There is something to admire in Colin Craig. I disagree with just about every bullet point in his brochure but I like the character he shows as a complete outsider.

When I wrote recently that this election was done and dusted, a storm of protest erupted on the NZ Herald's website from Labour's deeply unattractive, rabid tribalists.

The husband-and-wife team of Kim MacIntyre and Christine Rankin are standing to enter Parliament for the Conservative Party this election.

Political parties - tired of repeated attacks on candidates' billboards - are using motion sensor cameras to catch the vandals, and passing evidence to police.

In the latest Herald series on election policies, we look at whether parties are paying attention to voter's worries about land sales to overseas buyers.

The Conservative candidate whose campaign trailer promoted party leader Colin Craig all day in a 30-minute parking space has been fined $30.

With a surplus in his sights this year, Finance Minister Bill English has confirmed his Government has budgeted for tax cuts some time over the next four years

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.

National has lost some support, according to two new polls released tonight.

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.

'Do you want to leave now?' asked the host of last night's Helensville debate of Prime Minister John Key - who came closest to being kicked out.

Act candidate David Seymour is comfortably ahead in the latest poll in the key seat of Epsom - as long as people vote with the National-Act deal in mind.

Colin Craig has been a compelling performer in the campaign so far. How he manages to say so much using only one vowel is a constant source of amazement, writes Paul Little.

Conservatives leader Colin Craig has won an eleventh-hour High Court scrap over his exclusion from a televised political debate.

The Conservative Party has confirmed that Christine Rankin will stand in the high-profile seat of Epsom this election.

Overseas sale of 13,800ha station would be a tragedy, says Conservative leader

Labour leader David Cunliffe said he isn't concerned by Winston Peters' comments that he wouldn't work with the Mana Party.

Labour leader David Cunliffe has denied he has double standards for refusing to rule out relying on Internet Mana despite deriding National for its coat tailing deals.

New Zealand First appears to loom large in National's plan to secure a third term in Government.

Colin Craig might not realise it yet, but he and his Conservative Party colleagues have basically been picked up, chewed over and spat out by National, writes John Armstrong.

National Party election strategists have made a fateful call against an accommodation with the Conservative Party of Colin Craig.

John Key has confirmed National will not pull a candidate to give Colin Craig a clear run and ruled out any last minute change, even if it could cost National a third term.

The Conservative Party has been blocked from using its new "Vote" logo on ballot papers after the Electoral Commission found it was likely to confuse voters.

National Party president Peter Goodfellow says the low number of women standing for National this election is partly because of the democratic process.