The icing on the cake for Mr Dotcom is that the stand-off will occur in his home electorate of Helensville.

The Kim Dotcom wrecking ball keeps swinging and this time former Immigration Minister Jonathan Coleman is in its path, writes David Fisher.

Jonathan Coleman knew the FBI was interested in Kim Dotcom before his officials granted the tycoon residency - a revelation which has led to accusations he misled the public.

The minister who oversaw the granting of Kim Dotcom's residency is stretching credibility over explanations as to how the internet tycoon got into NZ, says Labour.

Kim Dotcom says he has enlisted heavy-hitting US journalist Glenn Greenwald, who blew open secrets about mass spying by the US Government, to help embarrass John Key.

A police decision not to prosecute over illegal spying on NZers by the Government Communications Security Bureau was justified, the police watchdog has found.

More than 20,000 hours have been clocked up by Crown lawyers working on Kim Dotcom cases, it has been reported. So how much would have cost taxpayers?

Kim Dotcom says he'll drop a political bombshell five days out from the election he says will prove the PM lied about when he first knew about him.

Kim Dotcom is challenging government minister Jonathan Coleman to explain why he didn't block his application for residency after learning of an FBI investigation into him.

We have long argued here that immigration applications should not be decided by a minister of the Crown.

The Immigration Minister has denied putting pressure on Immigration NZ to accept Kim Dotcom's residency application, but will not take questions on the subject.

Prime Minister John Key must explain the "political pressure" government officials were under to process Kim Dotcom's residency application, Labour says.

Kim Dotcom's estranged wife Mona celebrated her birthday dog-sledding with the Megaupload founder and their children yesterday.

The leader of the Internet Party talks about her nervousness, her wardrobe and the Dotcom mansion.

Mona Dotcom's estranged husband Kim Dotcom, 40, has lashed back following her interview in a women's magazine this week.

The estranged wife of internet tycoon Kim Dotcom has broken her silence about their separation in an "explosive tell-all" interview with a New Zealand women's magazine.

The nannies who care for internet mogul Kim Dotcom's five children have been allowed to remain in New Zealand.

A judge has ruled a book written by a Herald journalist about Kim Dotcom is not "news activity" - so it doesn't get special legal protections.

Mana Party Leader Hone Harawira is facing a new challenge in his Te Tai Tokerau seat at this year's election, from his party's former Te Tai Tonga candidate Clinton Dearlove.

Keeping Kim company Kim Dotcom and his wife Mona announced their split last month after five years of marriage but it appears he's not sitting at home crying about it.

Snobbery has brought me much amusement, initially as its target and now, as a privilege of age, in rendering it, writes Bob Jones.

Jamie Whyte has a classic opportunity to stamp his mark on Act and distance the party from John Banks, writes Fran O'Sullivan. But the Prime Minister has tried to rip that avenue away by saying Banks has options.

The downfall of John Banks may have seemed the story of the week. But the feasting by the mob on what was left of his dignity was essentially a sideshow, if a rather unsavoury one, writes John Armstrong.

Prime Minister John Key continues to back John Banks as "an honest man" and says he still has "options" despite being found guilty of knowingly filing a false electoral return.