Politics

Around 440,000 New Zealanders aren't enrolled to vote — and the deadline to fix that is October 25. The Electoral Commission is posting 3.6 million enrolment packs to enrolled voters from August 17 to 22, ahead of the 2026 General Election on November 7. The packs let

"ACT will restore a public service based on merit, need, neutrality, and results," says ACT Leader David Seymour. "New Zealanders pay for the public service to deliver better education, healthcare, public safety, infrastructure, and essential government services. This Government has gone some way to fixing it with

Christopher Luxon has survived a caucus confidence vote and is pushing his party toward the November 7 election. The National leader faced his caucus this morning and emerged with their backing intact. He was brief about it — 52 seconds in front of media — and made clear he considers the matter

Three months out from the election, the government is clinging to a two-seat majority — and a new party just made things considerably more complicated. The latest Taxpayers' Union-Curia Poll has the Opportunity Party breaking five percent in a mainstream public poll for the first time, landing on 6.1

Paul Henry is heading to Parliament — or at least ACT is betting on it. The veteran broadcaster announced this morning he will stand as an ACT Party list candidate at November's general election, having resigned from the TVNZ board to do so. ACT leader David Seymour expects Henry

Michael Laws is returning to Parliament — or at least trying to. New Zealand First has announced the former Whanganui mayor and Otago Regional Councillor will stand for the party in the Waitaki electorate at the next general election. Laws, who lives in Cromwell with his wife Cheryl, has deep ties

The ACT Party has revealed at its 2026 AGM that Hon Nicole McKee has been chosen as Deputy Leader of ACT. "The ACT Caucus has placed its trust in me, and I am deeply grateful. Together, we are focused on locking Labour out so we can unlock New Zealand&

Around 1000 litres of fuel and a number of other items were stolen from a commercial property near Tarras last weekend, and Cromwell Police want to hear from anyone who was in the area. The burglary happened at the corner of Jollys Road and Deep Creek Road sometime between 5pm