Gareth Morgan has accused the Act Party of gunning for his political party by making petty complaints about its election campaign and party rules.

The Government remains unconvinced about a proposal to put a cap on how much money households can borrow for a mortgage.

Resignations by MPs has been pronounced since MMP began in 1996, of both of list and constituency MPs.

David Seymour has disputed claims charter schools have been inflating their NCEA exam results.

Labour MP Louisa Wall says her proposed law change to legalise assisted dying in New Zealand will not go into the private member's bill ballot.

Property and farming rich listers are among those who have made big donations to National over the past year.

A major inquiry into euthanasia is taking place, but the Govt has already concluded it will not lead to any changes in New Zealand.

Two National MPs' much derided bills dealing with lost property at airports and company annual reports will now be dealt with as part of a wider raft of law reforms to spare Parliament time and money.

Judith Collins will not be drawn on whether police acted illegally when targeting euthanasia advocates.

Former National Party leader Don Brash says a new anti-separatist campaign may end up donating to one of his old enemies, New Zealand First leader Winston Peters.

COMMENT: Act's demand to do away with a Minister for Women shows how out of touch the party is with reality.

The Green Party is the first party to include a voluntary euthanasia policy in its manifesto.

A brief liaison with a man she didn't know cost a young Auckland woman $28 a week off her benefit for two years.

COMMENT: Late phase of election cycle adds further tension to Act and United Future's need to back National while keeping their own supporters happy.

Act Party leader David Seymour is accusing a teachers' union of bullying a state school which offered to share resources with a charter school.

COMMENT: It is not often that the big surprise in a Budget is something that will not be in it at all.

David Seymour used his keynote speech at Act's annual conference in Orakei to call for the sale of the state-owned farmer, worth about $1.6 billion.

Act wants the green vote - arguing its ideology is the best bet to save the environment and the party's proud green history has been ignored.

The French coq was possibly not the wisest example Act leader David Seymour could have hauled out to explain why a silver fern need not be on the flag.

The Government says it will consider an urgent change to liquor laws after a proposal to allow pubs to open early for Rugby World Cup games was shot down in Parliament.

Allowing councils to charge rates against Crown-owned properties such as schools should be investigated, most of the country's local authorities believe.

Epsom MP David Seymour says the authority which is planning to ban cars from the summit of Mt Eden has no evidence to support one of its central claims.

The hopes of euthanasia supporters appear to rely on Act leader David Seymour and the luck of the draw after both Prime Minister John Key and Labour chief Andrew Little ruled out putting up a bill on the issue.

The Electoral Commission has referred the Act Party to the police for a tardy disclosure of donations from its biggest backers Alan Gibbs and Dame Jenny Gibbs.

Nobody likes a nark but there was great entertainment value in Act leader David Seymour dobbing in National MP Maurice Williamson for an apparent waka jumping plot.

Act leader David Seymour has criticised the Government for not supporting a version of the Regulatory Standards Bill.

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has investigated how the police handled the inquiry into John Banks’ donation returns following the Super City election.

The Act Party has received another big donation from its long-standing backer Alan Gibbs.

John Banks is hoping the Court of Appeal judges - "some of the country's finest jurists " - will reverse their earlier decision and rule that he should not stand trial for a second time.