Labour Leader David Cunliffe yesterday adopted an even tougher stance on the proposed sale of the huge Lochinver Station to China's Shanghai Pengxin.

Labour's plan for a royal commission into the public service to address issues such as poor advice from officials.

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.

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.

Last time I wrote in this esteemed organ, I proffered an idea or two as to why Labour wasn't exactly breathing down National's neck, writes Mike Hosking.

MPs have headed off on the campaign trail with one last blast at their rivals.

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.

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

As we draw closer to the election, again to be contested under New Zealand's proportional electoral system, here is a crib sheet: the state of the parties with 57 days to go.

The Labour Party's leader need make no apologies for taking a holiday with his family last week. The Prime Minister was doing the same

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.