Hone Harawira says it was "dumb" and shameful that he forgot to vote on the bill that was the main reason for his break with the Maori Party.

The second reading of the bill to replace the Foreshore and Seabed Act has passed through Parliament and former Maori Party MP Hone Harawira wasn't there to vote against it - despite the bill being the reason for him leaving his party.

National candidate Jami-Lee Ross convincingly won the Botany byelection tonight and will become the youngest MP in Parliament this term.

A vote for any Botany candidate is apparently a vote for all the same things: A strong voice in parliament. A good economy. A safe community. Good education.

Ten vying for electorate in southeast Auckland predicted to be a sure bet for National Party

Hone Harawira, wanted to become a minister when the Maori Party first went into coalition with National, according to a confidential statement by Te Ururoa Flavell.

Nick Smith has ruled out holding an independent review of ACC's procedures around elective surgery claims unless the corporation begins to lose large numbers of appeals against its decisions.

The man dubbed "Minister of Pornography" is on his way back, eight months after his fall from grace.

Today is the last public holiday for New Zealanders until late April - but even then you're missing out.

After the sale hysteria of the 1980s New Zealanders are in no mood to have their family silver hocked off yet again.