COMMENT: On the day John Key resigned, Andrew Little's face flashed with something most of us hadn't seen on him in years, if ever.

The public's reaction to Labour MP David Shearer's resignation from Parliament has so far been overwhelmingly supportive this morning.

Exclusive: Labour MP David Shearer is poised to resign from Parliament to take up the tough job of leading the United Nations' mission in war-torn South Sudan.

It was the first time in Parliament since PM John Key announced he was going and Labour's front bench was a 10-metre-wide grin of schadenfreude.

Labour appear quietly thrilled about the prospect of a National Party without John Key.

National faced a more uncertain future without Key at the helm, says University of Auckland political scientist Raymond Miller.

Leader of the Opposition Andrew Little has paid tribute to outgoing Prime Minister John Key, saying he has "served New Zealand well".

COMMENT: When Andrew Little sits opposite John Key at Question Time on Tuesday, it will be a sweet moment for Labour.

The country's newest MP will fly to Wellington tomorrow to join his Labour colleagues at Parliament after winning 21 out of 22 voting booths in the Mt Roskill electorate.

COMMENT: It's "game on" in the Maori seats for next year's election with a Maori-Mana showdown with Labour looking likely.

People with student loans would be able to put off their repayments to instead save for a house under a Green Party bill to be debated by Parliament.

A former Labour member spurned for being "right wing" by Labour leader Andrew Little has signed up with National.

A bid by Labour leader Andrew Little to make Govt prioritise NZ jobs in its tenders has failed at the first hurdle.

Michael Wood was politicised amidst the body odour of hundreds of uni students.

Eighteen per cent of GP clinics closed their books to new patients

The Labour Party is still lost, neither tapping into discontent nor managing to successfully forge a competent, centrist reputation.

The latest poll canvassed views not just views on political parties but on what impact a Donald Trump presidency would have on New Zealand.

The Labour Party is urging a rethink of one of the Government's key health targets after a group of surgeons revealed important operations were being put off in order to reach the strict target.

MP Louisa Wall will today table a proposed bill that outlines a process for terminally ill people to legally chose to end their life - a move supported by the widower of Lecretia Seales.

Labour MP Trevor Mallard is the latest victim of notorious electronic bollards at Parliament.

Labour leader Andrew Little says musician Lizzie Marvelly would be "welcome" to run for Labour at the next election.

National has made extraordinary claims against Labour's Mt Roskill byelection candidate following a heated public debate.

COMMENT: The theme of the Labour Party conference last weekend was "Backing the Kiwi Dream", writes Claire Trevett.

NZ First says Labour's jobs promise is the same NZ First's which was scrapped by Labour in 2001.

Labour's annual conference in the weekend was the most boring in living memory. But maybe that's their new winning formula.

A major inquiry into euthanasia is taking place, but the Govt has already concluded it will not lead to any changes in New Zealand.

The Government will buy up to three more motels and construct modular housing as part of a new $300 million investment in emergency housing.

The Labour Party is by no means alone in worrying what to do about 74,000 young people who are in neither employment, education or training.

Labour has hit out at criticism of its costings for a new policy to give unemployed youths up to six months of fulltime community work at the minimum wage.

Sir Michael Cullen has returned to the Labour fold after eight years of self-imposed exile as a Government appointee to NZ Post.