Voters in the suburbs of Remuera and Parnell were the key to the Act Party's survival, figures from polling booths show.

Act's sole MP David Seymour will meet John Key at Parliament today with a wishlist for a confidence and supply agreement, including for him to become a minister.

Jamie Whyte has conceded his future as the Act Party's leader outside of Parliament is uncertain and says the party's brand is "tarnished".

Act has pounced on the Conservative Party's admission that it has not fully costed its policies, claiming that leader Colin Craig is making it up as he goes along.

An Act Party policy that would allow shopkeepers to arm themselves against violent robberies is a "recipe for disaster" the Prime Minister says.

It seems New Zealand First leader Winston Peters can’t quite bring himself to utter the words “Colin Craig“or “the Conservative Party“.

Labour's finance spokesman David Parker this morning jibed that Act-held Epsom should be used to trial that party's policy of abolishing the Resource Management Act.

Despite the lack of a beverage-based endorsement, the true-blue seat of Epsom remains dogged by controversy this election.

Education Minister Hekia Parata is in negotiation in the hope of opening more charter schools next year, possibly allowing tertiary institutions to run them.

Act Party leader Dr Jamie Whyte said the party wants to see Youth Court and Family Court open to public scrutiny.

United Future leader Peter Dunne is confident his "flexi-super" proposal would be advanced in any third term National Government without compromising John Key's promises on superannuation.

Act leader Jamie Whyte says Christine Rankin's entry into the Epsom election contest will have no impact because her Conservative party appeals to simple-minded voters, not educated Epsom voters.

Epsom election candidates faced off at a public debate last night, with one promising to name a convicted sex offender with name suppression under parliamentary privilege.

Politicians seldom get to anoint a successor. That was especially so for me. Readers may recall I left with a bit of a hiss and a roar at a time I least expected it.

Act leader Jamie Whyte says his speech on Maori legal privilege shouldn't have come as a surprise to anyone, not least a former candidate who quit.

An ACT party candidate and board member has reportedly resigned over his leader's speech on race, which he says was a 'stunt' for the polls.

Act leader Jamie Whyte's been caught short once again - this time clueless about Whanau Ora.

Conservative Party hopeful Christine Rankin is tossing her name into the Epsom hat and positioning herself as the candidate with clean hands.

Jamie Whyte's college specialties included the nature of truth and belief, but his speech to the Waikato Conference stretched one and beggared the other, writes Paul Little.

When Dame Susan Devoy was appointed Race Relations Commissioner last year, the intelligentsia sniffed at the choice of a squash champion.

Toby Manhire took Jamie Whyte to a local pub quiz for our candid series on party leaders

In those terms, it is hard to know what to make of Whyte's self-made maelstrom around race and privilege in New Zealand law.

Act's leader says Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy should quit over her criticism of his racial equality comments.

Act Leader Jamie Whyte has returned serve to Dame Susan Devoy over her criticism of his claims Maori enjoy legal privilege.