New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters has angrily rejected suggestions he is in talks with National about a post-election deal.

Former New Zealand First MP Ron Mark has confirmed he is considering the offer of what the Herald understands is a high place on the party's list.

The Conservative Party has been blocked from using its new "Vote" logo on ballot papers after the Electoral Commission found it was likely to confuse voters.

Colin Craig has been forced to pull one of his candidates into line after he threatened to name the sex offender who Labour Leader David Cunliffe recently met with.

A bankrupt businessman with convictions for tax avoidance is suing independent MP Brendan Horan and RadioLive in a $650,000 defamation claim.

As captivating and entertaining as such a contest would have been, Winston Peters is unlikely to throw himself feline-like into the pigeon loft, writes John Armstrong.

NZ First would take GST off basic food items and rates bills and would target tax dodgers to fund the expensive policies, leader Winston Peters said yesterday.

Winston Peters has borrowed heavily from other parties with policy announcements today.

Winston Peters said NZ First’s support is firming up and his party is taking votes from others across the board.

Conservative Party leader Colin Craig says he would not form a Government with National unless it agreed to introduce binding referenda.

NZ First Leader Winston Peters is promising to announce “game changing” policies to tackle social inequality.

NZ First Leader Winston Peters is taking the fight to Colin Craig by refusing to rule out standing against the Conservative Party Leader in East Coast Bays.

Some of the Conservative Party's key policies are so similar to New Zealand First that leader Colin Craig has been accused of plagiarism.

A hardline law and order policy by NZ First would offer greater protection to homeowners, farmers and shop keepers who shoot to kill intruders during home invasions or burglaries.

The Corrections Department has confirmed it is investigating a complaint about a staff member, said to be NZ First MP Asenati Lole-Taylor's husband Dennis Taylor.

The suspected illegal sale of a Northland island is further evidence of the Government's free-for-all attitude to selling land to foreign interests, Winston Peters says.

Winston Peters accused Brendan Horan of "disgraceful" conduct after it was revealed NZ First will not face sanctions over allegations of misuse of taxpayer funding.

So predictable has Winston Peters become in timing his beating of the anti-immigration drum near an election that you can almost set your watch by it, writes John Armstrong.

New Herald poll shows Internet-Mana would get two MPs, as their success eats into the Greens vote while National is still well ahead of Labour.

Brendan Horan doesn't have any secrets - just ask his wife, Miranda.

Taxpayer funding for National and Labour's election campaign broadcast advertising has been cut for this year's election but the Greens and NZ First will enjoy a substantial boost.

The chairman of a Maori Trust at the centre of claims from Winston Peters of misspending has stepped down as an independent audit of its finances is launched.

A Mana Party contender claims Winston Peters was among those who helped pay a $632 fine Hone Harawira received last year at an Glenn Innes housing protest.

Winston Peters refused to answer questions about his ugly parliamentary put-down of his rogue former MP Brendan Horan in his first day back in the House.

David Cunliffe has tried just about everything to put a dent in the Government's poll ratings without success, writes Brian Rudman. He's now dipping into Winston Peters' murky bag of trick

Brendan Horan has made fresh allegations that his former boss, Winston Peters, is breaking parliamentary rules by having taxpayer-funded staff working on party business.

New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters is calling for an inquiry into finances at a $30 million-a-year South Auckland Maori disability support services trust.

Prime Minister John Key is predicting a "tight and tough" election with the Government up against a "left wing block" of parties.