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NZ Herald Morning Headlines | Inflation persistent and widespread, Luxon and Hipkins both score low in survey of CEOs | Friday, October 23, 2026.

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Join Herald NOW Business with host Garth Bray as he brings you the business news of the day, subject matter expert interviews, along with local and global thought leaders, live from the NZ Herald newsroom.

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Economist Tony Alexander analyses easing inflation, rising petrol prices and what the latest figures mean for interest rates, households and businesses.

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Air NZ's Kate Boyer on the opportunity, passenger demand and freight potential of becoming the first international airline to fly into Western Sydney.

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So what does that tell us about the AI boom and the wider US earnings season? Andrew Thompson from JBWere.

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Rodeo spokesman Lyal Cocks on the latest bureaucratic efforts to nobble the sport.

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Paul Goldsmith takes on David Seymour in the race for Epsom.

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Could New Zealand still be waiting for a government at Christmas? Katie Bradford is joined by Herald political editor Thomas Coughlan and political strategist Campbell Barry to examine Opportunity’s potential role as kingmaker and the...

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ACT MP, Laura McClure on her party’s plan to put trades on an even footing with university.

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Jessica Walker, Consumer NZ Campaigns Manager on what NZ businesses have won he Yeah, Nah Awards.

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Three debates. Two major party leaders. And a whole lot of political point-scoring. National’s Christopher Luxon and Labour’s Chris Hipkins have gone head-to-head, trading blows over the economy, the cost of living and who deserves the...

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Jan Rivers, Spokesperson for Genspect NZ on the High Court ruling that puberty-blocker ban regulations were unlawful.

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NZ Herald Live: Chris Hipkins speaks to media from Napier.

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Would-be Finance Minister Chlöe Swarbrick has delivered a stout defence of her party’s economic policies during an appearance on Stuff’s new politics show, Polls Apart. Under questioning from co-hosts Verity Johnson and Damien Grant...

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NZ senior economist Matthew Galt on the CPI renault and the worst drop in housing prices since the 1970s

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Herald NOW reporter Kieryn Morris checks out the Amorphophallus konjac flower, known for its rotten-meat odour.

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Former Health NZ chair Rob Campbell outlines the big issues within the health sector

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If I had to name the worst racists in New Zealand, they would be …

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Garth Bray discusses the latest numbers.

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NZ Herald Live: Act Party leader David Seymour speaks to media

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Former National minister Chris Finlayson and former Labour leader Phil Goff review the state of the election campaign after the final televised debate.

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Mayor Phil Mauger says it is special to see Christchurch be home to one of the world's most beautiful arenas.

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Nicola Willis speaks about the CPI and the economy.

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Fire & Emergency pulled a man through a window 23-storeys above ground after a failed parachuting.

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Overloaded emergency departments, a shortage of nurses and doctors, long waits to see a GP. Will Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins admit the health system is in crisis? ⁠...

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It's one of the most common questions Stuff readers submit: Why is Luxon ruling out forming a coalition with Qiulae Wong's Opportunity Party? ⁠ ⁠ Paddy Gower put it to Luxon (for the umpteenth time), and Luxon made it unequivocal: "I've...

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In one of the most charged back-and-forths of the debate, Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon condemned the record of the other. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stuff...

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