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Christopher Luxon Expects Enrolment Rates To Be Higher Than Previous Elections
Tuesday, 27 October 2026, 5:27 pm | RNZ
As of Friday, 92.4 percent of people had enrolled - short of the 94.7 percent in 2023, leaving about 300,000 eligible voters unenrolled. More >>
Greens Blast 'Backing The Gangs' Election Billboard Ads
Tuesday, 27 October 2026, 5:22 pm | RNZ
Swarbrick called the ads an "entirely new low" and called on Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to condemn the "despicable downgrading of democracy". More >>
Candidates Push Back On ACT's Plan To Abolish 'Done Nothing' Pacific Ministry
Monday, 26 October 2026, 3:38 pm | RNZ
Back in 2023, ACT leader David Seymour controversially said he fantasised about sending a "guy called Guy Fawkes in there and it'd all be over, but we'll probably have to have a more formal approach than that". More >>
Fiji 'Worse Off Today', Former PM Warns, As Rabuka's Constitution Overhaul Faces Backlash
Monday, 26 October 2026, 3:32 pm | RNZ
Rabuka's coalition has made it its mission to replace the 2013 Constitution - widely criticised as being imposed by the previous Bainimarama administration - ahead of a looming election. More >>
PNG Communities Stuggle With El Niño Drought
Monday, 26 October 2026, 3:28 pm | RNZ
Provincial Disaster Offices across the Highlands have been urged to conduct rapid assessments and provide immediate relief as the country braces for more dry months ahead. More >>
Chris Hipkins Promises His Government Would Be Formed By Christmas
Monday, 26 October 2026, 3:25 pm | RNZ
If Labour's elected, bringing down the cost of living and fixing healthcare are its priorities, Hipkins said. More >>
ACT Publishes Manifesto With $22b In Cuts, Ditches Migration Promise
Monday, 26 October 2026, 3:22 pm | RNZ
Launching the manifesto in Auckland on Monday, leader David Seymour called on voters to re-elect the coalition, but he also made a point in the document to distinguish ACT from its governing partners. More >>
Enrolments Closed, Advance Voting Begins For 2026 Election
Monday, 26 October 2026, 3:19 pm | RNZ
Lauren Crimp Political reporter Enrolments have closed and voting in the general election begins today, with party leaders among those casting their ballot on day one. Candidates were calling for last-minute enrolments on Sunday , while the Electoral ... More >>
Luxon Responds To Claims La'auli Snubbed Him, Says Samoa Treaty 'Not Priority For Us At This Time'
Monday, 26 October 2026, 3:15 pm | RNZ
Luxon and La'auli met last at the Beehive in July. In a press release at the time, La'auli stated the two leaders discussed the treaty, and that he had been critical of it. More >>
Bougainville Scars Acknowledged As Papua New Guinea MPs Near Big Decision
Friday, 23 October 2026, 6:21 pm | RNZ
The national parliament has the final say on whether to ratify the result of Bougainville's 2019 non-binding referendum in which 97.7 percent of people voted for independence. More >>
New Caledonia Pro-Independence Leaders Boycott EU Critical Minerals Deal
Friday, 23 October 2026, 6:17 pm | RNZ
Under the EU classification, New Caledonia qualifies as an "OCT" because it is part of an EU member country (France). More >>
Kerrin Leoni Breaks Silence On Resignation, Says Whānau Turned Into 'Political Weapon'
Friday, 23 October 2026, 6:14 pm | RNZ
Leoni resigned as Labour's Tāmaki Makaurau candidate on Friday morning, after footage emerged of her campaigning alongside Mongrel Mob members at an event in early October. More >>
Explainer: The 10 Biggest Questions New Zealand Has About The Election
Friday, 23 October 2026, 9:56 am | RNZ
As the election enters the home stretch and early voting is about to begin, we take a look at the most frequent questions being asked. More >>
Growing Quinoa 'Very Real, New Option' For Struggling Arable Farmers
Friday, 23 October 2026, 8:39 am | RNZ
Kiwi Quinoa is the licensee partner growing Dutch quinoa - a saponin-free variant developed in the Netherlands by Wageningen University - for European growing companies. More >>
Half Of Hawke's Bay's Children Are Overdue For Dental Visits
Friday, 23 October 2026, 8:35 am | RNZ
Health New Zealand's group director of operations in Hawke's Bay, David Warrington, told RNZ that there was not a single waiting time that applied to all children in Hawke's Bay. More >>
Petrol Prices Fuel Inflation - So Is An Interest Rate Rise The Right Move?
Friday, 23 October 2026, 8:30 am | RNZ
Infometrics chief forecaster Gareth Kiernan said the problem was the underlying inflation was starting from a reasonably elevated point. More >>
Vanuatu Government Warns Against Claims Of Breakaway 'Second Republic'
Thursday, 22 October 2026, 5:58 pm | RNZ
Vanuatu is made up of six provinces and has a population of about 300,000. Torba, which has a population of just over 11,000, is the least populous. More >>
West Papuan Civil Society Calls For UN And Pacific Access To Region
Thursday, 22 October 2026, 5:56 pm | RNZ
Human rights advocacy group Elsham Papua's director Paul Mambrasar said that the request is one of a series of calls to action and demands the civil society groups have made. More >>
Israel's Relationship With Pacific Is 'Biblical, Ageless, Real', Fijian Deputy PM Says
Thursday, 22 October 2026, 5:53 pm | RNZ
The PIF, which is backed by Australia and New Zealand as its founding members, is the region's principal political decision-making institution. More >>
'Seagulls Fighting Over The Last Chip': GP Says No Parties Have Answers For Health
Thursday, 22 October 2026, 5:50 pm | RNZ
During the debate Verrall confirmed Labour would keep the coalition government's health targets if elected, while admitting some of its "three free GP visits" could be with a nurse practitioner rather than a GP. More >>
