Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei reveals her first job.

The Green Party are to contest the Mt Albert byelection, with a candidate to be selected in the New Year.

KiwiRail has announced it will replace its electric train fleet on the North Island main trunk line with diesel locomotives.

The National Party's decision not to contest the Mt Albert byelection can be well understood, but that does not make it right.

Catherine Delahunty and Steffan Browning will not seek reelection in 2017.

COMMENT: Politics can be a nasty, thankless business, especially when you're the leader.

The very health and safety changes which the Pike River disaster prompted make re-entering the mine difficult, Prime Minister Bill English says.

A joint summit on Heretaunga Plains water issues is an opportunity to start changing the way people think about water, says Green

Dentists spell out sugar control policies they say are needed

EXCLUSIVE: Hayley Holt has confirmed she will stand for the Green Party at next year's general election.

Michael Wood's victory in Mt Roskill is a "bloody nose" for the Government, says Labour leader Andrew Little.

People with student loans would be able to put off their repayments to instead save for a house under a Green Party bill to be debated by Parliament.

Dairy giant facing fresh calls to stop use of palm kernel expeller in the wake of "appalling" labour abuse claims against its Singapore-based supplier.

Greens back Kaikoura quake legislation despite voicing concerns over further damage to environment and sea life.

The Government will urgently pass quake recovery laws which allow landslips in the South Island to be cleared into the ocean without consent.

The latest poll canvassed views not just views on political parties but on what impact a Donald Trump presidency would have on New Zealand.

Pupils with learning difficulties struggle to get the help they need, despite Government changes to tackle inequity.

Green Party co-leader James Shaw has decided to run in Wellington Central again in 2017.

Auckland mayoral candidate Chloe Swarbrick has announced a shift to national politics.

As Donald Trump's presidential victory sinks in, Government and experts are starting to count the potential cost to New Zealand's climate change commitments, its defence ties, and even its core values.

Donald Trump's views on nuclear weapons are a huge concern - but there's a bigger worry, former NZ Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer says.

Government reshuffles fever programme money to boost awareness in Auckland

Greens, a tightwad Mayor and fleshpots were on offer at opening of the Labour Party conference.

New Zealand politicians have given their verdict on the US election, Trump and Clinton.

Labour's pledge to invest $680 million in a light rail system has rightly been labelled "pork barrel" politics by Steven Joyce.

A raft of changes to safety rules for swimming pools will save lives, the Government says - but some are not convinced.

Education Minister Hekia Parata revealed that 8 of the 64 special schools in New Zealand are using a seclusion room.

New Zealand needs to provide much better care for the mentally ill, says a man who was rescued from a bid to take his own life.

Government denies that new rules requiring community agencies to share basic client data with the Government for funding amount to "surveillance".

The Prime Minister has visited more than three times as many high decile schools this year, than low decile.