Cyclone Vaianu has hit our shores and some regions are being hit particularly hard. 

The East Coast has seen gusts of up to 130 kilometres an hour, thousands of homes in Northland and the Bay of Plenty are without power, and weather watches and warnings remain in place for the whole North Island and parts of the South Island. 

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Cyclone Vaianu has hit our shores and some regions are being hit particularly hard.&nbsp;
The East Coast has seen gusts of up to 130 kilometres an hour, thousands of homes in Northland and the Bay of Plenty are without power, and weather watches and warnings remain in place for the whole North Island and parts of the South Island.&nbsp;
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Mark Mitchell: Emergency Management Minister on Cyclone Vaianu

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The National Party have called in former broadcaster Rachel Smalley to help Auckland based MPs, including the prime minister, with their communications and media work ahead of the election this year. 

It's come after the public have started to notice Luxon becoming less confident and stumbling over his words recently - in contrast to the precise and decided communication style he's had in the past. 

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The National Party have called in former broadcaster Rachel Smalley to help Auckland based MPs, including the prime minister, with their communications and media work ahead of the election this year.&nbsp;
It's come after the public have started to notice Luxon becoming less confident and stumbling over his words recently - in contrast to the precise and decided communication style he's had in the past.&nbsp;
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Peter Dunne: National Party calls in former broadcaster for comms help

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It's election year again in New Zealand, and it's a process that we're all familiar with. 

But few are more familiar than Former PM Helen Clark and Former National MP Maurice Williamson, who joined Tim Beverige to look at what we can expect from election year. 

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It's election year again in New Zealand, and it's a process that we're all familiar with.&nbsp;
But few are more familiar than Former PM Helen Clark and Former National MP Maurice Williamson, who joined Tim Beverige to look at what we can expect from election year.&nbsp;
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Helen Clark and Maurice Williamson: What can we expect from the build-up to the election?

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The latest numbers, as at one week ago, there were 24 days of petrol and 18 days of diesel in the country. 

Things are looking to worsen for the foreseeable future, although an uptick in public transport use and EV purchases point to people taking things into their own hands. 

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The latest numbers, as at one week ago, there were 24 days of petrol and 18 days of diesel in the country.&nbsp;
Things are looking to worsen for the foreseeable future, although an uptick in public transport use and EV purchases point to people taking things into their own hands.&nbsp;
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Josh Ellison: Fuel crisis good news for renewable energy sector

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Mark Mitchell: Emergency Management Minister on Cyclone Vaianu

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