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.

Yesterday, the Green Party co-leader tentatively opened her doors to our photographer - and revealed a wardrobe filled with more blue than green. "I quite like blue," she laughed.

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.

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.

Such were the worrying levels of goodwill to all men and women evident in Parliament yesterday that National's Anne Tolley felt obliged to remark upon it, writes John Armstrong.

Rogue former Green Party candidate David Hay has apologised "unreservedly’’ to Co-leader Metiria Turei for accusing her of orchestrating a campaign against him.

A classic case of the disenchanted maverick making the fatal mistake of thinking he is bigger than the party, writes John Armstrong.

Would-be Green Party leadership challenger David Hay - whose application to stand as a candidate for the party has been rejected - says he's not finished yet.

Greens co-leader Russel Norman is facing a challenge for the party leadership from a low-ranking Greens candidate.

Russel Norman was heckled in Parliament this week when he used the opportunity to express NZ's sympathy for the Philippines to deliver a harangue on the perils of climate change.

A Green Party MP is making her way back to New Zealand after being detained by Sri Lankan authorities and questioned about her visa.

Green Party MP Jan Logie says she is "safe'' after being detained by Sri Lankan authorities and her passport confiscated.

David Cunliffe's popularity began to wane almost as soon as the media spotlight ceased illuminating the contest over the Labour Party's parliamentary leadership, writes Dr Damien Rogers.

The Independent Police Conduct Authority is investigating whether police neglected their duties in their handling of a complaint against the GCSB over alleged spying on Kiwis.

Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei has been criticised by fellow MPs for breaking ranks over the sensitive issue of MPs' travel entitlements.

Casinos will be banned from offering free carparks, cheap drinks and other perks to gamblers if the Green Party is elected to Government.

The Green Party has dipped into its taxpayer funding to illustrate SkyCity's proposed expansion of its gambling floor.

The Labour-Green plan for reducing power prices through a centrally managed bulk buying scheme has certainly set the cat among the pigeons, writes Gehan Gunasekara.