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As Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins clashed in the final leaders' debate of the 2023 election campaign, Newsroom confirms both made provably false claims.

Latest opinion polls show the number of undecided voters remains significant so there was plenty still on the line in last night’s final TV debate. But the different approaches of the two rivals made for a strange contest.

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

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.

Māori split their vote, and are signalling incredibly strongly that they want Te Pāti Māori and Labour to work together.

The Jockey Club insist that reforms have nothing to do with the high-profile protests from activist group Animal Rising

This year’s race was delayed by animal rights activists and one horse died in the iconic Aintree race

This year’s race was delayed by animal rights activists and one horse died in the iconic Aintree race

Aintree will host a different race in April 2024 with six fewer horses and an earlier start time in an attempt to reduce the number of fallers

Labour leader Chris Hipkins has gone for the jugular in the final leaders' debate of the New Zealand election against National leader Chris Luxon.

Hipkins says if National wins, 'Māori lose', while Luxon calls him a 'desperate individual' as time runs out to pull any last campaign tricks out of the bag