Finance Minister Bill English has acknowledged there is little he can do to stop shares from partial floats of state-owned enterprises ultimately ending up in foreign hands.

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National's Nikki Kaye and Labour's Jacinda Ardern on whether the Government should act to lower the NZ dollar.

We asked Nikki Kaye and Jacinda Ardern - is enough being done by govt to prevent child abuse in NZ?

Labour's Jacinda Ardern and National's Nikki Kaye discuss the partial sell-off of state-owned assets.

National is playing MMP gymnastics at the expense of its little allies and with an eye on the 2014 election.

We asked Labour's Jacinda Ardern and National's Nikki Kaye for their views on whether NZ should have a capital gains tax.