Labour's Stuart Nash will be up against three or more others in race for seat in Parliament

Housing shortages are likely to dominate the political conversation as the election looms

Prime Minister Bill English is defending the latest increase in net migration and says he is not looking at curbing demand.

Isaac Davison takes the pulse of the parties to reveal who is in good health and who is a dead man walking.

"If anyone thinks it is going to be safe after this election, then they had better think again," The NZ First leader says.

Hastings mayor Lawrence Yule is the National Party candidate for Tukituki.

Former Prime Minister John Key is consigned to a distant memory as PM Bill English inherits almost all of Key's support in new poll.

After his first major speech as Finance Minister, Steven Joyce talks to Liam Dann about economics, social investment and the odds of tax cuts in the upcoming budget.

Ratepayers are set to pay between $90,000 and $100,000 if Hastings mayor Lawrence Yule is selected as the National Party's Tukituki

Advance voting kicks off in the Mt Albert by-election today, but one of the main candidates is worried no one will turn up.

John Key says the decision to resign as Prime Minister was the hardest of his life.

The Government remains unconvinced about a proposal to put a cap on how much money households can borrow for a mortgage.

Former Prime Minister John Key is back at Parliament - for a limited time.

Protesters want the legalisation of medicinal marijuana to be an election issue.

The naming of election day always intensifies the focus on politics.

Among the new targets set by Bill English, police will be attending 98 per cent of burglaries within 48 hours, up from current rates of 86 per cent.

The English and Bennett team is bigger than the sum of its parts, writes Audrey Young, after the Prime Minister's State of the Nation address.

English says NZ First an 'unlikely' choice of governing partner, saying Nats prefer to stick to their present allies.

Labour and the Greens say they have dropped plans to cut electoral "deals" in marginal seats,

These are the high points from Labour and Greens' State of the Nation speeches this afternoon.

Andrew Little attacks Bill English, as he reveals his battle with prostate cancer left him determined to strive for a system fair for everyone.

Greens co-leader Metiria Turei's State of the Nation speech today focused on feminist themes.

Five National MPs have been given new roles by Prime Minister Bill English.

National MP for Rangitata Jo Goodhew will quit Parliament at the election after being dropped from Cabinet.

Bill English's arrival this afternoon was uneventful compared to his first Ratana visit in 2002 - also the first by a National Party leader.

Labour leader Andrew Little says the Maori Party is "effectively the Maori branch of the National Party."

Nearly 5000 people are now in the queue for social housing across the country.

A group of uninsured homeowners in Christchurch have lost their bid to avoid costs for a legal battle with the Government.

COMMENT: Former Clerk of Parliament David McGee says list MPs should not be replaced and electorate MPs should be bonded.

Resignations by MPs has been pronounced since MMP began in 1996, of both of list and constituency MPs.