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<i>Audrey Young:</i> Labour leadership issue re-ignited

Key hints Epsom seat safe for Hide

John Armstrong: Goff sees chance as wary turns to weary

A new political force to be reckoned with

Broadsides: Help for first-time buyers

Two of Parliament's youngest MPs, Labour's Jacinda Ardern and National's Nikki Kaye, begin a weekly blog for nzherald.co.nz today.

Key defends English's comments on Transtasman wage gap

Prime Minister John Key said at his post cabinet press conference today that the Government was still committed to closing the wage gap with Australia.

Liquor ban call in Christchurch

Trades-training 'sweeteners' quake-zone option

National selects Rimutaka candidate

Deborah Coddington: National must pull the curtain on Hide's Act

Speech ban ends for foreshore bill

Government permits its MPs to comment after attempt to speed up progress on legislation fails

Editorial: Act needs to show it's worth saving

Parties get set to fight foreshore legislation

Legislation that will replace the Foreshore and Seabed Act could become law by the end of the week, and in Parliament today parties opposed to it were preparing to fight it to the last clause.

Hide: We'd raise 'hundreds of billions' by mining national parks

Act leader accuses middle class of stopping projects which create jobs for less well-off.

Harawira to hold meetings for new party from today

'Shame! Dumb! Doh!' - Harawira forgets to vote

Hone Harawira says it was "dumb" and shameful that he forgot to vote on the bill that was the main reason for his break with the Maori Party.