Election 2026

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Anyone who’s ever been the victim of a home invasion needs to avoid seeing the latest election campaign ad from the Taxpayers’ Union. It’s the latest in a series of attack ads from this outfit. Alongside all the other negative advertising out there from some of the actual political parties. But t…

This week's Politics Friday Election Special focused on the Banks Peninsula electorate. The candidates, Vanessa Weenink from National, and Tracey McLellan from Labour, made their pitch about why they want to become the next local MP. They discussed the tight 2023 election result, which was decide…

Yesterday's talkback outrage was all about the MPs and the gangs.   A meeting that was condemned by both the Chrises in the Leaders debate.   But despite this weight of opinion, Marama Davidson doubled down on the visit – and then she promised more funding for gang run social programmes…

At the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all.    The campaign: 6/10  Was this the week that we got debated out? One too many or two too many? And can you believe there are at least two more still to come?&nb…

Is it too far-fetched to ask two things:  1) Whether the campaign turned dramatically against Labour yesterday.  2) If within a 24-hour period, whatever chance they might have thought they had is now blown to smithereens.  The Greens want to fund gangs. They are unapologetic about…

The week has come to an end, which means it's time for Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson to help Mike Hosking Wrap the Week that Was.   They discussed cancelled credit cards and wayward subscription services, and dug into the third week of the election campaign. Is the country over it already?&nbs…

Now, there's a headline today that deserves a bit of discussion. It's this: "Silver Scrolls: Why does Paul Goldsmith keep turning up to these things?" And the reason for that headline is that Paul Goldsmith went to the Silver Scroll Awards and, yet again, the musicians gave him a hard time. Madel…

New Zealand First is promising more regulation in combat sports - but an MMA coach advises caution. The party wants to set up a Combat Sports Commission, to oversee licensing, and require medical professionals at events.  It also wants penalties to crack down on gangs hosting unsanctioned ev…

A lifelong gang member says Green Party decisions around gangs this week have a bad look. Greens and  Te Pāti Māori MPs this week visited the Mongrel Mob HQ, posing for photos. The Greens say they'd consider dumping the patch ban, and are open to mob-delivered drug-rehab work. Denis O'Reill…