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Deals with National on the fast track
The Maori Party expects to have a confidence and supply deal to put to its party members next week, co-leader Te Ururoa Flavell said last night after talks with the National Party leadership.
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National holds its first caucus meeting
National has farewelled departing MPs at Parliament this morning and welcomed its new faces.
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Key seeks more positive relationship with NZ First
National will seek to forge a closer relationship with New Zealand First this term "on a case by case basis" despite Winston Peters' determination to lead the opposition, Prime Minister John Key says.
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Ministerial job high on new Act MP's wishlist
Act's sole MP David Seymour will meet John Key at Parliament today with a wishlist for a confidence and supply agreement, including for him to become a minister.
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Sneans? Oh no John, no
Fashion is about self-expression, individuality, it is a way of communicating with the world around you.
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Key: Ede happy to move on
Prime Minister John Key says his former adviser and National Party staffer Jason Ede was not forced out of his job in response to the Dirty Politics scandal.
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MP 101 as fresh faces learn ropes
It will be like the first day of school when 29 new MPs, 15 of them from the National Party, turn up to various caucus meetings at Parliament today.
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National staffer quits after scandal
Jason Ede, a former Beehive staffer in the PM's office who was widely quoted in the Dirty Politics book, has quit his position with the National Party.
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Peters a political hero, NZ First MP
If loyalty to the leader is highly valued, it's not hard to see why new New Zealand First MP Fletcher Tabueau rocketed his way up the party list.
![Dirty Politics author gives his verdict](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Dirty Politics author gives his verdict
The election turned out like it did because the attack politics described in Dirty Politics work, says its author Nicky Hager.
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Mike Hosking: The secret to John Key's success
Mike Hosking writes: National had the best case. The best project to present. The best story to tell. The best numbers to back them.
![Crumbs off the buoyant PM's table](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Crumbs off the buoyant PM's table
The election success of National has weakened the bargaining power of their support parties.
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Editorial: Remarkable feat may lead Key as far as fourth term
John Key's achievement on Saturday is historically remarkable.
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Herald-DigiPoll came closest to winner
The Herald-DigiPoll survey came closest to predicting the final election result, an analysis of the four major polls shows.
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Election 2014: Mixed bag in new House
The new Parliament is a melting pot of ethnicities and religions - but one thing has stayed the same, it's a male-dominated House of Representatives.
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PM's strict line: Don't get arrogant
John Key yesterday began his third term as Prime Minister with a strict warning to National MPs and ministers: don't get arrogant.
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So where does that leave Winston?
Winston Peters yesterday appeared dead-set on taking a leading role in opposition against John Key's new Government but some of his MPs won't shut the door on National.
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Collins back, with less support
Former minister Judith Collins is returning to Parliament but appears to have been punished by voters in Papakura, with her majority halved.
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New-to-blue MPs ready to make their mark
Whangarei's new MP is a high-achieving doctor who was called on by the New Zealand Embassy to help in the wake of the Boston Marathon terror bombings.
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John Armstrong: Cunliffe 'misread the public mood'
What the public wanted to hear from him was a large measure of mea culpa. What it got was Cunliffe blaming everyone but himself.
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Blue tide sweeps Northland
The blue tide that has ruled over Northland for the past 40 years swept over the region again with National Party retaining the Whangarei and Northland seats.
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John Armstrong: Key's National triumph leaves Labour desperate
As National began to slide in the polls last week, one senior Beehive staffer was puzzled as to why.
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Herald on Sunday Editorial: Key has a right to savour this moment
So much for "dirty politics". So much for Nicky Hager, Cameron Slater, "Rawshark", "Whaledump", Kim Dotcom, Glenn Greenwald, Edward Snowden, Julian Assange ...
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Nats' promises to you
Tax cuts are coming for most New Zealanders ... but you're going to have to wait for three years.
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Cunliffe vows to stay on as Labour leader
Labour leader David Cunliffe says he will not stand down despite a heavy defeat in election 2014.
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National win three more years
Three more years they chanted at the National Party headquarters as the scale of their resounding victory in Election 2014 became clear.
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John Armstrong: Utter triumph for John Key
An indisputable triumph for one man; a total and unmitigated disaster for his many enemies.