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Greens relinquish prized ministerial portfolios to diminished fates: Co-leaders Marama Davidson and James Shaw will say goodbye to their respective portfolios of passion – Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence and Climate Change, but are promising to advocate hard in opposition, reports Emma Hatton

Despite the racially-charged clamour that permeated the election campaign, voters look to have returned more Māori to Parliament than ever before.

In reducing the curriculum to a function of choice, competition, and financial gain, Act’s policy bypasses questions about what the curriculum is for and the fundamental role it plays in a public education system, argues Claudia Rozas Gomez

Gangs have easy access to deadly weapons thanks to four decades of weak political leadership

While Labour's collapse occurred virtually everywhere, National's big win was enabled by a significant over-performance in the party and electorate votes in Auckland.

Labour’s shock losses were in National’s favour – but even when Labour won, the margins were closer than expected

Auckland Council has spent more than $100k on a series of children’s books targeted at disaster readiness in migrant communities

The party of business is in power, but the creases are yet to be ironed out of its dress shirt

Investors were already pricing in uncertainty; this morning's market trading is expected to fall on the threat of protracted negotiations to form a government, and Fletcher's pipe problems. Andrew Patterson reports.