One of Judith Collins’ most relentless opponents, Joe Karam, says the country is better off with her out of Cabinet.

When the Wallabies drew with the All Blacks in the first Bledisloe Cup match in Sydney, it was widely considered almost as good as a win.

Whale Oil blogger Cameron Slater is backing his mate Judith Collins.

Judith Collins says her decision to quit will allow Prime Minister John Key to focus on the election campaign.

Judith Collins has resigned, effective immediately.

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says Judith Collins' credibility is in tatters and her accusations of lying about a plot to potentially roll Prime Minister John Key are hollow.

An inquiry into Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee and his deliberate breach of airport security is unlikely to be completed before the election.

Auckland's home affordability headache won't be solved in a hurry but both National and Labour now have quick fixes for desperate home buyers.

NZ Herald commentators deliver their verdicts on who won the first leaders' debate between John Key and David Cunliffe.

The battle for the Te Tai Hauauru electorate is almost neck and neck between the Labour and Maori Party candidates according to a new poll on Maori Television.

Political parties - tired of repeated attacks on candidates' billboards - are using motion sensor cameras to catch the vandals, and passing evidence to police.

In the latest Herald series on election policies, we look at whether parties are paying attention to voter's worries about land sales to overseas buyers.

It started well enough, but John Key left Greymouth with a heartfelt plea from the widow of one of the 29 dead Pike River miners ringing in his ears.

Labour is reaching the bottom of the pork barrel with its remaining election campaign spending promises curbed by Treasury’s forecasts last week of lower tax take.

Bill English somehow neglected to mention New Zealand First in his press statement yesterday decrying the "big spending" promises made by Labour, the Greens and Internet Mana.

National Party member Brent Robinson says he's disappointed and upset about an "atrocious" smear campaign during the Rodney candidate selection in 2011.

With the economy performing well on most other fronts the residential property market remains its major defect.

National is promising grants for first-home buyers on modest incomes will be doubled - to up to $20k for a couple buying a newly built home - if it is re-elected next month.

National has just announced $100 million over four years for new urban cycleways, as Labour and the Greens promise to eclipse that investment.

A multimillion-dollar taxpayer-funded cash injection for Team NZ's next bid to win the Auld Mug is most likely under a National-led Government.

John Armstrong looks at the PM's change of tactics as he tries to deal with the continuing fallout from the 'Dirty Politics' scandal.

Whatever voters do with the private emails an unidentified hacker has made public, they are better informed.

Embattled Judith Collins emerged unrepentant yesterday and announced she would not be stepping down after a political week from hell.

The writ has been written, and the 2014 election campaign has begun. No longer can you sit idly by and ignore the issues of the day, writes Ben Uffindell.

Whale Oil blogger Cameron Slater got a response to an Official Information Act request from Justice Minister Judith Collins in just 37 minutes.