Courts Minister Chester Borrows admits he is embarrassed after being fined $80 for speeding.

National list MP Claudette Hauiti is leaving politics after being told she would not get a good enough list ranking to make it back to Parliament.

Labour leader David Cunliffe says he would not have gone on his skiing holiday had he known how bad the polls were for Labour at the time.

National list MP Claudette Hauiti - who recently returned her parliamentary credit card she'd used for a overseas trip - is calling time on her political career.

Retiring National MP Tau Henare fondly remembers accusing the Duke of Edinburgh of not doing anything and inviting the French Prime Minister to Apec - France is not a member.

David Cunliffe says any MP concerned with his ski-break timing should have the 'integrity' to put their name to criticism, instead of remaining anonymous.

Labour's support has slumped to its worst rating for 15 years in the latest DigiPoll survey, putting critical pressure on leader David Cunliffe.

A new political poll shows support for National has dropped slightly, but the party still has a massive 30 point lead over Labour.

National Party MP Claudette Hauiti has given up her parliamentary charge card after she used it to pay for a personal trip to Australia.

National and Labour policies on domestic violence are still not enough to achieve the "culture shift" that New Zealand needs, says philanthropist Sir Owen Glenn.

Leaving the country in the hands of deputy Bill English, Prime Minister John Key took a holiday "selfie", posted on Instagram yesterday by son Max.

Aucklanders are told something has to go if the mayor is to keep rates from rising beyond his election promise. Aucklanders should not listen to this, writes John Roughan.

With only 71 days to the election, Prime Minister John Key is taking an extended overseas holiday, thought to be at his bolt-hole on the Hawaiian island of Maui.

Schools could get as many as 21 extra teachers under Labour's election-year policy, according to new calculations.

The Opposition's role is to hold the government to account plus present itself as an alternative administration.

NZ's political parties are making it official on Twitter. Both Labour and National are targeting the 'twitterati' and offering social media hashtags to campaign.

I bet Labour wishes it wasn't an election year, writes Mike Hosking.

Editorial: Foreign Minister Murray McCully owes the state of Malaysia a huge apology for suggesting it was to blame for immunity in the diplomat sex case.

Editorial: Looking for an electoral gift to unwrap at the National Party conference last weekend, the Government issued a hardly inspiring programme of roadworks.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

The prospect of the Internet Mana alliance teaming up with Labour has been a recurring theme at the National Party conference.

Anti-oil exploration protesters have put up banners in Wellington ahead of the National Party's Annual Conference.