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Twitter 2014: Satirists are quite the characters
Parody Twitter accounts seek to emulate our politicians with a mix of brilliant impersonation and nastiness.
Parody Twitter accounts seek to emulate our politicians with a mix of brilliant impersonation and nastiness.
Less than two months out from the general election, some of our big-gun politicians are already beginning to shoot themselves in the foot.
Toby Manhire took Jamie Whyte to a local pub quiz for our candid series on party leaders
You cannot teach an old dog new tricks. Or so they say. Well, just try telling Winston Peters that.
This is the first time I can vote, and I've been looking forward to it abstractly for ages. But now, it's looking about as appetising as the pigeon liver.
Whatever the truth about what Nick Smith said, his utterances lay bare what seems to be a long-term strategy - to get all sorts of organisations to pull their necks in and get with the programme, writes Dita De Boni.
MPs have headed off on the campaign trail with one last blast at their rivals.
In those terms, it is hard to know what to make of Whyte's self-made maelstrom around race and privilege in New Zealand law.
Politics and young people aren't always the best mix but a competition offering a night with Tiki Taane and a fully catered house party.
A $2-an-hour boost to the minimum wage, scrapping the 90-day work trial, and a Commission of Inquiry to set industry standards are part of the Labour Party's work and wages policy, launched today.
MP Michael Woodhouse slams the defacing of electoral billboards as "a thuggish and ignorant act of vandalism", as opponents boast online about other signs to tag.
A Green Government would hugely expand protected areas for Maui’s dolphin and ban lethal fishing methods, while compensating fisheries for some of their losses.
Labour leader David Cunliffe said he isn't concerned by Winston Peters' comments that he wouldn't work with the Mana Party.
Energy Minister Simon Bridges is defending a $240,000 bill for taxpayers to wine and dine 11 oil executives during the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
Ms Turei tells the story over cups of hot chocolate - fortified with Bailey's against a chilly evening.
One of the National-led Govt's final acts in Parliament this term will be to lower the legal drink-driving limit, which means motorists will face stricter rules before Christmas.
Act Leader Jamie Whyte called for a taskforce to root out and repeal laws giving special treatment to Maori as race once again loomed as an election issue today.
Internet Party Leader Laila Harré will stand against John Key in his Helensville electorate, "because the Prime Minister has some explaining to do".
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.
Conservation Minister Nick Smith says he has "heeded the Prime Minister's advice" and backed down on a legal threat against an environmental advocate.
Seventeen year old pop star Lorde has teamed with the New Zealand Electoral Commission to encourage eligible Kiwis to sign up and have a voice. 'Politics doesn't have to be about a bunch of old people in suits, talking about issues that aren't relevant to youth' Courtesy ElectoralCommission/YouTube
New Zealand First appears to loom large in National's plan to secure a third term in Government.
Prime Minister John Key says Conservation Minister Nick Smith would be "silly" to take legal action against an environmental advocate who accused him of political interference.
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.
Herald columnist Dita De Boni recently condemned Foreign Minister Murray McCully's responses to foreign crises.