The release of a report on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' decision to grant immunity to Muhammed Rizalman bin Ismail will be put off at least until he is sentenced.

A dinner to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the election of the first ever Labour Government will bring together a potentially explosive mix of people.

Spare a penny for the poor? This time around, the poor in question are not the homeless or the children, but the MPs themselves, writes Claire Trevett.

Strewth. Can you imagine it, cobber? The All Blacks singing Advance Australia Fair before kick-off and then throwing a few prawns on the barbie at the after-match?

Phil Goff is the instant front-runner, if not a near certainty, to be the next mayor of Auckland.

Winning an election requires three ingredients and one condiment. The ingredients are people, ideas and money. The condiment is rat cunning.

Ever since the party's former president, Mike Williams, stepped down there have been murmurs that his successors did not have the same persuasive touch with business donors.

The Labour Party has tried to turn a sow's ear into a silk purse, using a Herald story about its financial woes to ask for donations.

Nutrition experts say Labour's policy to reduce sugar in foods is a good move, but a sugar tax on fizzy drinks is an essential step.

OPINION: It was not only a glass Little smashed in his speech to Labour Party faithful. His speech went a long way to winning over critics, writes Audrey Young.

The Labour Party has dumped policies that would raise the retirement age and introduce a broad capital gains tax.

Annette King says Labour's plan betters National's "feeble attempt" to address obesity.

Labour Party President Nigel Haworth says the party needs to show a united front and stop internal squabbling.

The Labour leader is not known as an expert in fashion, but last week he took the opportunity to offer a bit of advice to Jeremy Corbyn.

Lambshank gives a cheeky peek into Andy's inbox as Labour delegates rev up for Manawatu conference, writes Toby Manhire.

The Labour Party has closed the doors on vast tracts of its 99th annual conference this weekend, saying it wants to keep debate "in the family".

Mt Albert residents are questioning the speed of Housing New Zealand's plans for its Asquith Ave site.

Labour MP Kelvin Davis is giving this country good value for his seat in Parliament.

A New Zealand Labour MP is waiting on Christmas Island to hear if he'll be granted access to an Australian detention centre where Kiwis are being held.

Kiwis needed to be aware, she said, of attempts to belittle and deride those who dare speak out against official wisdom.

Labour's proposed course of action on the TPP would constitute the most reckless act by any NZ government of the post-Muldoon era.

Labour's leader, Andrew Little, faces a dilemma over what sort of deputy he needs.

Labour wants a minimum qualification requirement for all early childhood educators, seeking to curb the rapid growth of taxpayer-subsidised nannies and au pairs.

Labour leader Andrew Little says the Trans-Pacific Partnership appears to fail four out of the party's five bottom lines for supporting the deal.

At the beginning of this month, New Zealand acquired an effective capital gains tax.

Labour has been pivotal in shifting public opinion, shifting its own position last year from a pro starting point to a neutral one.

Ballooning numbers of preschool kids being taught at home by under-qualified grandparents and nannies - at the taxpayers' expense.