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Labour contenders defend free flights
The four Labour leadership contenders have defended using taxpayer funded flights for their campaigns, saying they will have to pay most of the other costs.
Claire Trevett: Factions and females - F words dog Labour
Attempts to put a ban on the word female in Labour have failed. It seems to be like having a sore tooth they can't help poking, despite the pain, writes Claire Trevett.
Mike Hosking: Only one wave worth catching
Say what you want about John Key, but he's so relaxed he's horizontal, writes Mike Hosking. He's real, and he loves it. Why couldn't David Shearer do that?
Grant Robertson trims down
Labour leader candidate Grant Robertson has been accused of being too beltway so he has trimmed the size of his belt, losing 20kg over the past 10 months.
Editorial: Electorate MPs best placed to pick leader
The Labour Party is doing itself no favours with the way it has decided to elect its leader.
Mallard stands up for Collins
Former minister Judith Collins is getting sympathy from unlikely places after she was denied the title "The Honourable" by Prime Minister John Key.
Reform will be aimed at house affordability - Smith
Resource Management Act reform will be aimed at housing affordability, building and construction minister Nick Smith has told a summit today.
Mahuta joins leaders' race
Labour's Hauraki-Waikato MP Nanaia Mahuta will contest the Labour Leadership.
House affordability falls - survey
Houses are going up by $30,000 a year but wages are only rising fractionally in one of the clearest illustrations of the worsening housing affordability crisis.
Shearer: Cunliffe should quit
David Shearer has delivered a blunt message to Labour's former leader David Cunliffe: quit Parliament altogether. He explained his thinking to the Herald.
Claire Trevett: Leadership dance crazier by the day
Labour's leadership contenders appear to think they are involved in an extreme version of the Hokey Cokey, writes Claire Trevett.
Shearer backs out of leadership race
Labour MP David Shearer has ruled out a tilt at the leadership after weeks of speculation he would try to get his old job back.
Labour leadership's turbulent ride
The latest leadership crisis in the Labour Party comes on the heels of years of resignations, criticisms and a lack of confidence.
Claire Trevett: Labour's leadership contest is not about taking turns
Claire Trevett writes: So Labour has its leadership barbershop quartet, and although each member is singing to the same audience they are at a very different pitch.
Parker: Labour is 'a house divided'
David Parker has confirmed that he will be bidding for the Labour Party leadership, saying the party's forthcoming 100th anniversary milestone must not become a tombstone.
John Armstrong: Key hits ground running as Labour squabbles
Rust never sleeps. And neither, it seems, does John Key.
Editorial: It's time for Cunliffe to step aside
Someone ought to put David Cunliffe out of his political misery. He has allowed his nomination for the Labour Party leadership, which he gave up last week, to go forward - but he should reconsider.
Robertson puts in formal nomination
He is confident he still has a significant core of support in Labour caucus despite the entry of Andrew Little yesterday.
Little banking on a clean break
Labour's latest leadership hopeful admits he may be the underdog but his entry could throw the contest wide open if he can persuade enough MPs he's what the party needs.
John Armstrong: Little selling himself as Labour's unifier
Andrew Little's not the "compromise" candidate, writes John Armstrong, rather, he's astutely pitched himself as the "unity" ticket in this campaign.
Little could be first List leader
Andrew Little would be the first List MP to lead the Labour Party if he is successful in his bid as leader, but says that is not necessarily damaging to his chances.
Who is Andrew Little?
Andrew Little, who is running for the Labour leadership, is a lawyer and union leader who has risen quickly through party ranks. He also knows how to dance.
Labour contest just got a Little bigger
Andrew Little has confirmed he'll contest Labour's leadership, pitting him against former leader David Cunliffe and Grant Robertson for the top job.
Nash: Pull out not linked to email
New Napier MP, Labour's Stuart Nash says an email linking him to a Dirty Politics figure didn't force him out of his party's leadership race.
Claire Trevett: English's plan to save the children: scrap RMA
The Prime Minister might get to choose who sits where in the Cabinet and on his front bench, but it seems National's caucus has a far more anarchic pecking order - one based on speed and punctuality just once every three years.