The Government has announced a new Parent Boost Visa that will allow the parents of New Zealand citizens multi entry access for up to five years.

The sponsor has to earn 1.5 times the median wage, or the parent must bring $16,000 - along with other insurance and health requirements.

The Government says they are trying to make the country more attractive for skilled workers, without straining public services.

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The latest 1News/Verian poll has both National and Labour down, while an RNZ-Reid poll done in the same week has National down and Labour up, and a Taxpayers' Union-Curia poll had both up.

You see the same with overlapping polls by different agencies showing significantly different results in preferred Prime Minister.

So why are polls done this far out from an election?

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In a Parliamentary first, Act MP Laura McClure displayed a naked image of herself to highlight the need for her proposed bill.

The image wasn't truly her, it was an AI-generated deepfake - made in just minutes with technology that can be found on the first page of a Google search.

Laura's Deepfake Digital Harm and Exploitation Bill would restrict the creation of non consensual deepfakes, as well as expanding revenge porn laws.

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