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Labour's Jacinda Ardern and National's Nikki Kaye, on NZ's student loan system.
Labour's Jacinda Ardern and National's Nikki Kaye, on NZ's student loan system.
Two of Parliament's youngest MPs, Labour's Jacinda Ardern and National's Nikki Kaye, begin a weekly blog for nzherald.co.nz today.
One Labour MP said Damien O'Connors "gaggle of gays" comment offended him, but accepted an apology.
Phil Goff almost seemed amused by Damien O'Connor's remarks, writes Audrey Young.
Labour MP Damien O'Connor is this morning defending his comments attacking the Labour party's list as a 'gaggle of gays and self-serving unionists'. A political commentator and a unionist on the list give their reactions.
The Labour Party's list has been labelled 'a gaggle of gays and self-serving unionists' by one of their own MPs.
The Labour Party has put at least seven newcomers into winnable slots on its party list.
When people want to have a go, they call her a policy wonk - which she actually likes.
The former MP announced this morning that she will not be taking up the seat left vacant by Darren Hughes.
Has a senior Labour politician won the heart of a woman whose partner suffered a debilitating stroke?
Could Dunedin's quiet achiever David Parker be a future Labour leader?
Fifteen years ago, Helen Clark stared down a party coup mounted by her eventual successor, Phil Goff. But her victory came at a huge price for Labour. Phil Quin, one of the plotters, offers an insider's account.
Grant Robertson doesn't think he's that special.
Former Labour Party minister Judith Tizard is widely expected to take the seat in Parliament left vacant by Darren Hughes.
Former Labour minister Judith Tizard is dismissing a press statement purportedly from her announcing her return to Parliament to replace former MP Darren Hughes as a bad April Fool's Day joke.