OpinionJohn Armstrong: Fired-up Shearer easy target for KeySomeone should tell David Shearer that getting all indignant about someone else's blunder was not the best of tactics to employ in Parliament, writes John Armstrong.26 Mar 04:30 PM
Banking and financeSolid Energy warnings ignoredWere senior Cabinet ministers asleep at the wheel? Did they fail to step in soon enough when problems at Solid Energy were apparent? John Armstrong investigates.25 Mar 04:30 PM
New ZealandKey in dark over lucky dip prizeJohn Key was touted as a dinner companion in a lucky dip contest fronted by a National Party minister - but never knew he was the prize used to lure entrants.22 Mar 04:30 PM
OpinionJohn Armstrong: How brand National survives the folliesWhy has National remained so incredibly popular for so long despite suffering continuing calamities, embarrassments and unwanted distractions, asks John Armstrong.22 Mar 04:30 PM
OpinionDame Anne Salmond: Time to defend democratic rightsSince the 1980s, too, successive Governments have become increasingly high-handed, and ideologically driven, writes Anne Salmond.13 Mar 08:30 PM
OpinionJohn Armstrong: Hopefully Jones has learned his lessonNine months in the political wilderness awaiting Lyn Provost's painstaking report may well have done the trick, writes John Armstrong.12 Mar 04:30 PM
OpinionJohn Armstrong: Water rights remain political hot potatoAlthough it takes some swallowing, the Prime Minister's insistence that there was no plan B had the Supreme Court blocked the part-sale of Mighty River Power has to be taken at face value.01 Mar 04:30 PM
OpinionJohn RoughanJohn Roughan: Asset sales go ahead on trustDame Sian Elias and fellow judges of the Supreme Court made a remarkable declaration of confidence in you and me and our adherence to a constitution this week.01 Mar 04:30 PM
OpinionEditorial: Debt-ridden Solid Energy a victim of circumstanceAll manner of people, policies and practices are being blamed for the near-collapse of Solid Energy, the state-owned coal company that is burdened with $389 million in debt.26 Feb 04:30 PM
EmploymentYouth starting wage law recommendedA Parliamentary committee has recommended a starting wage for youth be passed into law.26 Feb 12:25 AM
New ZealandPoll: National in front with 51pcNational has risen above 50 per cent again in the latest 3 News political poll, while Labour and the Greens polled 43 per cent between them - well short of a majority.24 Feb 08:27 PM
OpinionJohn Armstrong: Partial backdown shows National has eye on electionHekia Parata or no Hekia Parata in the job, Cabinet ministers had few illusions from the start.18 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandMeeting Nikki: Young, but a 'tough cookie'The Herald met Nikki Kaye in 2013, she was a fresh-faced Cabinet Minister.15 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandDeparting veteran tells of regretLongstanding National MP and former Speaker Lockwood Smith has used his final speech in Parliament to tell of his regret at voting against homosexual law reform.13 Feb 04:30 PM
OpinionMatt McCarten: Real meat ignored for same old Waitangi fareAs you'll know by breathless media reports, the old battle-axe Titewhai Harawira took the country to the brink of disaster just as the Prime Minister and other dignitaries were about to arrive at the lower Waitangi marae.09 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandJohn Armstrong: Warning flashes from a housing nightmareSo coos the sugar-encrusted, but hollow-sounding real estate-speak intent on seducing would-be home buyers and hard-headed investors into succumbing to the charms of life at Hobsonville Pt.01 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandCollins picked husband's friendThe lawyer hand-picked by Minister of Justice Judith Collins for a top state service job is an old friend of her husband, says a private investigator who used to work for both men.01 Feb 04:30 PM
New Zealand'You've just got to make the calls'In between overseas trips, Murray McCully talks to political editor Audrey Young about his hectic year ahead.31 Jan 04:30 PM
New ZealandSpectre of Smith looms over chairCarter takes over as Speaker of the House despite Labour move to install Mallard31 Jan 04:30 PM
OpinionEditorial: Calls to focus on exchange rate should be ignoredTimes are very tough in manufacturing. The global recession has merely contributed an additional woe to a sector whose share of economic activity has been declining for more than two decades.29 Jan 04:30 PM
New ZealandCase highlights border security loopholePolice allege an illegal immigrant living here on a false Australian passport was also able to obtain three other false passports - including two from New Zealand.27 Jan 04:30 PM
New ZealandCollins rejects advice of panelJustice Minister Judith Collins rejected the advice of an independent panel which recommended a woman lawyer for a top state service job and selected her own nominee, despite a plea from the Chief Human Rights Commissioner.25 Jan 04:30 PM
New ZealandMoving quietly up political ladderHe has more combativeness than the sort of bonhomie that endeared predecessors such as Don McKinnon, John Carter and Simon Power to political enemies but is still regarded as a pleasant enough fellow.25 Jan 04:30 PM
KahuRatana choosy who gets the lovePrime Minister John Key was left in little doubt that there was at least one place he wasn't the preferred Prime Minister: at Ratana Pa.24 Jan 04:30 PM
New ZealandHeatley dismisses 'smarmy p****' insultHone Harawira says dumped Cabinet Minister Phil Heatley is a "smarmy p****'' who jokes about the poor, but the Whangarei MP says he takes poverty seriously.24 Jan 01:18 AM
New ZealandHeatley positive about Cabinet dumpingDisappointed but unbowed, Whangarei MP Phil Heatley says his dumping as a Cabinet minister means he will have more time to concentrate on his electorate.22 Jan 09:00 PM
New ZealandChanges aim to rejuvenate face of partyJohn Key's promotion of Simon Bridges, Nikki Kaye, Amy Adams and Jonathan Coleman is designed to rejuvenate and modernise the National Party Cabinet before next year's election.22 Jan 04:30 PM
New ZealandMP keen to make his mark in tradeThe first was being asked to chair the finance and expenditure committee.13 Jan 04:30 PM
