Dene Mackenzie

The election campaign finally got personal yesterday as Finance Minister Steven Joyce and Labour finance spokesman Grant Robertson exchanged insults and allegations.

National is promising new urban planning laws to encourage more responsive planning, faster development and better protection for the environment in growing cities.

As the opinion polls narrow, Labour finance spokesman Grant Robertson could be forgiven for waking up some mornings imagining himself becoming New Zealand’s next finance minister. However, he tells...

Prime Minister Bill English was the winner of a passionate and animated leaders debate, although he runs the risk of a backlash from women voters on the emotional issue of abortion.

National is ruling out performance-based pay for teachers, despite coalition partner Act New Zealand  promising to boost good teachers’ pay by about $20,000 a year.

Labour is promising to make renting secure and healthy by extending notice periods and abolishing "no-cause" terminations.

The Newshub Leaders Debate tonight will give Prime Minister Bill English and Labour leader Jacinda Ardern a chance to shine.

The National Party is continuing to push ahead with its public private partnership (PPP) plans, something welcomed by the Employers and Manufacturers Association.

Kiwi Group Holdings, the owner of Kiwibank, took a massive profit decrease in the year ended June following an impairment of $90 million on an IT project.

The tone of the election campaign has changed markedly in the past week, writes Dene Mackenzie.

The August reporting season has ended, with some exceptions, and with aggregate earnings exceeding analysts’ expectations, Forsyth Barr broker Damian Foster says.

Business confidence in August remained largely unchanged from the previous month, the latest ANZ Business Outlook shows.

Prime Minister Bill English and Labour leader Jacinda Ardern last night sparked up an already intriguing election contest of ideas and aspirations.

Prime Minister Bill English and Labour leader Jacinda Ardern battled it out tonight in the first leader's debate, clearly indicating the election was about the two major parties.

Tourist spots such as Milford Sound, Waitaki Lakes and Makarora will be part of the latest rural broadband initiative (RBI) announced yesterday by Communications Minister Simon Bridges.

Invercargill and Clutha-Southland are both likely to have extra MPs after the election if Labour and New Zealand First remain on current polling.

Labour is determined to stop children getting sick and dying from living in unhealthy housing, party housing spokesman Phil Twyford said yesterday.

The first debate between Prime Minister Bill English and Labour leader Jacinda Ardern tonight will set the tone for the next three weeks of an already fascinating election campaign.

Labour released its updated fiscal plan yesterday, which contained some optimistic forecasts about the economy for coming years.