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So, my new years resolution is to do even less blogging and even more real journalism (among other places, here ,where I've been workin...

Green MP Jan Logie has highlighted that many families cannot get food grants off WINZ unless they reduce their costs, increase their income...

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Now that David Shearer is Labour leader, one of his top priorities is to win back the Maori vote. Labour has five Maori MPs. Only one holds...

post has been updated Kevin Campbell is the campaign manager for the Conservative Party. Prior to the election he was very happy in using...

Stuff reports Prime Minister John Key is defending the introduction of charter schools under a deal with ACT despite National never campai...

I think this list is a much better list than we had going into the election. It would have given Labour three new list MPs, and three quali...

Don’t you think it is a little strange that, of those who head their political party’s respective lists, one has resigned from his party, a...

Good Increase in Green’s party vote with some good new candidates Peter Dunne winning Ohariu Higher than expected Conservative vote – p...

Well, I have been saying for a while now that Peter Dunne will win Ohariu – and win with an increased majority. Peter Dunne not only won O...

Vote MMP. That is all.

One blogger has encouraged us to advise who we would be voting for this election. I live in the Ohariu electorate. Yes, the electorate...

Act leader Don Brash is calling for the decriminalisation of smacking. He says prohibition of smacking hasn't worked, and policing it...

A Catholic priest is seeking to clear his name after being accused in the Australian parliament of raping a trainee priest 40 years ago. ...

Last month the Minster of Social Development announced that more than 6,700 New Zealanders went off welfare and into work in July 2011. ...

Over the past few weeks there has been an interesting debate in the Australian Parliament over marriage equality. Just to recap, in Septe...

I expect to be hit by a deluge of emails on 9/11 stories overnight, as part of the monitoring I do, but as a journalist have not written an...

The Wellington City Council is to waive and refund thousands of dollars of parking tickets to motorists after wardens and council contractor...

Last week there was a rumour that Phil Goff asked his front bench if he should resign as leader. Goff has denied this and said today ”I thi...

I attended my first political party conference today for two reasons: One it was just down the road from where I live, and Prime Minister Jo...