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Deborah Hill Cone: Cunliffe's problem is that he just isn't sexy
Deborah Hill Cone believes sex appeal amounts to political capital. 'But sadly for the Labour Party's polling, Cunliffe is simply not hot.'
Deborah Hill Cone believes sex appeal amounts to political capital. 'But sadly for the Labour Party's polling, Cunliffe is simply not hot.'
Former Labour minister Dover Samuels says he won't be voting for the party at the election.
A new political poll shows support for National has dropped slightly, but the party still has a massive 30 point lead over Labour.
Labour is reassuring consumers that a proposed ban on cosmetics tested on animals will not strip popular makeup and beauty brands from New Zealand shelves.
Come the rains, come the politicians. When the winds and rains wrought havoc over Northland, it was Labour MP Kelvin Davis who got stuck in.
National and Labour policies on domestic violence are still not enough to achieve the "culture shift" that New Zealand needs, says philanthropist Sir Owen Glenn.
The Immigration Minister has denied putting pressure on Immigration NZ to accept Kim Dotcom's residency application, but will not take questions on the subject.
Labour's only Northland MP, Kelvin Davis, is backing National's Puhoi to Wellsford extension, the roading project mocked as an unnecessary "holiday highway" by his colleagues.
For Labour, size matters - particularly when it comes to education, writes Kerre McIvor.
Deep sea drilling would continue under a Labour Government, but with more safety regulations.
David Cunliffe is well into repositioning himself as the candidate from Party Centrist - not Party Left Wing.
It was at the old Portland Hotel restaurant in Wellington in 1998 that David Cunliffe was told his time had come to stand for Parliament.
Karen Price could be NZ's next "First Lady" but says she will always be a mother and lawyer before she is a politician's wife, and people will "take me as they find me".
Editorial: It is easy to sympathise with Local Govt NZ's misgivings about Labour's plan to take EQC levies off insurance premiums and add them to rates bills.
Homeowners and landlords could see hundreds of dollars added to their rates bills under Labour proposals for a sweeping overhaul of the disaster insurance regime.
Labour leader David Cunliffe is "premature" to rule out ministerial spots for Internet Party leader Laila Harre and Mana leader Hone Harawira, Ms Harre said yesterday.
A "warrant of fitness" scheme for all rental housing may be on the agenda whoever wins the election in September, a new survey has found.
The Labour Party has it on good authority that school class sizes are a subject that can move votes.
The Opposition's role is to hold the government to account plus present itself as an alternative administration.
Schools could get as many as 21 extra teachers under Labour's election-year policy, according to new calculations.
Labour has turned it guns on one of areas it believes National is most vulnerable in the lead up to the election.
NZ's political parties are making it official on Twitter. Both Labour and National are targeting the 'twitterati' and offering social media hashtags to campaign.
It was at the same venue as the National Party's conference the week before, but the Labour Party "congress" came in a different colour.