Almost 200,000 New Zealanders aged 18 to 24 were estimated to be missing from the electoral roll just three months before Election Day. The Electoral Commission is responding with emails, texts, community hubs, pop-ups and hundreds of thousands of dollars for grassroots enrolment campaigns — but the size of the gap raises a bigger question:…

Te Pāti Māori has made its first major post-election demand unmistakably clear: protecting Te Tiriti and establishing a pathway towards constitutional transformation will be a bottom line in any negotiations to form the next government. But if the party holds the balance of power after Election 2026, Māori voters deserve to know what else is…