Nats' strategic voting vital for Act
Nearly two-thirds of National supporters voted for the Act Party's David Seymour in Epsom, newly released election data shows.
Nearly two-thirds of National supporters voted for the Act Party's David Seymour in Epsom, newly released election data shows.
Labour's finance spokesman David Parker this morning jibed that Act-held Epsom should be used to trial that party's policy of abolishing the Resource Management Act.
Luxurious holidays in the south of France or Rarotonga and an internship in New York are among the prizes on offer at an extravagant school fundraiser.
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.
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.
Epsom election candidates faced off at a public debate last night, with one promising to name a convicted sex offender with name suppression under parliamentary privilege.
Epsom once again could be the electorate that decides the election.
Self-styled public watchdogs Penny Bright and Graham McCready claimed their biggest scalp yesterday as Act MP John Banks was found guilty of electoral fraud.
Today's guilty verdict has ended John Banks' 34-year political career at least three months earlier than he would have hoped.
Snobbery and a false rumour that a boundary change would take some homes out of the Auckland Grammar zone and affect property values are believed to be factors in the strong opposition.
Business people are more accustomed to putting sentiment aside for important decisions, writes John Roughan.
Painstakingly and passionately recreated to pay a grand homage to its original 1940s state this Epsom house is a mix of classical tradition and modern living.
John Key's right-hand man made a secret visit to former Act leader Rodney Hide in a desperate search to shore up a coalition partner for the National Party at this year's election.
The tussle to replace John Banks as Act's Epsom candidate is heating up ahead of the party's decision early next month.
Epsom Girls Grammar is considering a fresh complaint to Auckland Council after a Herald report that brothels are operating in its immediate area.
A group of Epsom and Royal Oak residents have been working themselves into a right old lather over low-flying aircraft, writes Brian Rudman.
One look at the crowd at the Food Show yesterday and it's obvious that cooking is attracting more and more men.
A developer has paid $2.41 million for a five-bedroom family home in Epsom, with plans to knock it down and build two new townhouses.
An informal street dance style that was born when the American GI's introduced Paris to the jitterbug in World War II.
The steady life in sales and prices started in the central Auckland suburbs over a year ago and has now spread across the new supercity. But as Bruce Morris reports, it's still tough going out in the provinces.
You know how much you're prepared to pay, so why take so long to lay your cards on the table? Bruce Morris ponders the slow-coach tactics of the auction room.