A property investors group is recommending rent hikes and a halt on maintenance as a result of proposed changes to property taxation.

Phil Goff slams the Prime Minister's policy statement, saying it "fails on every count."

John Key has sent Generations X and Y a clear message: Leave the country now.

Live updates from the Prime Minister's first Parliamentary speech of the year.

On a measure of boldness, John Key's new economic plan to Parliament scores about four out of ten.

Business is unlikely to be blown away by the boldness of the vision outlined in today's agenda-setting speech.

Some of the main points from Prime Minister John Key's statement to Parliament.

A rise in GST to 15 per cent has been strongly signalled in the Prime Minister's statement to Parliament but it would be offset by across-the-board cuts in personal tax.

John Key is expected to target tax breaks for landlords in his first parliamentary speech of the year setting out the Government's plans.

How will business judge John Key's economic plans? Pretty well - if he meets the five key criteria, writes Fran O’Sullivan.

A proposal to ban smoking at beaches and other public places doesn't have the support of John Key, who thinks it is too "nanny state".

The mother of the 12-year-old girl John Key took to Waitangi three years ago says she feels let down by the Prime Minister.

Prime Minister John Key will use his Waitangi Day address this morning to tackle extremists on both sides of the race relations divide.

The recession has been particularly savage on young workers with 18.4 per cent of the 15 to 24 age group now unemployed.

Almost three-quarters of parents support the Government's controversial national achievement standards for primary and intermediate students.