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Cabinet minister Shane Jones talks about his role in Government

Cabinet minister Shane Jones talks about his role in NZ First. Video / Mark Mitchell

Audrey Young: Minister gets top marks despite $30m te reo raid

OPINION: Erica Stanford proved she could be ruthless when she needed some quick cash.

Audrey Young: Labour's howls of protest have a whiff of hypocrisy

OPINION: If only the Opposition had practised what they preached when they were in charge.

Audrey Young: Te Pāti Māori MP scores spectacular own-goal over 'lies' slur

OPINION: Tākuta Ferris proved his point with his own blatant porky.

Audrey Young: David Seymour's Treaty bill is already a disaster

OPINION: No, we don't yet have a draft. But we have at least one unworkable principle.

Audrey Young: New Māori Queen begins her reign with a deep well of goodwill

OPINION: Also in this week's wrap – Shane Jones takes his medicine.

Audrey Young: The mother of all political questions - Hipkins wades into Māori sovereignty debate

OPINION: Also in this week's wrap – the controversial comments that won't go away.

Audrey Young: If Seymour can't stop dissing the boss, he shouldn't be Deputy PM

OPINION: Act's leader is pushing his luck over the Treaty principles bill.

Audrey Young: Government on track for post-Olympic policy sprint

OPINION: Also in this week's wrap – the PM's embarrassing benefit blunders.

Audrey Young: Badly behaved MPs needed a time-out

OPINION: Misconduct and extreme rhetoric have become too familiar in NZ politics.

Audrey Young: State schools 'converted' to charter schools? Brace for controversy

OPINION: David Seymour says a separate agency will oversee up to 50 new charter schools.

Audrey Young: Nicola Willis on the Budget - it's bad, but not 'Ruth Richardson bad'

OPINION: The fiscal news is grim, Willis admits, but an austerity Budget isn't the answer.

Audrey Young: The minister who made a criminal mess of Budget reveal

OPINION: Everybody - including the PM - left yesterday's press conference confused.

Audrey Young: Peters switches from statesman to street-brawler

OPINION: Also in today's political wrap - what on earth is up with Green MPs?

Audrey Young: Peters has the most to complain about after grim poll result

OPINION: The poll will only prove to Peters' team that statesmanship doesn't win votes.

Audrey Young: National's comeback kid has a lot on his plate

OPINION: Three years ago, 'Goldie' was in the political doldrums.

Audrey Young: What if Government loses Waitangi Tribunal fight?

OPINION: Both parties have talked themselves into a pistols-at-dawn showdown.

Audrey Young: Police push their luck on pay as mass layoffs continue

OPINION: Police's flat rejection of the latest offer seems slightly detached from reality.