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Explosive Kiwi Ferns centre Shanice Parker never met her Kiwi dad until her teens. Now the Aussie-born multi-code star is embracing new whānau and giving her son what she missed out on, Suzanne McFadden writes. 

Labour and National headed to the safest places they could find for the final sprint on election eve

As a plan to pump treated wastewater into the Manukau Harbour is notified today, locals are furious at Watercare publishing private details of about 120 submitters and to add insult to injury, misrepresenting their views. Jonathan Milne reports.

Dumping untold thousands of people into prison is much easier than solving any of our social problems. But it won’t work, argues Emilie Rākete.

The latest Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list, described by Steve Braunias

MediaRoom column: Despite the sometimes lazy, partisan and malign social media criticism of our political news coverage, journalists served the public well this campaign

There are renewed calls to limit the use of compulsory treatment for mental health patients, with advocates saying clinicians don't need to wait for a re-written Mental Health Act to get started.

Foreign policy has yet to feature significantly this election despite its obvious implications for national security and development. Internationally, observers are looking for what the elections will mean for policy towards Aukus, the Ukraine War, and, crucially, climate change, writes Robert Patman.

The campaign wraps up with the most ill-judged wisecrack of all. We report who's in the pink, and who made a blue.