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There are 13 candidates running for Parliament in Mt Albert. Here they say why you should vote for them.

Former Prime Minister John Key is consigned to a distant memory as PM Bill English inherits almost all of Key's support in new poll.

COMMENT: Peter Dunne's time in Parliament may be coming to an end.

The Green Party will not to run a candidate in Ohariu to give Labour a better chance at beating United Future leader Peter Dunne.

Two women will vie to be Labour's Whanganui electorate candidate to contest September's general election. Nominations closed on

The gap between housing supply and demand in New Zealand is growing by 40 homes a day.

Advance voting kicks off in the Mt Albert by-election today, but one of the main candidates is worried no one will turn up.

Former Police Association Greg O'Connor has won the Labour nomination in Ohariu.

COMMENT: Andrew Little started the year well but the Willie Jackson debacle has damaged his leadership and the party, writes Audrey Young.

Radio host is unperturbed about ruffling quite a few feathers in his shock-jock career as he jumps into the big red waka, reports Claire Trevett.

COMMENT: I was sitting at home doing nothing much when I heard a knock on the door. I thought to myself, "That'll be the door."

Housing New Zealand has avoided being hauled back to Parliament to explain its incorrect figures on state houses.

A new, Opposition-led inquiry into the state of aged care in New Zealand kicks off tomorrow.

Willie Jackson and Labour MP Poto Williams have met to talk about her concerns over his candidacy.

Willie Jackson's move to Labour has upset some in the party - but leader Andrew Little has told them to keep their concerns in-house.

Protesters want the legalisation of medicinal marijuana to be an election issue.

Andrew Little's choice of Willie Jackson as a Labour candidate has raised further concerns about his past comments and support for charter schools.

English says NZ First an 'unlikely' choice of governing partner, saying Nats prefer to stick to their present allies.

The Maori broadcaster and former Alliance MP is set to announce he is standing for Labour instead.

New Zealand will go to the polls on September 23, Prime Minister Bill English announced this afternoon.

The Greens and some Labour MPs are calling for a national goal of making Māori language compulsory for all children in state schools.

Opportunities Party leader Gareth Morgan has announced the party will compete in the Mt Albert by-election.

Labour leader Andrew Little will attend Waitangi celebrations in both Australia and Waitangi this year.

The evolving and prospering alliance of the two Maori parties is causing problems for the Labour Party and Andrew Little.

Labour and the Greens say they have dropped plans to cut electoral "deals" in marginal seats,

Auckland mayoral candidate Chloe Swarbrick will challenge sitting MP Denise Roche for the right to represent the Green Party in Auckland Central.

Andrew Little and Metiria Turei attack the leadership of new Prime Minister Bill English in their state of the nation speeches.

COMMENT: The feel-good start to the year with the Greens carries risks for Labour, writes Audrey Young.

Comedian Guy Williams says his MCing of the Labour-Greens State of the Nation event was one of his best-ever gigs.