A website is predicting that National is likely to need the embattled Act party in order to govern after next year's election.

There would be plenty of mana in customary marine title without the power to exclude the public from sacred sand.

Rodney Hide - the minister who was busted for taking his girlfriend on a $22,000 trip to Hawaii and Europe - has called for openness about public spending.

The Maori Party has indicated it is rethinking its support of the new foreshore and seabed bill after pressure from Hone Harawira and Act.

Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia is not guaranteeing her party's support for new foreshore legislation after moves to amend it to explicitly state iwi could not charge for access.

Minor party mayhem, such as the David Garrett fake passport fraud scandal, is turning voters off MMP, a poll released tonight shows.

Phil Twyford says he didn't mean to break the rules when he used his parliamentary email to endorse local body election candidates.

Labour MP Phil Twyford is meeting the Parliamentary Service following an accusation about improper use of parliamentary resources.

A new poll suggests the saga around David Garrett's false passport and Heather Roy's ousting as deputy leader have hit the Act Party hard.