The 4.5km motorway extension between Waterview and Mt Roskill will result in the demolition of 365 houses and cost $1.4 billion.

Labour leader Phil Goff has admitted the party made mistakes with its so-called nanny-state policies.

Samoan police will remain on alert for accidents today, the second day since the switch to driving on the left.

There has been speculation that the murder of Sydney businessman Michael McGurk may be linked to revelations of bribes involving state and federal Labour politicians he said he had on tape.

John Key says a Treasury official lost a notebook containing secret government information intelligence services, later found by a journalist.

A journalist finds a notebook on a Wellington street containing information on merging NZ's spy agencies.