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Chris Hipkins knows he’s putting himself at a political disadvantage keeping his family off-limits but hopes voters will respect him for it. He spoke to political editor Jo Moir about what keeps him awake at night and why he’ll be in the Hutt on election night.

UK officials have repeatedly failed to explain to the Scottish Government why entire schools in England have closed, The National can reveal.

The chair of the board of the Reserve Bank has been criticised for working with the National Party on a new policy in his capacity as the vice-chancellor of the University of Waikato.

Christopher Luxon pledges to put a climate minister in Cabinet

Exclusive: Motion from Barnaby Joyce’s federal electorate council calls on Nationals to back away from commitment, threatening to reopen acrimonious debate

A chaotic election debate in Auckland last night was as much a battle of personality as policy

Election 2023: Party insider Liam Hehir describes the electorates that National is fighting to win, and those it's fighting to defend.

At a day-long conference in Wellington, campaigning politicians put on their most business-friendly faces for a who's who of private sector leaders.

Sadly, it can be rare to find common sense in motorsport. Yet last month's confirmation that the British Racing Sports Car Club and MotorSport Vision Racing had reached an agreement to not run rival series for modern Formula Ford 1600 machines from 2024 is a rare exception to that rule.