Mana leader Hone Harawira has kept the prospect of merging with the Internet Party alive.

Kim Dotcom has ruled out the unlikely prospect that his Internet Party could work with National, a move that rekindles the possibility of an alliance with the Mana Party.

Mana Party leader Hone Harawira says he is not bothered by the fact that Internet Party patron Kim Dotcom has a signed copy of Adolf Hitler's book Mein Kampf.

On the eve of his Internet Party launch, Kim Dotcom has admitted owning a rare copy of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf.

Voters are justifiably rankled that a party which fails to reach the 5 per cent threshold gets additional seats in Parliament simply because it has won an electorate.

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.

More than 1000 protesters are expected to hit the beach tomorrow to demonstrate against deep sea oil drilling in New Zealand waters.

The shame over Parliament non-attendance rests on the Prime Minister's shoulders, Hone Harawira says.

Mana Party Leader Hone Harawira says Prime Minister John Key's criticism of his record of attendance at Parliament is "petty".

Mana Party Leader and sole MP Hone Harawira is "taking the mickey’’ with his frequent absences from Parliament, Prime Minister John Key says.

John Key has accused Hone Harawira of taking a taxpayer-funded junket to South Africa after it appeared Mr Harawira did not attend Nelson Mandela's funeral.

Taxpayers are footing the bill for Hone Harawira's trip to attend Nelson Mandela's memorial service in South Africa.

MP Hone Harawira denies a charge which followed a housing protest, saying he was using his car lights to protect three women on a roof.

Video footage of chaotic scenes at an Auckland housing protest in which Mana Party leader Hone Harawira was arrested last year has been played to a court.

Police smashed a window in Hone Harawira's car after he ignored repeated requests to move out of the path of a truck at an Auckland housing protest last year, a court has been told.

If it true that all the Maori activists abandoned the Maori Party to follow Hone Harawira over to the Mana Party, somebody forgot to tell Tame Iti.

The chances of any union between the Maori Party and Mana Party appear remote, despite changes in leadership and calls for talks from several party members at the Maori Party's annual conference.

Matt McCarten says John Key must feel like he's in a B-grade horror movie where his prom dates keep coming to gruesome demises.

The stand-out winner of the Ikaroa-Rawhiti byelection was Hone Harawira. Oh, I know the votes cast say otherwise but, to me, Hone captured modern politics perfectly.

Ikaroa-Rawhiti byelection candidate Te Hamua Nikora says previous health problems forced him to quit a marijuana habit.

Na Raihania joked that he could help John Key with his literacy if he wins the Ikaroa-Rawhiti byelection.

A Mana Party candidate who kept $12,000 that had been given for his cancer treatment says he was unable to give the money back.