National is playing MMP gymnastics at the expense of its little allies and with an eye on the 2014 election.

Big banks shout Treasury staff to meals and events with 'disturbing frequency'.

A new poll revealing Labour with only 27 per cent support shows the public are rejecting the opposition's new tax policy, Prime Minister John Key says. The result was among Labour's worst of the past decade.

Prime Minister John Key has defended New Zealand's emissions trading scheme amid criticism it is soft compared with a new Australian scheme.