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Budget: What's in it for you
Income tax cuts for everyone will be announced in next week's Budget. They will take effect in October and cost about $2.3 billion a year.

Awkward questions bring the love-in to an end
Coalition already stuttering as Tories query issues of Europe and vote system reform.

Idiot's guide to the Super City
What is the Super City? How is it structured? How will it work? Who holds the power? How do you vote?

Brown has big lead over Banks for super mayor
Manukau Mayor Len Brown has a big lead on Auckland City Mayor John Banks in a Herald-DigiPoll survey on the Super City mayoralty.

NZ anti-whaler's life in Japanese prison
A look at the conditions of detention faced by a NZ anti-whaling activist awaiting trial in Japan for disrupting whaling in the Southern Ocean.

Cameron's sure-footed journey to the top
You don't have to be a swivel-eyed conspiracy theorist to think that David Cameron was bound to be Prime Minister one day.

Tuhoe hold emergency talks over Key 'betrayal'
Tuhoe are holding emergency hui to discuss John Key's announcement that iwi ownership of the Urewera National Park is off the negotiating table.