response to Nash's remarks about an MP's maternity leave.
Wed, Jul 22
The election-year policy from the party would create a new Crown entity to invest in renewable power generation.
Mon, Jul 20
Both the Greens and ACT have criticised the suggestion of virtual private networks (VPN) restrictions.
Tue, Jul 7
The "Drink Swim Fish" package, announced today, sets out eight interventions the party says would deliver clean drinking water, swimmable rivers and beaches.
Mon, Jul 6
