Voters continue to hold long-standing doubts about Labor, and in polls consistently rate the Coalition as a superior economic manager

The Solomon Islands has beefed up security for the country's national elections, hoping to avoid the kind of violence that has marred previous polls following unpopular results.

Sir Geoffrey Palmer says heading an inquiry into a fatal Israeli raid on an aid flotilla will probably be the hardest job he has done.

Eden Park's new business plan may not work, and poses a significant risk to Auckland ratepayers, says a confidential report.

Financial advisers will no longer have to dob each other in for ethical breaches under a completed version of a draft code of conduct.

The Chinese bid for the Crafar dairy farms has everything but transparency, finds Karyn Scherer.