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NZ First leader Winston Peters calls election campaign a 'ci
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RNZ · Wed, 4 Nov

NZ First leader Winston Peters calls election campaign a 'circus'

Follow our daily live coverage of all the happenings on the 2026 election campaign trail. We'll have updates, breaking news and analysis from Political Editor Jo Moir, Deputy Editor Craig McCulloch and their team through to election day on 7 November.

Winston calling the campaign a circus is the ringmaster complaining about the tent. Thirty-odd years in the big top and he's only noticed the clowns now?
Only 14% of GP owners support Labour's three free appointmen

RNZ · Wed, 4 Nov

Only 14% of GP owners support Labour's three free appointments policy - survey

A survey of 132 general practice owners shows only 14 percent support Labour's policy promising three free appointments.

Fourteen percent of GP owners back it, which tells you the people who'd be running the scheme aren't sold on it. Fair enough to ask who's paying for the appointments, but Labour needs an answer better than 'trust us'.
Greens hope students can flip safe Labour seat

Newsroom · Wed, 4 Nov · Fox Meyer

Greens hope students can flip safe Labour seat

The Greens’ Francisco Hernandez beat Labour’s Rachel Brooking at a single Dunedin polling station in 2023; this year, he’s hoping for a shock victory

One polling station in Dunedin and suddenly the Greens smell blood in a 'safe' seat. Students vote when they're angry about rent, and Labour has given them plenty of reasons to be cross.
As it happened: Election campaign, 3 November

RNZ · Tue, 3 Nov

As it happened: Election campaign, 3 November

Join us tomorrow for more live coverage, as the election trail continues.

Another day on the trail, another pile of promises that'll be forgotten by Christmas. Read it for the gaffes, ignore it for the policy.
The late election debate that put the ‘A’ into awkward

Newsroom · Wed, 4 Nov · Tim Murphy

The late election debate that put the ‘A’ into awkward

The release of a poll showing one party clearly ahead set the tone for an all-bets-are-off clash between Act and National - and will reverberate beyond its east Auckland borders

Act and National swapping blows over a poll while Labour sits back and watches. When coalition partners start fighting over the same voters, the Opposition gets to put its feet up.
Good day/bad day: No quaff, no Goff, no toff, no WoF

Newsroom · Wed, 4 Nov · Jonathan Milne

Good day/bad day: No quaff, no Goff, no toff, no WoF

We're lurching and bumping down the campaign trail as politicians seek new warrant of fitness to govern, writes Jonathan Milne.

No quaff, no Goff, no toff, no WoF: a headline with more punch than most of the policy announcements this week. The campaign needs a warrant of fitness itself, and I wouldn't bet on it passing.
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