Doug Paulin says tightening retail margins and levelling the wholesale playing field will make more difference than election campaign pledges to break up the supermarket chain. Jonathan Milne reports.

Analysis: Author's latest book is unlikely to sway election – but it raises crucial questions about right-aligned lobby groups ...

5:45pm: Here I am at Unity and so is all of Wellington. 5:46pm: I can’t see any food but there are a lot of journalists.

Comment: a rushed law change stripping unelected members of council voting rights compromises audit independence, writes ...

NZ's best literary profilist interviews Wellington writer, lawyer and cultural critic Brannavan Gnanalingam ...

Labour previously binned the Waitaha hydro scheme because of its environmental impact – now, the party’s new rep says it’s a ‘great project’ that won’t be overturned if they're elected. Fox Meyer ...

Major drinking water report says drinking water was contaminated after logging upstream from school campground in Hanmer Springs ...

The strong blue seat has been held by former National MP Judith Collins since 2008, meaning Chatterton is all but guaranteed to win as her replacement.

National and Labour have supported similar lobbying measures, but one expert says the impetus to pass such rules tends to fade when a party enters govt ...

Don't let anybody tell you that we're not being bold enough,' Chris Hipkins said, minutes before an audience member insisted Labour was not bold ...

Even the heads of big tech companies are warning we must slow down on rapidly developing AI, before we lose control of it .