Chris Hipkins needs a new song and dance routine and fast, or he could be doing the limbo and losing the next generation of Labour's leaders
Read MoreThe electorate swing, Labour limbo and Luxon-Hipkins two-step
leaders debate
Two days to go, 12 questions still worth asking
We’ve still got about 48 hours of campaigning to go and one big leaders’ debate. So here, even after all these weeks, are some questions still worth getting answers to…
Read MoreA plucking good night for Judith Collins, but promises will be hard to deliver
Judith Collins plucks votes from the low hanging trees in the second leaders’ debate, but also makes promises she may live to regret
Read MoreIs Gareth Morgan different from the rest, or just one more?
So is Gareth Morgan going to go to court to force his way onto TVNZ's minor party debate? That story is a familiar one to me, but it also will be a defining moment for TOP
Read MoreRisky Business: Decision 17 debate has candidates on slippery ground
National and Labour leaders show just how close it is and how much is at stake, by upping the risk factor with new policy announcements live in the second leaders debate
Read MoreA taxing debate night, but everything's changed
It was a wonkish, nervy, tepid debate, but the political earthquake had come earlier and it changes the way we look at Election 17
Read MoreTV debate time: Election 17 gets the boost it needs
One party leader wins the feel-good vibe from the first TV leaders debate, while another actually resets his party's campaign and lays down a new bottom line
Read MoreStop spinning the debate
I’m not sure attempts to spin expectations around tonight’s leaders’ debate are credible.
Read MoreFinal TV One leaders' debate - my first impressions
Phil Goff took over as interviewer at times and generated the news headlines in tonight's final TV debate. But a measured John Key stood firm and calm as he rammed home his anti-debt message
Read MoreTV3 leaders' debate - my first impressions
Goff got a Labour-friendly debate and Key a National-friendly panel on tonight's TV3 leaders' debate. Given voters' low expectations of the Labour leader, it was his night as the worm ate him up with a spoon
Read MoreThe world is a (TV) stage – Key and Goff the players
In the final week of the election campaign, it's all about set-pieces, especially on television. Can the main leaders keep their heads and hit their marks as the pressure hits fever pitch?
Read MoreElection Debate 1: My verdict
Remember the Bush-Gore debates in 2000? We may see the same thing in NZ with the 2011 Election debates. Goff would have surpassed the expectations of many, but that doesn't necessarily win elections
Read MoreNational News Brief, Thursday November 6
Obama's win may affect FTA talks; final leaders debate overshadowed by Obama; Blue Chip investors told to pay up or lose their homes; plum government roles on offer; NZ wine industry ever stronger; car prices to rise
Read MoreWaiting for John Key
On the surface John Key sneaked a win in last night's TV3 debate. Yet the National leader remains a mere outline, a stranger, a man who simply wants to get a job rather than lead a nation
Read MoreNational News Brief, Wednesday October 15
Charges laid over canyoning tragedy; first TV leaders debate a fiesty contest; Sharemarket has best day in 20 years; Maori Party reveals economic plans; New Zealanders arrested in anti-spam crackdown; Southland councillor in shipwreck rescue; and more
Read MoreThe "Great TV Debate" Debate
Why Helen Clark and John Key are right—TV networks collude—and MMP purists are wrong
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