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Parents face $80 a week fees shock

The parents of tens of thousands of preschoolers can expect to start paying more for early childhood care next year.

<i>Editorial</i>: Open the SOE stable and let the foals thrive

The Labour Party's finance spokesman, David Cunliffe, raised some eyebrows last Thursday

<i>Matt McCarten</i>: Swing to the right and Labour will be left out

<i>John Armstrong</i>: After the disaster comes the politics

Jim Anderton seems to have made it his personal mission to end the life-and-death lottery that working in underground mines has entailed.

<i>Jim Anderton:</i> History shows a change of government is on the cards

Labour sees place for private capital in SOEs

The Labour Party has signalled a willingness to allow private capital into state-owned enterprises - at the subsidiary level.

Labour puts on brave face over National gain

Labour's leadership was yesterday putting on a brave face over the party's sharply reduced majority in the weekend's Mana byelection.

<i>Audrey Young:</i> Little glory for Goff in tight win

Phil Goff and the wider party can take little heart from the result of the Mana byelection apart from keeping the seat in Labour hands.

<i>Matt McCarten</i>: Pulling out all the stops in Mana