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Leadership woes still plague Act
The Act Party's leadership problems are still festering away.

<i>Audrey Young:</i> Tolley finds ally in school mum
Once parents join Education Minister Anne Tolley in the national standards debate, she wins, as was evident yesterday.

<i>Audrey Young:</i> Ten Things
Political editor Audrey Young on the NZ flag debate and foreshore & seabed issue.

Audrey Young: A new flag is inevitable
It's only a matter of time before the national flag is changed and New Zealand becomes a republic, writes Audrey Young.

<i>Audrey Young</i>: The Labour leadership tease
National is going all out to attack Labour's leadership.

Trinidad Diary 3
Herald political editor Audrey Young goes behind the scenes at the CHOGM meeting in Trinidad.

Trinidad Diary 2
Audrey Young writes that the 1000 year rivalry between France and England may be over, as Nicolas Sarkozy sweeps into the CHOGM meeting.

Trinidad diary
Political editor Audrey Young is travelling with Prime Minister John Key on an Air Force Boeing 757 to the Chogm meeting in Trinidad.

Tokyo diary: 6.15pm
John Key and his wife Bronagh are getting ready to call on the Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace, writes Audrey Young.

Who knew what and when
Audrey Young explains just who knew what, and when, about the Maori TV bid for the Rugby World Cup.

Time for Key to exercise leadership on TV bids
John Key has a major problem on his hands and needs to act fast, political blogger Audrey Young says.

Maori parties gutted by Govt counter-bid
Pita Sharples is furious over National's lack of "etiquette and fairplay" for helping TVNZ's Rugby World Cup rights bid, writes Audrey Young.

Fearless Sue Bradford will leave big gap
Herald political editor Audrey Young gives her take on the Green MP's resignation today.

New scholarships scheme more a lottery than anything else
Audrey Young says the Government's plan to subsidise school fees for some students is flawed.