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Claire Trevett: Small parties under pump as polls loom

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.

Charter school 'bullying' claims

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

Claire Trevett: National keeps tax cut card in back pocket

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

Seymour calls for sale of Landcorp

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 Party goes for green vote

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.

Deborah Hill Cone: Self-plagiarism hides poverty of ideas

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.

Audrey Young: Govt's support get up close and personal

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

Act leader coqs it up

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.

National to look at pubs bill

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.

Act Party declare $32,000 in donations from Gibbs

The Act Party has received another big donation from its long-standing backer Alan Gibbs.

Lunch date crucial, says Banks' lawyer

John Banks is hoping the Court of Appeal judges - "some of the country's finest jurists " - will reverse their earlier decision and rule that he should not stand trial for a second time.

John Banks retrial should stand - Crown

The most senior Crown lawyer in the country maintains that while Kim Dotcom's evidence against John Banks has changed since the first trial, the story remains the same in one crucial respect.

Act Party hopeful over charter schools

More charter schools will be opened next year if Act Party leader David Seymour's "quiet confidence" is warranted.

Seymour out to show some Hide with perk attacks

But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks? Is it the dawn of a new Rodney Hide, Perkbuster Extraordinaire?

Peter Dunne wants rethink if Winston Peters wins Northland

Peter Dunne says he would look at revisiting his post-election concessions from the National Party if New Zealand First leader Winston Peters wins the Northland byelection.

John Armstrong: Act tries to unplug life support

Rarely has a political party conference been treated to a speech as brutally frank, writes John Armstrong.

Act wants to end the 'Mexican stand-off'

Act is calling on other parties to allow the public to determine the future of New Zealand's taxpayer-funded superannuation scheme through a series of referendums.

John Armstrong: Only one road open for Act leader: the long haul