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CEOs fear election uncertainty as Opportunity Party looms over coalition talks

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Business leaders are expressing more worry about election policy uncertainty than fuel costs, cyber attacks or the cost of living, according to the Mood...

WNBA rejects former NBA player’s bid to compete as a woman

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WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert has rejected former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom’s bid to join the league under his stated identity as a woman. Freedom,...

Gang-linked funding recipient attacks Hipkins over U-turn

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Mongrel Mob honorary life member Harry Tam has accused Labour leader Chris Hipkins of political hypocrisy after calling the $2.75 million gang-linked rehabilitation funding...

High Court overturns ban on new puberty blocker prescriptions for children

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The High Court has struck down the ban on new puberty blocker prescriptions for under-18s with gender dysphoria. Health Minister Simeon Brown based the ban...

Election 2026 Round Up – 22 Oct

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ACT: Leader David Seymour said MBIE’s annual report showed why the Government needed to be smaller, backing fewer departments and ministers. Seymour accepted Chris Hipkins’...

Seymour backs National candidate as overhang strategy gains momentum

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ACT leader David Seymour has urged voters to party vote ACT but give their electorate vote to National’s Blair Cameron in Nelson, backing the...

Leaders clash over MMP loopholes, climate costs and household budgets

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National leader Christopher Luxon and Labour leader Chris Hipkins met in their third Leaders' Debate where issues such as strategic voting, climate change and...

‘It will be all of us’: Peters warns social media bans won’t stop at children

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NZ First leader Winston Peters has defended cash protections, criticised online safety laws and warned that social media restrictions could give the state too...

French riots spread to Italy as looters break into private homes

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Student riots in France have reportedly spread to Italy, with looters fighting police in Milan, Bologna and Turin. Local residents have been throwing objects at...

Brian Tamaki pleads not guilty to inciting racial disharmony

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Destiny Church Leader Brian Tamaki has pleaded not guilty to three Human Rights Act charges of inciting racial disharmony at Manukau District Court on...

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