Major reforms to the Resource Management Act are finally ready to progress.

Proposed changes to superannuation in New Zealand have inflamed resentment between Baby boomers and younger generations.

The Prime Minister's proposal to lift the retirement age has been rejected by National's likely coalition partners and opponents.

Prime Minister Bill English is being urged to give voters some certainty about whether he plans to change superannuation eligibility.

COMMENT: David Seymour's greatest success is that he is not reviled, writes Audrey Young.

Isaac Davison takes the pulse of the parties to reveal who is in good health and who is a dead man walking.

"If anyone thinks it is going to be safe after this election, then they had better think again," The NZ First leader says.

David Seymour is on a mission to rebuild the Act Party.

Gareth Morgan has accused the Act Party of gunning for his political party by making petty complaints about its election campaign and party rules.

David Seymour has disputed claims charter schools have been inflating their NCEA exam results.

Labour MP Louisa Wall says her proposed law change to legalise assisted dying in New Zealand will not go into the private member's bill ballot.

Property and farming rich listers are among those who have made big donations to National over the past year.

A major inquiry into euthanasia is taking place, but the Govt has already concluded it will not lead to any changes in New Zealand.

Two National MPs' much derided bills dealing with lost property at airports and company annual reports will now be dealt with as part of a wider raft of law reforms to spare Parliament time and money.

Judith Collins will not be drawn on whether police acted illegally when targeting euthanasia advocates.

Police have admitted setting up a drink-drive checkpoint near a euthanasia meeting.

COMMENT: Spring has arrived and National's self-appointed canary is trilling with gleeful abandon. That canary is Act leader David Seymour.

Former National Party leader Don Brash says a new anti-separatist campaign may end up donating to one of his old enemies, New Zealand First leader Winston Peters.

A brief liaison with a man she didn't know cost a young Auckland woman $28 a week off her benefit for two years.

COMMENT: Late phase of election cycle adds further tension to Act and United Future's need to back National while keeping their own supporters happy.

Act Party leader David Seymour is accusing a teachers' union of bullying a state school which offered to share resources with a charter school.

COMMENT: It is not often that the big surprise in a Budget is something that will not be in it at all.

David Seymour used his keynote speech at Act's annual conference in Orakei to call for the sale of the state-owned farmer, worth about $1.6 billion.

Act wants the green vote - arguing its ideology is the best bet to save the environment and the party's proud green history has been ignored.

The self-plagiarist tries to take undeserved credit for the work as new and original when they know the material was derived from a previous source, writes Deborah Hill Cone.

The importance of National's support partners - Act, United Future and the Maori Party - has grown immensely since election night a year ago.

The French coq was possibly not the wisest example Act leader David Seymour could have hauled out to explain why a silver fern need not be on the flag.

The Government says it will consider an urgent change to liquor laws after a proposal to allow pubs to open early for Rugby World Cup games was shot down in Parliament.

Allowing councils to charge rates against Crown-owned properties such as schools should be investigated, most of the country's local authorities believe.

Epsom MP David Seymour says the authority which is planning to ban cars from the summit of Mt Eden has no evidence to support one of its central claims.