ACT is promising a major reset of the relationship between Parliament, the courts, tikanga Māori and Te Tiriti o Waitangi, unveiling an election policy that would restrict judges from drawing on tikanga, systematically remove what the party considers vague Treaty clauses and place new principles of parliamentary sovereignty and equality into the Constitution Act. Party…

National has drawn one of its clearest economic battlelines of the election campaign, promising there will be no new taxes under a National-led government while arguing it can continue investing in frontline services, infrastructure and economic growth without asking New Zealanders to pay more tax. Finance Minister Nicola Willis has confirmed National will head into…

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is taking aim at both Labour and National over their economic prescriptions for Aotearoa, arguing the election debate has become trapped in an increasingly narrow argument about taxing, borrowing and cutting while avoiding the much bigger question of how New Zealand actually intends to grow its productive economy. In…

Te Tai Tonga MP Tākuta Ferris has formally confirmed he will fight to retain the country’s largest Māori electorate as an independent, setting up one of the most fascinating contests of Election 2026 and promising a parliamentary voice accountable directly to the people of the electorate rather than a political party. Ferris announced his candidacy…