Conservatives leader Colin Craig has backed down from a legal dispute about his comments on homosexuality, saying it would be too expensive and time-consuming.

Questions are being asked about a taxpayer-funded trip for deaf MP Mojo Mathers to be interviewed on a small provincial radio station.

Act's leader is standing by his comments that incestuous relationships between consenting adults should not be illegal, even though he is "very opposed" to it.

The Green Party has suspended low-ranking candidate David Hay for attacking the party's leaders and releasing internal documents.

National and the Greens have been major movers in the latest One News Colmar Brunton poll, with National up six points to 51 per cent and the Greens down by five to 8 per cent.

Colin Craig prepares defamation case against Greens' co-leader Russel Norman after the MP refused to apologise within a deadline set by Mr Craig this afternoon.

If there was ever a man determined to keep NZ Post in business, it is Colin Craig, writes Claire Trevett. So far he has had his lawyers send letters off to a satirical blogger, two media outlets, the Broadcasting Standards Authority and now Russel Norman.

Colin Craig has succeeded in keeping his Conservative Party in the public eye over the past few years

Conservative Party leader Colin Craig has put up his credentials as a cook specialising in meat dishes

Colin Craig needs to harden up and quickly, writes John Armstrong. If Craig's defamation threat against Russel Norman is a stunt, it's poorly conceived and executed.

Kiwis would be able to borrow up to $15,000 to install photovoltaic panels at home and pay back via rates.

The Government will loan households up to $15,000 at low interest rates to help them install solar power if the Greens are elected.

More than 1000 protesters are expected to hit the beach tomorrow to demonstrate against deep sea oil drilling in New Zealand waters.

Editorial: Act's new leader could do worse than look across the House to the Greens, polar opposites in political philosophy but occupying a similar tactical position.

New Zealand First would hold the balance of power if the results of the first major political poll of the year were translated to an election result.

While Conservatives leader Colin Craig writes big cheques, Green Party members hold sausage sizzles.

Justice Minister Judith Collins says Greens co-leader Metiria Turei is a "sanctimonious hypocrite" for championing the poor while dressing in expensive designer clothes.

Two Green Party MPs could struggle to get back into Parliament in this year's election, according to a leaked list which showed they had plummeted in the party's rankings.

The long running tit-for-tat between Metiria Turei and senior Government ministers over her clothes has reignited again with claims of racism and hypocrisy.

Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei has promised a free lunch for all children in low-decile schools.

Jan Logie is a Green Party list MP and talks to Audrey Young about personal goals for 2014.

The "secrets-for-brownie points" case has been escalated to Customs Minister Maurice Williamson - but he says it has nothing to do with him.

A senior Customs official told colleagues in charge of highly personal information they could earn "brownie points"if they passed secrets to the FBI.