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![Business leaders slam power plan](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Business leaders slam power plan
Labour and the Greens have defended their controversial electricity policy after New Zealand's business leaders issued an open letter asking them to withdraw it.
![Leak case: fight for secrecy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Leak case: fight for secrecy
A Wellington public servant has admitted photocopying highly sensitive Cabinet committee documents.
![Yvonne Tahana: Hard worker who always wore a smile](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Yvonne Tahana: Hard worker who always wore a smile
Parekura Horomia never gave me one good news tip - but he was still one of my favourite people to see on the Maori beat, writes Yvonne Tahana.
![Thousands likely at Horomia's tangi](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Thousands likely at Horomia's tangi
Thousands are likely to pay their respects at Parekura Horomia's tangi at Tolaga Bay this week but no matter how many come locals say they'll be ready.
![Brian Gaynor: Labour-Greens proposal creates dilemma](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Brian Gaynor: Labour-Greens proposal creates dilemma
The Labour-Greens' proposal has created a major dilemma for potential Mighty River Power investors - should they invest in a company that could be subject to major regulatory change, including a dramatic adjustment to its business model?
![Fran O'Sullivan: Political capital costs Shearer market trust](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Fran O'Sullivan: Political capital costs Shearer market trust
It didn't take David Shearer long to zero in on the million dollar-plus pay packets of chief executives running the country's power cos as the next stage of his campaign for govt control of the market.
![Labour pays tribute to NZ military personnel](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Labour pays tribute to NZ military personnel
The Labour Party has paid tribute to New Zealand military personnel serving around the world and has remembered those who died on battlefields at Gallipoli nearly a century ago.
![User groups give power plan thumbs up](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
User groups give power plan thumbs up
The Labour-Green proposal to cut Kiwi householders' power prices through radical market reform has been given the thumbs-up by consumer groups, but energy sector commentators are divided on the plan.
![Backlash over MP's new job](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Backlash over MP's new job
Labour and the unions have cried foul over the appointment of MP Jackie Blue as the new Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner.
![Editorial: Point scoring outbursts will not solve tax conundrum](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Editorial: Point scoring outbursts will not solve tax conundrum
Editorial: Labour's revenue spokesman, David Cunliffe, was hardly ploughing new ground when he accused Apple, the world's biggest tech company, of failing to meet its tax obligations in New Zealand.
![John Armstrong: Fired-up Shearer easy target for Key](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
John Armstrong: Fired-up Shearer easy target for Key
Someone should tell David Shearer that getting all indignant about someone else's blunder was not the best of tactics to employ in Parliament, writes John Armstrong.
![Iwi-run TV mooted under new law](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Iwi-run TV mooted under new law
New iwi-run television stations could be part of the broadcasting landscape once pending legislation is passed, says the chairman of the organisation which will control Crown-allocated spectrum.
![Solid Energy warnings ignored](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Solid Energy warnings ignored
Were senior Cabinet ministers asleep at the wheel? Did they fail to step in soon enough when problems at Solid Energy were apparent? John Armstrong investigates.
![Shearer's $50,000 'oversight'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Shearer's $50,000 'oversight'
Labour leader David Shearer says his failure to declare a US-based bank account with more than $50,000 in it on the MPs' Register of Pecuniary Interests was an oversight.
![Editorial: Give private sector a go at Solid Energy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Editorial: Give private sector a go at Solid Energy
Editorial: If anything useful has been learned from the Labour Party's pursuit of Solid Energy, it is that there are severe limits to the present Government's asset sales.
![Jones hits out at 'poor advice'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Jones hits out at 'poor advice'
Former Labour high flyer Shane Jones is back on the front bench after being cleared of corruption over his citizenship decision for Bill Liu in 2008.
![John Armstrong: Hopefully Jones has learned his lesson](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
John Armstrong: Hopefully Jones has learned his lesson
Nine months in the political wilderness awaiting Lyn Provost's painstaking report may well have done the trick, writes John Armstrong.
![Banks hopes carpark tax idea will be withdrawn](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Banks hopes carpark tax idea will be withdrawn
Small Business Minister and Act leader John Banks yesterday criticised the Government's proposed taxation of employer-supplied carparks in Auckland and Wellington.
![$50m housing boom for Tauranga](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
$50m housing boom for Tauranga
Fifty million dollars worth of new homes are set to be built in Tauranga after being given council approval over summer.
![Controversial exit from Charles Chauvel](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Controversial exit from Charles Chauvel
A controversial exit speech by Labour MP Charles Chauvel this week pointing to the lack of racial balance in the shadow cabinet and factions in the party has opened up wounds around the last leadership battle.
![Editorial: Debt-ridden Solid Energy a victim of circumstance](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Editorial: Debt-ridden Solid Energy a victim of circumstance
All manner of people, policies and practices are being blamed for the near-collapse of Solid Energy, the state-owned coal company that is burdened with $389 million in debt.
![John Armstrong: Clever reshuffle adds punching power](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
John Armstrong: Clever reshuffle adds punching power
David Shearer has pulled it off, writes John Armstrong. Yesterday's reshuffle of shadow portfolios is very different from the one he instituted on becoming leader 14 months ago.
![Labour signals gloves coming off](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Labour signals gloves coming off
Labour's new health spokeswoman Annette King has sent a warning shot to Health Minister Tony Ryall that she intends to put an end to his golden run in the portfolio.