The Herald on Sunday last week reported details from a statement signed by businessman Donghua Liu which said he spent "close to" $100k on a bottle of wine at a 2007 Labour Party fundraiser.

Deny, deny, deny. Attack, attack, attack. That's been Labour's response to businessman Donghua Liu claiming he donated tens of thousands of dollars to the Party.

The problem with political journalism in New Zealand is that we have MMP elections covered by a First-Past-the-Post Press Gallery.

Labour want to increase incentives for immigrants to accept jobs or establish businesses in regional New Zealand to take the pressure off Auckland.

Labour's alternative Budget manages somehow to be both cautious and audacious - and is all the better in political terms for being so, writes John Armstrong.

Millionaire businessman Donghua Liu has hired a high-profile Queen's Counsel to deal with any legal action from the Labour Party.

Fired-up West Coast-Tasman MP Damien O'Connor says he would probably have crossed the floor in Parliament last night with or without the blessing of the Labour Party.

If it seems a dismal beginning to the election campaign, there is cause to hope that this has been a flash flood, rather than the start of a long storm, writes Toby Manhire.

Labour plans to sock wealthy New Zealanders and multinationals for hundreds of millions of dollars in new taxes to fund new spending initiatives while posting slightly larger surpluses than National.

Editorial: Taxing the rich seems a defining policy of the Labour Party. It plays especially well to its left wing.

Controversial businessman Donghua Liu says he bid at Labour Party auctions and made anonymous donations to some MPs.

Labour's new tax plan would see the top rate lift to 36c in the dollar, and it is dangling the prospect of tax cuts if it got a second term, but not for the wealthy.

Controversial businessman Donghua Liu has issued a new statement to the Herald confirming "close to" $100k in total payments to Labour and its MPs.

Yesterday the Labour leader had to pick himself up off the floor, writes John Armstrong. David Cunliffe succeeded - just. He had John Key near the ropes if not on them, albeit very briefly.

A donation from Donghua Liu to a rowing club linked to a former Labour Cabinet minister has been confirmed.

Pity the Labour Party's moderating committee, for which the process of working out the list is akin to Archimedes' battle to peg down pi, writes Claire Trevett.

Labour hopeful Kelvin Davis' ranking on the party list is a veiled message that Labour is gunning for the Te Tai Tokerau seat, a party insider says.

The Electoral Commission says it is staying out of the stoush over Donghua Liu’s donations to the Labour Party for now.

Labour's Tukituki candidate rejects a claim that she was once a National supporter, despite a photograph of her and PM John Key tweeted in 2011.

The Labour Cabinet minister who handed over a bottle of wine to Donghua Liu's partner at a fundraiser denied the millionaire businessman paid $100k for the auction prize.

Labour has challenged businessman Donghua Liu to come up with evidence to support his claims of large donations to the party several years ago.

Universal KiwiSaver, with just a few exceptions, will provide more people with nest eggs and, with them, better retirements, writes Rob Salmond.

Businessman Donghua Liu spent more than $150k on the previous Labour govt, including $100k on a bottle of wine signed by Helen Clark at a party fundraiser.

What would John Key have done in David Cunliffe's position this week? Labour Party members must be asking themselves that question and they probably know the answer.

Labour Party leader David Cunliffe insisted this morning he was doing a good job.

The Labour Party will set its party list on Sunday and most of the prime real estate on it is expected to go to women candidates.

When it comes to casting aspersions, few insults are as venomous, vicious or more driven by utter contempt than accusing someone of being a "scab", writes John Armstrong.

Millionaire businessman Donghua Liu has confirmed for the first time that he donated to the Labour Party.

A former Labour Party Minister who was wined and dined by Donghua Liu on a boat cruise in China has challenged the wealthy businessman to go public about donations.