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Matt McCarten: Just one MP may call the shots
Maori protocols to be modernised
Parliament's Speaker, David Carter, has sought a review of Maori protocols at Parliament.
Oil-drilling support slipping - poll
There is increased opposition to the Govt's plans for oil, gas and mineral exploration in the latest Herald-DigiPoll survey…
Foreign buyers snapping up NZ land
Sales of land to overseas investors have hit a seven-year high, just as a Herald -DigiPoll survey shows the issue remains…
John Armstrong on politics
You can count on three questions of national and international…
To suddenly talk about tax cuts would send a very…
Obama, John Key play golf in Hawaii
US President Barack Obama chatted with Prime Minister John Key and high-fived Key's son Max during a golf outing in Hawaii…
Last wish granted for dying father
Sir Bob Parker believes his late father waited to see his son's knighthood publicly announced before passing away.
Dotcom beats politicians for pet position
New Zealanders would rather have an internet tycoon feed their cat while they're on holiday than an under-fire mayor and…
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O'Sullivan: Plenty of worries for Key
John Key will probably get in a few more rounds of golf in Maui before he returns to New Zealand to…
A year of downfalls, fiascos and failures
It was a tumultuous and colourful year in politics, littered with downfalls, fiascos and failures, writes Bryce Edwards.
Sex education lagging
Nearly three-quarters of New Zealanders feel that the Roast Busters case showed high school students needed to be taught…
Worries? There's more to come
A year always seems longer when we recall what we were worrying about when it began. Novopay was still in the news in January…
Matt McCarten: Sinners and saints
My political winners and losers for the year. Losers 5. Peter Dunne. The Hypocrite. Always pompous and self-righteous…
Donor trust for mayor under fire
A private investigator has complained to Auckland Council and the Serious Fraud Office about a trust that was the biggest…
Thanks to all the helpers
I took off early for Christmas. These days I have few pressing responsibilities and I took the opportunity. It may not last. I…
Editorial: Time off a chance to take stock
It would be a rare person who ended a year with no regrets. The trick of it is to resist the temptation…
Charge to cycle on public land
One of the operators of the Prime Minister's $50 million cycleway will charge mountain bikers for using public land.
Big problem for both Cunliffes
Labour's David Cunliffe faces a conundrum - how to convince New Zealand voters it's time to break away from the "old economic…
Politicians sitting ducks for cracker jokes
Let us turn our minds to how politicians spent the day and the New Year's resolutions they are pondering in between overs…
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US vessel joins in rescue
A US Coast Guard vessel will attempt to bash through the Antarctic ice trapping Russian research vessel Akademik Shokalskiy…
Best of Political Analysis
Of musical chairs and other absurd carryings-on
The parliamentary year ended yesterday, and so it… More
International Politics
Iron Lady's bouffant kept hairdressers busy
Margaret Thatcher's immaculate hairdo took intensive efforts to perfect when she was British Prime Minister, having it reworked…
Super City
Ex-mayor amazed Brown fitted in affair
One of the most puzzling aspects of the Len Brown scandal is when he found time to cheat on his wife, says former North…
Claire Trevett on politics
Claire Trevett: Beehive Santas rewrite rules on giving out goodies
What seasonal gift giving has shown us is the pecking order among the reindeer that drag Santa around, writes Claire Trevett…
Bryce Edwards on politics
Bryce Edwards: Political roundup: So, who won the asset sales referendum?
There's been a battle over the weekend about how to interpret, sell, and spin the asset sales referendum results, writes…
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Audrey Young: Bennett asset to Nats
To understand Paula Bennett's value to the National Party, you just have to see how much Labour cant stand her.
Matt McCarten on politics
Matt McCarten: Only selflessness can save Brown
What Brown did destroyed his reputation. He may resign after he has had the summer to ponder his options. But I suspect…