A former Labour Party president believes Labour's dismal election result will prove fatal for David Cunliffe.

The text of the letter David Cunliffe sent to Labour members, supporters and affiliated unions on Saturday night, after the party's shocking election result.

This election has seen the highest ever number of Pasifika candidates voted in as members of parliament.

Te Tai Hauauru MP Adrian Rurawhe says he's got big shoes to fill - even if they belong to an opposition MP, who happens to be a relative and his former boss.

Labour has clung on to its three Christchurch seats, but is puzzled and dismayed at National's clean sweep of party votes in the earthquake-battered city.

Labour has lost four list MPs and, critically for the party that aimed to have a 45 per cent female caucus, three were women.

The dreamlike quality of the 2014 election was only confirmed yesterday when New Zealand woke to discover that everything was pretty much unchanged.

A high tide that swept centre-right parties to their historic victory rose most strongly in Labour's traditional South Auckland strongholds.

Rugby was the winner on the day. Well, Israel Dagg was.

Labour's new Manukau East MP and Parliament's first Tongan-speaking member, Jenny Salesa, says she has been overwhelmed by the tremendous support from voters.

For the changes in the Labour's rules which David Cunliffe was party to and which he promoted in order to undermine Shearer could end up destroying his own leadership.

Labour leader David Cunliffe has lashed out at Kim Dotcom as "reprehensible" after last night's loss.

In a frosty and combative interview this morning, David Cunliffe admitted the party's worst result since 1922 was 'not great' but 'not all bad either'.

As National began to slide in the polls last week, one senior Beehive staffer was puzzled as to why.

After months of trying to set the agenda for the election, Kim Dotcom last night saw the aspirations of his political party crash and burn.

Hone Harawira has asked voters to 'hold fast to their mana' against the party leaders who have 'ganged together' against him.

A Labour-led Government with the backing of the Green Party or New Zealand First could mean the return of the public service channel previously known as TVNZ 7.

David Cunliffe faced a lecture theatre full of students at Waikato University and had smoko with workers at a Te Rapa factory.

Dear John and David. Please forgive the first-name familiarity. I'm older than you are so it doesn't feel terribly out of order.

With heavyweights Pita Sharples and Shane Jones out of the election race, there's a gaping hole in Maori politics and the most urban Maori electorate.

Most of us have had euphoric moments so overwhelming as to be etched on one's memory ever more.

It was advertised as the Labour Party's last big policy of the election campaign. So small was it in size and so opaque was its intention that Labour's motive was anyone's guess.

Labour has given a nod to the Greens and New Zealand First with a plan to set up a $100 million-a-year sovereign wealth fund that would invest in ‘‘strategic'' assets.

Labour leader David Cunliffe's final stop during a day of campaigning saw him harangued in te reo by a man angry at his stance of ruling out some parties after the election.

A Labour Government would establish a sovereign wealth fund to fund clean energy projects.

This time next week the people will have spoken - an election is that rare and precious moment when everyone in the country can be heard.

Can Twitter handle serious policy debates? This week has been dominated by tax policy.

David Cunliffe has been backed to stay on as Labour leader even if his party fails to form the next government, according to the latest Herald-DigiPoll survey.

There was cheering, dancing, and a personal gift of $50 to an Internet-Mana voter as Labour leader David Cunliffe traversed the diverse markets and malls of Auckland today.