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

Fewer than half of councils have enough staff trained to respond to marine oil spills.

Labour appear quietly thrilled about the prospect of a National Party without John Key.

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.

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.

COMMENT: Does the success of outsider Republican nominee Donald Trump signal the time for a political revolution in Godzone too?

West Coast had highest rate

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.

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.

New Green MP Barry Coates says he has achieved change from outside politics and now he wants to achieve change from within the political system.

The mother of the first person to get approval to use medicinal cannabis in New Zealand has made an emotional plea to Parliament to make it easier for others to get access to the drug legally.

Labour, Greens and the Maori Party released the results of their inquiry this morning after holding public hearings around the country.

Green MP Marama Davidson has been released by Israeli authorities in Tel Aviv and is on her way back to New Zealand.