Prime Minister John Key says he is happy for a Chinese company to buy a central North Island farm so long as the correct process is followed.

The Labour Party is promising to put $17 million into a new agency to help people on to the right career path.

Less than two months out from the general election, some of our big-gun politicians are already beginning to shoot themselves in the foot.

Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce has accused Labour of "xenophobia" in their opposition of the potential sale of Lochinver Station.

You cannot teach an old dog new tricks. Or so they say. Well, just try telling Winston Peters that.

Q: I was listening to the radio and I heard a Labour MP say that under Labour not only would KiwiSaver be compulsory but a capital gains tax would apply to it.

To paraphrase US comedian Lily Tomlin, no matter how dire Labour's political management reveals itself to be, it's impossible to keep up.

Eight weeks out from the election, Labour's new spending promises are running streets ahead of National's.

I was wrong when I claimed that leading politicians knew the name of the "prominent" New Zealander hiding behind name suppression. David Cunliffe did not.

Labour leader David Cunliffe was taped saying he'd debate Prime Minister John Key "anytime, any place, anywhere, I'll even do it on Mike Hosking's show."

A Board of Inquiry has granted consent for the Puhoi to Warkworth motorway north of Auckland, known as the "holiday highway".

Labour says the Government is poised to offer Auckland motorists an election "bribe" by fast-forwarding motorway tunnels under the Waitemata Harbour - without room for trains.

John Key says David Cunliffe is crying wolf by refusing to rule out withdrawing from TVNZ's election debate because Mike Hosking will be the moderator.

"It wasn't me." Napier's Labour candidate Stuart Nash has denied the PM's accusation he's the party source who criticised David Cunliffe's ski holiday break.

A Labour Government would pour as much as $200 million into projects like developing Opotiki Harbour.

Labour leader David Cunliffe has acknowledged his "I'm sorry I'm a man" comment to a domestic violence meeting was a misjudgment.

Labour leader David Cunliffe says he would not have gone on his skiing holiday had he known how bad the polls were for Labour at the time.

Labour's support among men has fallen to just 23.9 per cent in a new poll and David Cunliffe concedes his 'sorry for being a man' speech might be to blame.

David Cunliffe says any MP concerned with his ski-break timing should have the 'integrity' to put their name to criticism, instead of remaining anonymous.

Deborah Hill Cone believes sex appeal amounts to political capital. 'But sadly for the Labour Party's polling, Cunliffe is simply not hot.'