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Rodney Hide: Cluster-bomb will blow up prices

Rodney Hide says the Labour Party has three possible policy responses to any problem: tax it, throw money at it or regulate it.

Benson-Pope making comeback attempt

Former Cabinet minister David Benson-Pope is planning a political comeback.

Real estate heads doubt Labour plan

Real estate agency bosses don't back the Labour Party's foreign house buyer exclusion policy, saying sheer lack of supply is the nub of the issue.

Trade warning on home buying ban

Plans by the Labour Party to exclude foreign buyers from the housing market have sparked more calls for restrictions and warnings about the risk of damaging the country's relationships with its major trading partners.

Rodney Hide: Labour is its own worst enemy

Those of us following politics are witnessing the destruction of a party leader, says Rodney Hide.

Labour would repeal GCSB law - Shearer

Labour leader David Shearer says the proposed GCSB bill is "bad law" and would be repealed if the party was successful at next year's election.

John Armstrong: 90 days to save Shearer's bacon

Shearer's new chief of staff, Fran Mold, has three months at most to resuscitate his flagging leadership of Labour, writes John Armstrong.

New chief 'just part of shake-up'

Labour Party leader David Shearer says a shake-up of staff in his parliamentary office had been planned for some time.

Second GCSB bill concession possible

John Key appears to have made another concession over the bill expanding GCSB powers - this time requiring it to have regard to the Bill of Rights Act.

Shearer asks media for a 'fair go'

Labour MPs at the centre of rumours about a leadership move within are adamant that there are no moves under way to oust David Shearer.

Suspected leaker loses appeal bid

A clerical assistant suspected of leaking two confidential cabinet papers has lost his Court of Appeal bid to challenge the findings of the Paul Rebstock inquiry into the leaks.

Shearer rejects coup talk

David Shearer has strenuously denied there are moves afoot within his own caucus to have him dumped as Labour's leader - and senior colleagues are backing him up.

Shearer axes 'distracting' man-ban plan

Labour leader David Shearer has quashed his party's proposal for women-only candidate selections.

Cartoon: Man ban policy

John Armstrong: One question sorted... and another one raised

The terse, four-paragraph press statement issued by Labour Party president Moira Coatsworth did not say very much. But in not saying very much, it said it all.

Spy bill hits roadblock as Peters lays into Key's changes

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters said his concerns about the bill had widened beyond the four he specified in his first reading.