COMMENT: Our wealthy politicians with property portfolios are out of touch with Kiwis.

Just 10 MPs in Parliament do not own a home, while some own more than 10.

Govt's claim it is acting on homelessness is "highly debatable", Opposition parties say.

Beverley Aldridge has never used cannabis but wants it legalised.

Most of those using Government fund to leave Auckland have settled down.

The Green Party is looking to the Maori seats to boost its vote at the election.

COMMENT: More renewables, winter energy subsidy feature in party's electricity policy.

Palm oil labelling is on the agenda at a high-level ministerial meeting tomorrow.

Energy efficiency label still useful to Kiwi shoppers, Green Party says.

"To get any help you need to have your child harm themselves or harm other children."

Cross-party group urges condemnation of brutality against gay men

Feminists, conservatives unite as an unlikely coalition.

A Vanity Fair-style photoshoot featuring Green Party candidates is creating a stir.

Almost 170 children were found to be abused in state care during five years.

National's reform of the Resource Management Act is finally complete.

RMA reforms will take NZ "down a racially divisive abyss", Winston Peters says.

It's not that unusual to be Green, the party says in its election-year publicity drive.

Chloe Swarbrick and Jack McDonald up - but Hayley Holt way down.

Their joint Budget framework is being seen as a significant shift, writes Bryce Edwards.

Labour and Greens are releasing a set of economic promises today.

Labour, Greens and NZ First want an inquiry into claims made in a new book.

OPINION: Let's improve the quality of our debate on the challenge of climate policy.

Labour's Jacinda Ardern has leapfrogged over her leader Andrew Little as preferred PM.

The GCSB will soon be able to spy on Kiwis under reforms passed into law today.

Overhaul of the child protection laws puts emphasis on placing children in a safe, loving home.

Our fresh, clean water is a precious resource, say protesters.

Isaac Davison examines the departure of three groups from the Land and Water Forum advisory group.

Millions more dollars have been invested by a Government superannuation fund in an international palm oil company embroiled in labour abuse allegations.

The group fighting to keep the Cadbury factory open has appealed to Dunedin residents to turn out in large numbers to a rally in the Octagon today.

A third organisation has quit the Land and Water Forum in protest about freshwater standards