Jo Moir

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has gone to ground.

The party and its leader have crashed out of Parliament after a disastrous election result, winning only 2.7 percent of the vote.

Peters… Audio

RNZ's political reporter Jo Moir has been on the NZ First bus with Winston Peters this campaign, and was with them in Northland last night. Audio

New Zealand First also recorded a slight uptick in support in last night's political poll, sitting at 3 percent.

Political reporter Jo Moir has been closely following New Zealand First leader Winston… Audio

Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins have gone head-to-head for the second time in the leaders debates - an evening that largely ran more like a pub quiz than a pitch to be Prime Minister.

While they… Audio

The fortunes of ACT leader David Seymour are firmly on the rise.

The Epsom MP has spent the last six years in a caucus of one, but if polling pans out he could pull as many as eight friends into the… Video, Audio

Jo Moir, who has been on the road with ACT this week, and Katie Scotcher who's been with National, speak with Jane Patterson about what has been happening with the election campaign. Audio

Elbow bumps, physically distanced public meetings and a liberal dousing of hand sanitiser - it's all part of the new normal out on the campaign trail.

It seems some politicians are adjusting better… Audio

James Shaw has spent the best part of the last week floating out to sea while his own party and ministerial colleagues watched from the safety of the shore.

After trying to get support from his… Audio

Pressure is mounting on Green Party co-leader James Shaw to pull his support for $11.7 million of taxpayers' money being handed to the privately owned Taranaki Green School.

It's not just principals… Audio

Covered up faces and social distancing looks to be with us for sometime yet.

Auckland is to endure an extra four days of Alert Level 3 - then on Monday the country's biggest city will join the rest… Audio

The current Covid-19 lockdown restrictions have been under discussion at a Cabinet meeting this morning - but there's not likely to be a decision on the Alert Levels until Monday.

At the moment… Audio

No negative Covid test, no entry, no exemptions and no excuses under the National Party announcement today, which would stop anyone coming into the country who had tested positive for Covid-19.

The… Audio

Only 40-percent of staff working in managed isolation and quarantine facilities were tested prior to last week's Covid-19 community outbreak in Auckland. This comes after a maintenance worker at one… Audio

At 3 on Friday afternoon Cabinet ministers will meet to once again decide the lockdown future of the country.

Then at 5.30pm the Prime Minister will step up to the podium in the all-too-familiar… Audio

It's decision day with Cabinet meeting this afternoon to decide whether the country will change Covid-19 alert levels.

This comes after a new cluster of community transmission has officially taken… Audio

RNZ's political reporter Jo Moir is on the campaign trail.

She was heading to Wellington from Northland.

She speaks to Kim Hill from Auckland Airport. Audio

For too long climate change has been dealt with by an ambulance at the bottom of the cliff.

That's how Climate Change Minister James Shaw has described the situation as the government released a… Audio

The latest political poll has done little to boost National's confidence just seven weeks out from an election.

The National Party has dropped six points to 32 in the One News Colmar Brunton poll… Audio