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.

Mana leader Hone Harawira claims the National, Labour and Maori parties are all out to unseat him by throwing their weight behind Labour's Kelvin Davis.

The Internet Mana Party says it would push for the next Government to give NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden safe passage and residency in New Zealand.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Prime Minister dismisses claims GCSB was involved in mass surveillance of New Zealanders and attacks the Pulitzer-winning journalist who made them.

John Key is the king of the political selfie, the prince of the walkabout. His is a campaign high on charm and low on policy detail but one which the polls suggest is working.

It was a day to talk of cabbages and kings -- or at least kingmakers -- for Labour leader David Cunliffe in Napier.

On the face of it, Mana Party leader Hone Harawira and Labour Party hopeful Kelvin Davis agree on major issues that have plagued the Tai Tokerau electorate for years.

He called him ''Shylock'' and a ''nasty little creep'' but Labour candidate Steve Gibson was among those queueing to shake hands with Prime Minister John Key today

In an effort to lower rates and weaken the currency, Labour is pledging to broaden the RBNZ's policy goal by re-writing its main objective.

A move away from the adversarial court system for sexual and domestic violence may be back on the agenda after the resignation of former Justice Minister Judith Collins, a senior National MP says.

For the past month, National leader John Key and Labour leader David Cunliffe have bemoaned the focus on Dirty Politics and the lack of attention to their policies.

David Cunliffe is sticking by his decision to rule out the Maori Party in his government, but will not say if Labour would rather go back into Opposition than back down.

Maori Party co-leader Te Ururoa Flavell says Labour's David Cunliffe may have done himself out of a chance of becoming Prime Minister by ruling out the Maori Party.

Finance Minister Bill English says tax cuts will begin taking effect from 2017 – conditions allowing - by which time a National Govt will have $1.5b a year free cash.

Labour leader David Cunliffe says there'll be a maximum of three parties in any Government he leads, and has ruled out including the Maori Party.

Labour's finance spokesman David Parker this morning jibed that Act-held Epsom should be used to trial that party's policy of abolishing the Resource Management Act.