Two political polls out today show the left bloc has the numbers to form a government if an election was held today.

Legal analyst and democracy activist Marc Elias warns that an upcoming April 1 election in Wisconsin could determine the ...

Christchurch City Council has decided to artificially lower rates by not paying off debt - John MacDonald thinks this shows ...

Nominations opened on Monday for the Te Awanui Ward byelection to fill the seat vacated by Mikaere Sydney, who resigned on ...

Asked what she had done to repair her relationship with the Greens, Whanau said she has been meeting with the party a lot ...

Twenty-two of Hawke’s Bay’s 56 councillors have confirmed they will restand in this year’s elections, while two are publicly ...

The bill’s architect, David Seymour, met with protests at Waitangi marae — a Māori meeting house — during speeches by ...

Ross Stitt reports on how Trumpism is being folded into the election debates, permitting a type of 'foreign interference' ...

Local elections are by postal vote ... Check you’re enrolled at vote.nz or call the Electoral Commission on 0800 36 76 56. Scoop is free for personal use, but you’ll need a licence for ...

France’s top diplomat in the Pacific region says talks around the “unfreezing” of New Caledonia’s highly controversial ...

Napier City councillor Maxine Boag and Central Hawke's Bay councillor Tim Aitken have confirmed they were standing down, ...