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The National Party has chosen Hamish Walker to fill disgraced MP Todd Barclay's shoes in the Clutha-Southland electorate.

The Electoral Commission is targeting the 225,000 young people who are yet to enrol to vote, with the election just weeks away.

This parliamentary term is coming to an end as MPs prepare to hit the road for the election. Watch the final question time here.

A new political poll has the Green Party plummeting to just 4 percent, while Labour has risen to 37 percent under new leader Jacinda Ardern. Audio

Poll of Polls - Jacinda Ardern has dramatically lifted Labour's polling since becoming leader on 1 August, writes Colin James

Green Party leader James Shaw says this election will be the "fight of my life" as RNZ's Poll of Polls shows the party averaging 6.9 percent. Audio

In a new video series, The Wireless journalist Max Towle hits the road to take the political pulse of young New Zealanders from Cape Reinga to Bluff. Comments

Mental health services in Canterbury and Kaikōura schools are set to get a funding boost if Labour is elected.

Pike River families are hailing today as a "moral victory" after MPs from four parties pledged to act immediately to re-enter the West Coast mine if in government.

Opinion - National will be praying this month's political tumult stops with the centre-left, writes Jon Johansson.

Bill English has strongly signalled he'd like the central bank to review the restrictive loan-to-value rules designed to cool the housing market.

Labour leader Jacinda Ardern is sticking with the party's immigration policy, and wants to reduce the number of new immigrants each year by tens of thousands. Video

Health Minister Jonathan Coleman has given more details about the 17 new initiatives that will receive funding under May's Budget.

The Labour Party is promising to introduce driving classes for all high school students as part of a new 'school leavers' toolkit' unveiled today.

Bill English says National's plan to send young offenders to a military camp is a new approach and not a boot camp. Audio

The Green Party has recycled its 2014 election slogan 'Love New Zealand' as it re-launches this year's campaign.

National is promising to send hardened youth criminals to a training academy at the Waiouru Military Camp.

A poll in the crucial Ōhāriu electorate has the incumbent MP, United Future leader Peter Dunne, well behind.