Hone Harawira should think carefully indeed before committing his fledgling Mana Party to any vote-sharing deal with Kim Dotcom's Internet outfit, writes John Armstrong.

NZers are split over whether the Govt should allow Kim Dotcom to stay in NZ even if he loses his extradition court case later this year. So is sympathy for him fading?

Internet mogul Kim Dotcom claims he has signed up one sitting MP to join his new party before the election and is talking to three more

The Internet Party hopes to team up with Hone Harawira and other electorate MPs to spend more than $1 million fighting this year's election - but as they go live this week, few people have heard of them, and nobody knows what they stand for.

Internet mogul Kim Dotcom says he will not give up fighting his extradition battle against the United States despite the case suffering a major blow this morning.

Kim Dotcom and Len Brown are linked by several personal characteristics. Both are showmen. Both are prone to vanity. Both hate being out of the limelight.

Kim Dotcom's lawyers and the Crown are both considering appealing aspects of a Court of Appeal ruling that search warrants on Dotcom's Coatesville mansion were valid.

All political leaders ought to visit Dotcom for the simple reason his case has revealed the NZ Govt has not itself adhered to the rule of law, writes Gehan Gunasekara.

Kim Dotcom is facing calls to pay $500,000 in debts by creditors who have watched him appear to embrace again an opulent lifestyle.

Several comparisons come to mind while observing the unedifying spectacle of politicians lining up to ingratiate themselves with Kim Dotcom.

Prime Minister John Key has hinted his tip-off about NZ First leader Winston Peter's visits to the Dotcom mansion came from blogger Cameron Slater.

Winston Peters said he believes Kim Dotcom is telling the truth in claiming the Prime Minister knew about him well before the day before the raid on his mansion.

Greens' co-leader Russel Norman says he has not made any promises to Kim Dotcom over his extradition - but he did try to talk him out of setting up a political party.

Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom's extradition could be decided by Labour or Greens, one of which says it will not allow him to be sent to the United States.

A lot is resting on the success of TV3's cooking show The Great Food Race, so channel bosses are remaining optimistic, writes John Drinnan.

An angry Kim Dotcom has labelled the Prime Minister a "spin master" after discovering potential evidence in the upcoming $6 million damages hearing has been deleted.

With Dotcom's foray into politics suggesting that anything is possible in the wacky world of MMP, rumours now abound that I'm standing for Epsom. I can neither confirm nor deny the existence of a new political entity to be known as "The Whatever Party".

Herald journalist David Fisher has refused to release documents related to Kim Dotcom after a request by Crown Law, which is defending police and the Government's spy agency against a $6 million compensation claim by the internet entrepreneur.

John Drinnan looks at media coverage of Kim Dotcom and comments by the head of the Copyright Council saying reporting of the millionaire and businessman needs to be "more robust".

Lawyers acting for the police and the GCSB have requested recordings and transcripts made by the author of a book about Kim Dotcom.