Changes to the Govt's three strikes justice policy risk breaching NZ's Bill of Rights, the Justice Ministry warns.

The most unpopular features of MMP could be ditched if voters opt to keep the electoral system in the referendum on it at next year's election.

Public support for John Key as Prime Minister has never been so high, according to the latest Herald-DigiPoll survey.

Wait patiently for three months for the real oil in the Budget before passing judgment on the Government.

The Govt's approach to national standards has shifted from benchmarks to help students to performance measures for teachers, the NZ Principals' Federation says.

John Key and Anne Tolley justified a $200,000 taxpayer-funded public relations campaign to sell national standards.

An MP's bill proposing an increase in maximum sentences for animal cruelty offences has earned Govt support.

Animal experts are urging improved education of dog owners form a major part of the Government's review on dog controls.

Prime Minister John Key arrived far too early for the party, but got the present he wanted at the annual Ratana celebrations yesterday.

A first-term National Party MP is seeking cross-party support for a law change for harsher penalties in cases of extreme cruelty to animals.

The PM has left the door open for Labour to work with the Government on a solution to the problematic foreshore and seabed law.

Speaker Lockwood Smith has dethroned Prime Minister as 2009's top parliamentary performer, a newsletter claims.