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NZ Super under threat, warns Peters
"If anyone thinks it is going to be safe after this election, then they had better think again," The NZ First leader says.
"If anyone thinks it is going to be safe after this election, then they had better think again," The NZ First leader says.
Former Prime Minister John Key is consigned to a distant memory as PM Bill English inherits almost all of Key's support in new poll.
Ultimately, if money was no object, the mine could probably be re-entered says Solid Energy chairman but it could cost $100 million.
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Labour and Act say they will back a Green Party proposal to give domestic violence victims up to 10 days' paid leave.
COMMENT: Shane Jones' is set to join New Zealand First but not everyone in the party is holding up the welcome sign.
Among the new targets set by Bill English, police will be attending 98 per cent of burglaries within 48 hours, up from current rates of 86 per cent.
English says NZ First an 'unlikely' choice of governing partner, saying Nats prefer to stick to their present allies.
The Greens and some Labour MPs are calling for a national goal of making Māori language compulsory for all children in state schools.
Morgan compared Peters to Don Brash, saying they were "black-and-white facsimiles of each other"; Peters described Morgan as "a thinned-out version of Kim Dotcom".
Labour leader Andrew Little has all but ruled out forming a post-election coalition with the Maori Party or Mana Movement.
Bill English's arrival this afternoon was uneventful compared to his first Ratana visit in 2002 - also the first by a National Party leader.
Labour leader Andrew Little says the Maori Party is "effectively the Maori branch of the National Party."
Labour leader Andrew Little is proposing a new solution to recover bodies in the Pike River coal mine.
Regardless of bottom lines, Winston Peters will go with the winner if his choice matters. Let us hope it does not.
Resignations by MPs has been pronounced since MMP began in 1996, of both of list and constituency MPs.
Prime Minister Bill English will not rule out trading away the Foreign Affairs portfolio in post-election coalition talks.
The very health and safety changes which the Pike River disaster prompted make re-entering the mine difficult, Prime Minister Bill English says.
Labour appear quietly thrilled about the prospect of a National Party without John Key.
Social media has erupted following the news Prime Minister John Key will be stepping down next week.
Michael Wood's victory in Mt Roskill is a "bloody nose" for the Government, says Labour leader Andrew Little.
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New Zealand First has history in opposing any new buildings to house MPs and ministers.
The latest poll canvassed views not just views on political parties but on what impact a Donald Trump presidency would have on New Zealand.
The Government may be disappointed by Donald Trump's TPP policy but it is pushing NZ interests in other markets, including Iran.
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New laws against looters are not necessary, says police minister.
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is calling for tough new laws around looting after three houses were burgled in the aftermath of this morning's quake.
NZ First leader Winston Peters was too busy trying to coat-tail on Trump's success to congratulate Trump when Parliament addressed the President-elect's ascendancy.
NZ First says Labour's jobs promise is the same NZ First's which was scrapped by Labour in 2001.