Transsexual former MP Georgina Beyer does not believe taxpayer-funded sex-change surgery should be available "off the rack".

Editorial: The PM does not want to call it a capital gains tax but that is what it is. Houses bought as investment property will have their capital gain taxed if they are sold within two years.

Finance Minister Bill English says he does not know what effect the new rules on taxing capital gain on residential properties and new disclosure rules from non-resident buyers will have on the....

Labour would like to see targeted investment in regional NZ in next week's Budget, Grant Robertson said yesterday in his first major speech since becoming finance spokesman.

Labour have condemned the restructuring of the corrections system which will see almost 200 jobs cut.

Prime Minister John Key today rejected claims by Labour leader Andrew Little that National had been dishonest with voters last election.

The Labour Party has floated the idea of withholding state support such as Working for Families tax credits from people who are not enrolled to vote.

Foreign Minister Murray McCully has taken Shane Jones, David Shearer and Winston Peters with him for his trip to the Cook Islands, where he is holding talks.

A new deadline of 50 years to strengthen earthquake-prone buildings will preserve Auckland's heritage areas, a trust that owns old buildings says.

Andrew Little is inviting the Barbarians at the gate into Labour's lair in an attempt to lift the party's economic credentials, writes John Armstrong.

Andrew Little says John Key should have acted sooner to address any potential conflicts of interest involving a Minister whose brother faces child indecency charges.

Grant Robertson has a tough job as Labour's finance spokesman. He has to critique National's performance without yet having formulated his party's own economic policy.

Rodney Hide writes: Little is polling below Labour's previous leaders, Cunliffe and Shearer. Peters is breathing down his neck. Key remains on 51% as preferred PM.

Having military deaths only investigated in-house raises suspicions that this is a convenient way of closing down investigation and criticism - Labour.

Just as Labour governments are prone to cater to even the more extravagant wishes of trade unionists, so their National counterparts can find it difficult to resist the over-the-top whims of....

The member of Parliament-elect for Northland, Winston Raymond Peters, returned to the House this week, a Phoenix rising, a man transformed, writes Claire Trevett.

David Cunliffe, who had been married for more than 30 years, confirms split but won't be making any further comment "for the sake of our children and our wider family".

Labour will oppose a bill setting up the two referendums deciding the fate of the flag because of a sticking point over the order of the questions.

Labour Party leader Andrew Little has wasted no time running up the white flag in the Northland byelection.

Labour leader Andrew Little has called for an immediate cut in ACC levies, saying the corporation was set to collect $350 million a year more than needed.

The PM's Office has finally agreed to release transcripts from his post cabinet press conferences, and Audrey Young says it's a small, but important, victory.

Labour leader Andrew Little has given supporters a hint that they can vote for Winston Peters in Northland, but he rejects any comparisons to National's 'dirty deals' in Epsom.

The first poll of the Northland byelection shows NZ First leader Winston Peters has taken an early lead.

Labour's Jacinda Ardern disputes claims by John Key and Amy Adams that an independent criminal review commission would replicate what NZ has now.

The self-appointed Pied Piper of the North, New Zealand First leader Winston Peters, has the words "Follow Me" on the back of his campaign bus.

The Northland byelection had the makings of a real nailbiter if Labour had stood aside and made it a two-horse race.

New Labour MP Stuart Nash was bankrolled to the tune of $4000 a month by political backers for more than a year leading up to last year's general election.

Labour leader Andrew Little told Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott in their private meeting that Australia's air strikes against Isis in Iraq make sense.

More people are choosing to represent themselves in court, possibly because of the digital self-help phenomenon, the secretary for justice says.

Analysis of election candidate donations has shown a wide variety of businesses are willing to open their wallets for politicians.