The Government has announced a major policy on emergency housing this afternoon.

Former National Party president Michelle Boag has rapped a self-adapted version of 90's hit Gangsta's Paradise during a party fundraiser in Auckland last night.

Who would turn their noses up at giving the public more electoral choices in New Zealand politics? Most politicos would, judging by

COMMENT: Key and McCully forged their successful political partnership around dealings the United States and it is about to be harnessed again.

New Zealand politicians have given their verdict on the US election, Trump and Clinton.

Are the National Government and Murray McCully guilty of corruption? The official verdict is now in, but not everyone agrees.

National Party list MP Jono Naylor says he will leave Parliament after just one term.

Are you angry about the widening gap between rich and poor? Or are you sceptical about the stats?

Who's winning the "class struggle" between business and workers?

Although no leading politician is likely to claim that "election is rigged", there are numerous problems with democracy and elections that need debating.

The knives are out in the National Party after the centre-right's disastrous result at last weekend's local elections in Auckland.

COMMENT: NZ First leader has been vocal about parents' strain on pension.

The Government's state housing agency is set to run out of money by February, ministers have been warned.

COMMENT: The Prime Minister has sounded the warning for his three-yearly check of the best-before dates of ministers.

The mother of the first person to get approval to use medicinal cannabis in New Zealand has made an emotional plea to Parliament to make it easier for others to get access to the drug legally.

Former National Party leader Don Brash says a new anti-separatist campaign may end up donating to one of his old enemies, New Zealand First leader Winston Peters.

Government should proceed with legalising assisted dying only if strong safeguards are in place, the human rights watchdog says.

A brief liaison with a man she didn't know cost a young Auckland woman $28 a week off her benefit for two years.

The gap between rich and poor is growing in New Zealand, new data shows, partly driven by rising housing costs.

Housing Minister Nick Smith is accusing Labour of immaturity after they hijacked his urgent changes to housing policy.

Prime Minister John Key says he will back the Reserve Bank to introduce further controls on housing demand if house prices continue to rise.

Nikki Kaye entered Parliament in 2008 as the National Party's first-ever Auckland Central MP, claiming an electorate which had been held by left-leaning parties for 90 years.

Pacific MPs are coming under pressure from former All Blacks to vote against changes to Easter trading laws.

If you're the Prime Minister of New Zealand it turns out to be hundreds.

After locking in its long-term climate change target, National is seeking a cross-party approach to the issue for the first time.

"It is very small, but it is quality,' says the National MP promoting a trivial law change.

Labour wants changes to spying reforms before it will support them, including a broader oversight committee.

COMMENT: It's as though a bee smoker has been pointed at Wellington's most famous hive and its inhabitants have become dopey.

Labour's proposed Affordable Housing Authority will have powers to buy land compulsorily, Labour leader Andrew Little says.