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![House affordability falls, consents up](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
House affordability falls, consents up
Wages have only gone up $34.53 annually against house prices, which are up by $38,000, according to a new report. Which regions fared the worst?
![Key hints at pre-ballot tax cut vow](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Key hints at pre-ballot tax cut vow
Prime Minister John Key gave the strongest hint yet that modest tax cuts for low- and middle-income earners will form part of National's pre-election promises.
![John Armstrong: Strategy creates a clever route to block Labour-Greens](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
John Armstrong: Strategy creates a clever route to block Labour-Greens
The roading announcement was also part of a wider strategy to convince voters that the Greens will be the driving force of any post-election coalition, writes John Armstrong.
![Key's roading spend up](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Key's roading spend up
Prime Minister John Key has announced a $212 million roading and construction package in a bid to shoreup National's vote in regional New Zealand for the election.
![Election between far left and centre-right, says PM](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Election between far left and centre-right, says PM
The three National MPs effectively forced to retire at the coming election appeared to boycott a ceremony at the party's conference yesterday to thank all 12 retiring MPs for their service.
!['Anything could happen'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
'Anything could happen'
The prospect of the Internet Mana alliance teaming up with Labour has been a recurring theme at the National Party conference.
![Protest banners at party conference](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Protest banners at party conference
Anti-oil exploration protesters have put up banners in Wellington ahead of the National Party's Annual Conference.
![John Key: I thought about quitting](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
John Key: I thought about quitting
John Key briefly considered walking away from the job about 18 months ago and his new biography reveals he sacked two Ministers for 'nothing in particular'.
![Donor Liu's new statement](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Donor Liu's new statement
Controversial businessman Donghua Liu has issued a new statement to the Herald confirming "close to" $100k in total payments to Labour and its MPs.
![Brian Rudman: Wealthy buffoons hold our democracy hostage](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Brian Rudman: Wealthy buffoons hold our democracy hostage
National's little Act Party poodle seems to be running scared of the attention-seeking yapping of wannabe Conservative Party lapdog Colin Craig, writes Brian Rudman.
![Liu donation confirmed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Liu donation confirmed
A donation from Donghua Liu to a rowing club linked to a former Labour Cabinet minister has been confirmed.
![Liu should reveal his evidence, says Key](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Liu should reveal his evidence, says Key
Prime Minister John Key has added his voice to calls for Donghua Liu to put up or shut up over his donations to Labour.
![I'm no Nat, says Labour candidate](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
I'm no Nat, says Labour candidate
Labour's Tukituki candidate rejects a claim that she was once a National supporter, despite a photograph of her and PM John Key tweeted in 2011.
![John Roughan: Politics and life of John Key](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
John Roughan: Politics and life of John Key
John Roughan writes: Nine months ago, I received an offer that gave me excitement and trepidation. Would I like to write a book on John Key? Would I!
![Liu: 'I gave to Labour'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Liu: 'I gave to Labour'
Millionaire businessman Donghua Liu has confirmed for the first time that he donated to the Labour Party.
![Brian Rudman: Nats miles in front, but it's still the season of rorts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Brian Rudman: Nats miles in front, but it's still the season of rorts
This gaming of the system is not new, writes Brian Rudman. What is different this election is that instead of it being nudge-nudge, wink-wink, it's become formalised.
![Cabinet Clubs bad look, even to Nats](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Cabinet Clubs bad look, even to Nats
Almost half of National's own supporters believe the fundraising tactics the party uses with its "Cabinet Clubs" are a bad look, according to the latest Herald poll.
![McCready takes aim at PM over Banks](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
McCready takes aim at PM over Banks
Retired accountant Graham McCready is pursuing a private prosecution against the Prime Minister over the Banks' case and says it's not a waste of court time.
![Nats fly high, new party nibbles Greens](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Nats fly high, new party nibbles Greens
New Herald poll shows Internet-Mana would get two MPs, as their success eats into the Greens vote while National is still well ahead of Labour.
![Editorial: Polls show National is on a roll](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Editorial: Polls show National is on a roll
Yet another poll - the Herald-DigiPoll survey today - suggests National is heading for a decisive re-election in September.
![Colman's $50k Nats donation disclosed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Colman's $50k Nats donation disclosed
Ex-NBR owner Barry Colman recently gave the National Party $50,000 - the first time the wealthy publisher's contribution has had to be disclosed.
![Nat Party Kelston candidate selected](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Nat Party Kelston candidate selected
List MP Claudette Hauiti has been selected as the National Party candidate for Kelston.
![John Armstrong: Deal or no deal? Key's big treble gambit](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
John Armstrong: Deal or no deal? Key's big treble gambit
Paul Goldsmith was gasping like a fish out of water, writes John Armstrong. When he did find his voice, he made an absolute hash of answering the reporter's questions.
![Academic pulls out of politics show](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Academic pulls out of politics show
Left leaning political commentator and academic Bryce Edwards has pulled out of Otago University's Vote Chat online politics show over concerns the programme is now dominated by National Party supporters.
![Election '14: Parties ready but are you?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Election '14: Parties ready but are you?
With 100 days to go until election day on September 20, the political parties - no doubt fibbing through clenched teeth - profess to be ready. Or close enough.
![Claire Trevett: NZ game of thrones - does Cunliffe dare to play?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Claire Trevett: NZ game of thrones - does Cunliffe dare to play?
David Cunliffe may well be proud that red is the colour of socialism, writes Claire Trevett, but he can't afford a re-enactment of Thrones' Red Wedding.