Prime Minister John Key says he had assumed access to parliamentary perks for former MP Taito Phillip Field would be nullified after his conviction.

Former MP Taito Phillip Field is still entitled to travel perks despite being convicted of bribery and corruption.

In 1994 Taito Phillip Field became the first Pacific Islander to be elected to Parliament. Fifteen years later he is facing prison.

Health authorities have issued an alert for all eastern Auckland and Hauraki Gulf beaches after two dogs died and others fell sick.

Taito Phillip Field's stepdaughter says she feels anger towards the Thai people her family helped and accuses Labour of orchestrating a conspiracy.

Former MP Taito Phillip Field has this afternoon been found guilty of 26 of the 35 charges he faced. The jury emerged just after 4pm with their decision.

The chronology of events in the saga of former MP Taito Phillip Field.

Controversy seemed to follow the former MP.

The jury in the Taito Phillip Field trial has retired for a third night without reaching a decision.

Maori activists disrupted the Taito Phillip Field's trial today, saying the High Court was not the right court for the case to be heard in.

As part of our week-long series on smacking, Steve Boyd tells us his story of smacking his daughter's hand at a supermarket.