We shouldn't forget the first-past-the-post system twice delivered Robert Muldoon a government with fewer votes than Labour.

More than half of all voters support keeping MMP, a new poll shows.

Former National Party leader Don Brash was "not unhappy" about losing the 2005 election because it meant he didn't have to work with NZ First.

Orchardists growing gold kiwifruit may have had their hopes of bonanza returns this season dashed as they wait on confirmation that a vine-killing bacteria has arrived in NZ.

Two listed companies are the first victims of a suspected incursion in NZ of a bacterial disease which has ripped through gold kiwifruit varieties overseas, particularly in Italy.

A website is predicting that National is likely to need the embattled Act party in order to govern after next year's election.

An orchard is under quarantine after the discovery of a suspected bacterial disease that may threaten NZ's $1.5b kiwifruit industry.

Winston Peters has announced New Zealand First's plan to lead the country back to prosperity.

A new poll suggests the saga around David Garrett's false passport and Heather Roy's ousting as deputy leader have hit the Act Party hard.

The Maori Party has scoffed at suggestions by ex-MP Winston Peters that Govt initiatives concerning welfare and the foreshore would lead to disaster.