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- New Zealand political polls October 2026Ongoing
- New Zealand political polls 2025Quiet since 10 Dec 2025
- Opinion polls ahead of 2026 electionQuiet since 3 Oct
- Green Party passenger rail proposalOngoing
- Te Pāti Māori and Greens Mongrel Mob meetingOngoing
- Political polls early 2025Quiet since 11 Mar 2025
- NZ First migrant comments rowQuiet since 31 Jan 2025
- Tamatha Paul police comments rowQuiet since 31 Mar 2025
- Benjamin Doyle death threatsQuiet since 1 Apr 2025
- Gaza ceasefire and Palestinian statehood debateQuiet since 7 Oct 2025
- Green Party staff changes 2025Quiet since 6 Nov 2025
- Green Party election campaign 2026Quiet since 27 Jul
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October 2026
- National support drops to 29% in latest 1News Verian poll
- Opportunity Party leader Qiulae Wong discusses election prospects in Dunedin
- Advance voting begins as election enrolment deadline passes+1
- Luxon defends National MP after photo with gang members emerges
+2 - Labour candidate resigns after video shows campaigning with gang members+3
- Green Party releases fiscal plan with increased health spending+2
- Labour candidate denies visiting gang pad after Te Pāti Māori claim
- National surges to 32% in latest 1News Verian poll+2
- New poll shows Labour leading National in neck-and-neck election+1
- Video surfaces of Te Pāti Māori MP meeting Mongrel Mob members
- National and Labour remain stuck in polls at campaign halfway mark
- Greens propose abolishing training wage for apprentices+1
- Labour and National both fall below 30 per cent in new poll
- Driver fined after near-miss at Auckland level crossing
- Greens propose weekly payments for students on practical placements+1
- David Seymour open to coalition with Opportunity to block left-wing government
- Greens pledge to reverse public service budget cuts if elected
- Te Tai Tonga electorate race remains wide open
- Greens propose giving councils power to implement bed levies
- Greens and Te Pāti Māori defend meeting with Mongrel Mob+1
- ACT leader David Seymour speaks to media in Auckland
- Chris Bishop and Ginny Andersen clash in Hutt South debate
- National and Labour tied in latest 1News Verian poll+2
- Green Party unveils $6 billion economic development plan
- Luxon and Hipkins face off in second leaders' debate+3
- Minor party leaders face off in multi-party debate
- National party says raising retirement age is off the table+1
- Green Party proposes open-ended pause on large-scale AI data centres
- National candidate withdraws from several Auckland Central debates
- Long-serving Taupō radio host Andrew Leiataua dies suddenly
- Green Party promises job pathway for unemployed young people
+3 - Qiulae Wong says National’s fishing policies don’t go far enough
- Rawiri Waititi leads in Waiariki electorate according to new poll
- Chris Hipkins faces voter concerns during Mt Albert market walkabout
- Chlöe Swarbrick says National attacks on wealth tax are backfiring
- National and Labour neck and neck in latest poll+1
- Car nearly hit by train during Green Party press conference
- Green Party proposes $2 fare cap and free travel for some+1
- Green Party proposes $4 billion passenger rail network+1
- David Seymour works shift at St Heliers Four Square
- Christopher Luxon corrects claim regarding Green Party allegations
- Candidates hold first election debate on the Chatham Islands
- New poll of Māori voters shows strategic voting may be sinking in
- Election 2026: Farming, tax and climate policy debated at Mystery Creek
- Greens promise to reinstate pay equity, set aside funding for care and support workers
- Winston Peters named winner of Kingmakers' debate
- Epsom candidates discuss school proposal and empty shops
- Minor parties could decide next government in tight election race
September 2026
- Labour MP holds narrow lead in Mt Albert electorate poll
- Debbie Ngarewa-Packer leads candidate poll in Te Tai Hauāuru
- Tākuta Ferris open to coalition with National, Act and NZ First
- Climate activists demand government accountability in landmark EU trade complaint+2
- No land tax or 'citizens' income' in Opportunity's bottom lines+1
- Greens eye key portfolios following surge in latest poll+1
- David Seymour warns against supermarket sector interventions
- Luxon responds to NZ First proposal to abolish Waitangi Tribunal
- Petition presented to Parliament to include Sam’s Creek in national park
- Petition for Fire and Emergency NZ inquiry delivered to Parliament
- Christopher Luxon to hold post-Cabinet briefing as Parliament enters final week
- Green Party proposes rental auctions for vacant commercial spaces
- National promises screen ban in early childhood education
- Kāpiti entrepreneurs claim prior rights to KiwiMart name
- Teenager accused of stealing $6000 worth of Pokémon cards in Henderson
- Three teenagers arrested following bike thefts at East Auckland park
- National and Labour both fall below 30% in new poll+3
- Greens propose creating government-owned KiwiMart supermarket chain
- David Seymour begins putting up election hoardings at midnight
- Coalition members disagree over select committee recommendations for move-on orders
- Green MP refuses apology after claims about MPs' property ownership
August 2026
- Greens pledge to restore and expand school lunch programme
- Majority of New Zealanders support restricting voting to citizens only
- Health NZ used strict hiring controls to meet budget goals
- Green Party proposes banning supermarket price gouging
- National out of government in new Talbot Mills poll
- National Party ran 92 political ads seen exclusively by men
- Opportunity Party leader open to confidence and supply agreement
- Woman charged following methamphetamine supply investigation into Marlborough
- Greens propose $2.44 billion trust to fund marae+1
- Labour support drops as Opportunity passes 5% threshold in new poll
- Christopher Luxon maintains support for MMP referendum proposal
- Winston Peters refuses to apologise for remarks about Green MP
- Luxon to speak with Peters regarding remarks made in Parliament
July 2026
- Calls for Winston Peters to be sacked over comments to Green MP
- Green candidate uses social media campaign to encourage voter enrolment
- Man discovers missed aneurysm after reviewing own CT scan
- Green Party supporters call for taxing wealth at annual meeting
- Green Party announces campaign slogan and key election priorities
- Greens call for one-year pause on new AI data centre consents
December 2025
- Parliamentary leaders deliver final speeches as year concludes
- Parliament passes bill to reduce 2050 methane emissions targets under urgency
- Te Pāti Māori support drops to 1 per cent in latest poll+1
- Twelve non-financial sanctions applied to beneficiaries in six months
- Government will not buy overseas carbon offsets to meet climate targets
November 2025
- Luxon says coalition remains strong after Peters and Seymour dispute
- Tensions emerge within the coalition Government
- Wellington council to review Golden Mile project following cost blowouts
- Doctors criticise government pause on new puberty blocker prescriptions
- Government halts new puberty blocker prescriptions for gender dysphoria patients+4
- Jones warns Otago economy would be disembowelled by Green Party pledge
- Green Party pledges to revoke fast-track mining consents
- Greens claim benefit changes will increase food bank usage
- Chris Hipkins says Te Pāti Māori is not ready for government
- Former Green MP Kevin Hague appointed as party chief of staff
October 2025
- Official funeral held for former prime minister Jim Bolger+2
- Marama Davidson apologises after Right to Repair bill is discharged
- Green MP Tamatha Paul recovering after cardiac ablation procedure
- Greens warn Speaker Brownlee against becoming Parliament's fashion police
- National Party support declines in latest political polls
- Green Party loses communications director following chief of staff resignation
- Select committee recommends amendments to Regulatory Standards Bill
- Three New Zealanders return home after being detained in Israel
- One NZ to remove actor from advertisements
- Nicola Willis urges Greens to stop protesters from targeting MPs' homes
- Families of New Zealanders detained in Israel seek government action
September 2025
- Government reopens oil and gas exploration across New Zealand
- Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau plans to run for Parliament
- Government to reform Holidays Act to simplify leave entitlements
- Green Party chief of staff Eliza Prestidge-Oldfield resigns
- Better Wellington deletes post comparing councillor to alleged killer
- Greens call for voting extension after Māori ward candidate profiles omitted
- Coalition would lose power in latest Taxpayers’ Union-Curia poll
- Green MP Benjamin Doyle resigns due to safety and wellbeing concerns+5
August 2025
- Opposition parties criticise government supermarket competition plan
- Bill to ban protests outside homes passes first reading
- Chlöe Swarbrick suspended from Parliament after refusing to apologise+1
- Chlöe Swarbrick ejected from Parliament during Palestine debate+4
- Labour support surges while Christopher Luxon popularity hits two-year low+1
- Swarbrick urges Green Party to organise for 2026 election+1
- Greens consider contesting Māori electorate at next election
- Former Green MP Elizabeth Kerekere to contest Gisborne Māori ward
- Luxon calls for more development at National Party conference
- Longest-serving Wellington city councillor Iona Pannett to step down
- Coalition parties seek consensus after repealing offshore oil and gas ban
July 2025
- Government begins looking for savings for the 2026 Budget
- Christopher Luxon dismisses Green Party proposal for Tauranga rail extension
- Grandmother punched during sideline brawl at Auckland youth football match
- Greens petition to extend Te Huia rail link to Tauranga
- Dunedin councillors receive thousands of emails after supporting sanctions bill
- Auckland restaurant denies allegations of mistreatment by former MP
- Green MP questions police data regarding crime reduction
June 2025
- New Zealand leaves international coalition to phase out fossil fuels
- Winston Peters apologises for calling Te Pāti Māori MP a dickhead
- Two recent political polls show conflicting election outcomes
- House to debate proposed suspension of Te Pāti Māori MPs
- Left bloc could replace coalition government according to new poll+1
- National and Labour lose support in latest political poll+2
- Scientists warn government that new methane targets jeopardise agreements
May 2025
- Former MPs form unofficial committee to review pay equity changes
- Greens claim Budget contains uncosted hole of up to $714m
- New community work and money management sanctions for beneficiaries begin+1
- Finance Minister Nicola Willis delivers 2025 Budget to Parliament+1
- Minister van Velden meets with Council of Trade Unions
- Green Party proposes alternative budget with new taxes and social spending+2
April 2025
- Winston Peters proposes new Interislander ferry fleet by 2029
- Green MP Benjamin Doyle away from Parliament following death threats
March 2025
- Prime Minister Christopher Luxon holds post-Cabinet press conference
- Green MP Benjamin Doyle receives death threats following Winston Peters' comments+2
- Karl Tiefenbacher announces bid for Wellington mayoralty
- Green MP Tamatha Paul plays anti-police songs during DJ set+1
- Green MP Tamatha Paul faces criticism over police comments
- Widow seeks answers regarding death of former Green MP Efeso Collins
- Green MP Tamatha Paul maintains criticism of police presence+1
- Seymour knew of Libelle liquidation risk before Stanford
- Swarbrick seeks cross-party support for Israel sanctions bill
- Labour announces five candidates for Wellington local elections
- Labour leads National in latest political poll
- Master Electricians warns of dangers in Right to Repair Bill
- Labour overtakes National in latest Taxpayers' Union-Curia poll
- Green Party petitions for visa-free travel for Pacific Island nations
- Labour preparing for potential snap election
February 2025
- Green Party announces intention to release alternative Green budget
- Mural unveiled in Manukau to honour Fa’anānā Efeso Collins
- NZ First supports Labour bill to criminalise intentional wage theft
- New Zealand tourism slogan attracts international media attention
- Left bloc could form government according to latest polls
- Minister Shane Jones threatens to cut Waitangi National Trust funding
- Labour leads National in latest Talbot Mills poll
- Marama Davidson returns to politics at Waitangi Treaty Grounds
- Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson to return to politics
January 2025
- Green MP Benjamin Doyle apologises for not wearing a seatbelt
- Winston Peters backs down after comments target immigrant MPs
- Shane Jones faces criticism after shouting ''send the Mexicans home'
- Greens seek reprimand over New Zealand First comments on migrants
- Labour leads National in latest Taxpayers' Union-Curia poll+1
- Poll shows many New Zealanders want rail-enabled Interislander ferries
November 2024
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