New Zealand has made it into the top 10 of a list of the world's most successful countries.

Days before its first anniversary, John Key's minority National Government has received a ringing endorsement from voters.

Now the euphoria has died, President Obama must convince Americans he has the answers.

The chief executive of NZ Incorporated is nothing short of a political phenomenon.

KiwiSaver, which now has 1,189,597 contributing members, is a huge success.

Tough decisions about prisons, education, pensions and tax need to be made if NZ is to avoid a looming Government debt crisis, says Treasury.

Finance Minister Bill English in the "unfair position" of receiving no Wellington accommodation allowance, Speaker Lockwood Smith says.