An unemployed man used by Labour as an example of someone who would benefit from its dole policy owns properties worth hundreds of thousands.

Phil Goff says his call for the dole to be paid to redundant workers, regardless of their partners' incomes, would be a temporary measure for 'low and middle income' New Zealanders.

Opposition parties announce an inquiry into banks' interest rates after the Government blocked one from taking place. But John Key says the issues are already known and.