The Speaker has caved in to pressure to release MPs' spending on travel perks after political parties rebelled.

Phil Goff has released details of his MPs' expenses from July to September, ignoring Lockwood Smith's decision to withhold the information.

John Key and Phil Goff say they want their caucuses to release details of members' use of the MPs' international travel perk.

John Key has come out against Lockwood Smith's move to shield individual MPs' travel expenses from public scrutiny.

MPs are now free to use an international travel perk and keep their individual holidays - subsidised by public money - a complete secret, under new rules revealed by Speaker Lockwood Smith.

Mighty River Power chief executive Doug Heffernan is NZ's highest-paid government employee with a $1.32m package.

Robyn Malcolm had to be escorted by police from an inner city Wellington restaurant last night after being threatened by technical workers worried the Hobbit won't be made in NZ.

Among the 24 state sector CEOs whose performance over the year had been reviewed, six were paid more, five were paid less and 13 stayed the same.

Production of The Hobbit films moving offshore has raised the ire of many Herald readers. We asked where the blame should lie.

At least 15,000 workers from Kaitaia to Bluff attended stop work rallies this in protest against Government workplace changes.

The Ministry of Education says it will not dock the pay of secondary teachers striking this week as a show of good faith.

Anne Tolley says secondary school teachers striking over pay and conditions need to wake up to the economic reality of their situation.