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    "name": "2026 general election",
    "date": "2026-11-07"
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      "published_at": "2026-08-11T13:20:00+12:00",
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      "title": "Language and electorate coverage is easier to find",
      "summary": "PartyMap now has a language hub, searchable pages for all 71 electorates, clearer resident voting guidance, and topic comparisons that link every registered party while keeping parliamentary parties first.",
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      "title": "PartyMap has a clearer civic editorial design",
      "summary": "Navigation, page hierarchy, typography, mobile layouts and evidence presentation were redesigned around common voter tasks. The public product-update page and feed were removed.",
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      "title": "The 2026 election now has a public lifecycle tracker",
      "summary": "A new tracker separates available electorate data from pending candidates and results, starts an evidence-backed ledger for 53 published promises, and adds versioned JSON and CSV downloads.",
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      "kind": "site-update",
      "title": "You can now return without creating an account",
      "summary": "PartyMap now offers an Atom update feed, a downloadable election calendar, copyable comparison links, claim permalinks and topic interests stored only in the browser.",
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      "title": "Policy pages now start with the meaning, not the footnotes",
      "summary": "Party pages now include a 60-second overview, claims show a plain-language explanation before expandable evidence, and a linked glossary explains common election and policy terms.",
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      "title": "A dedicated immigration comparison is now available",
      "summary": "The new topic compares verified immigration and visa positions for National, ACT, the Green Party and New Zealand First, and records where no sufficiently detailed current position was found.",
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      "title": "The voting guide now covers the full 2026 journey",
      "summary": "The guide now explains the hard enrolment deadline, Māori roll choice, electorate lookup, special votes, voting-place process, MMP thresholds, result counting and government formation.",
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      "title": "Election pages now identify New Zealand and 2026 clearly",
      "summary": "Party and topic titles, visible aliases, structured data and route-specific sitemap dates were updated for clearer search results.",
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      "title": "Comparison pages now show every parliamentary party",
      "summary": "Each topic now distinguishes published positions, mentions without a detailed citable position, and positions not found by the stated review date.",
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      "kind": "site-update",
      "title": "The public corrections inbox is open",
      "summary": "Corrections can now be emailed directly. Private correspondence remains separate from the public record of material corrections.",
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      "published_at": "2026-08-10T22:01:00+12:00",
      "kind": "site-update",
      "title": "Common voter tasks moved to the top",
      "summary": "The homepage now opens with four direct routes, and party search controls appear before register source details.",
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