New ZealandNZ steps up to centre stage at UNForeign Minister Murray McCully wants New Zealand to be "sure-footed" from the outset when it officially begins its term on the UN Security Council tomorrow night.30 Dec 04:00 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Former enemy crucial to Labour's resurrectionMatt McCarten, the former enemy, is now seen as a calm and pragmatic influence in Labour who could play a crucial role in its resurrection, writes Audrey Young.14 Dec 04:00 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Little addresses the future of workLittle must be seen as a potential leader for all, not just narrow left-wing interests, writes Audrey Young, so the guest list was as important as the message.30 Nov 09:12 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Deals crucial only if Key hits troublePrime Minister John Key signed two insurance agreements yesterday in the form of confidence and supply deals with Act and United Future.29 Sep 04:00 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: High noon for Cunliffe, RobertsonIf anybody else in Labour is thinking about putting his or her hat into the leadership contest, they should think again, writes Audrey Young.28 Sep 04:00 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Leaders under the spotlightAudrey Young writes: Sometimes it helps to see your politicians in action in order to judge whether they can be trusted.13 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Policies and people all part of campaignAnything could happen between now and the election in eight weeks. That's what makes election campaigns so exciting.27 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: PM wins friends at risk of making an enemyThe PM has a touch of the Dale Carnegie about him when it comes to international affairs. He knows how to win friends and influence people, writes Audrey Young.22 Jun 05:00 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: NZ foreign policy can depend on the audienceDoes NZ have an independent foreign policy? This week has felt a little bit Yes and No, writes Audrey Young.20 Jun 05:00 PM
New ZealandMcCully: Security Council has failed before, but give it a chance on IraqThe UN Security Council has not always adequately addressed some issues, says Foreign Minister Murray McCully, but it should be given time to show leadership over the Iraq crisis.19 Jun 05:00 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Time to get down to business on tangled trade dealRescuing the deal from a pitiful result is john Key's top priority for the trip, writes Audrey Young. Expecting a gold-standard deal is probably out of the question. But it could be much worse.18 Jun 09:30 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Based on effort we should be a shoo inGetting a seat on the Security Council is not seen by many as a big deal. But it is, writes Audrey Young. And with the deteriorating state of relations among the five permanent members at present, it is an even bigger deal.17 Jun 09:30 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Conviction delay blindsided Act MPAll weekend, Act supporters and friends of the Act Epsom MP were saying John Banks would "do the right thing", writes Audrey Young.08 Jun 07:30 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: A big question hanging over Judith CollinsTo understand the demise of Judith Collins, it helps to understand what a powerful role she has carved out for herself in the National Party.09 May 05:00 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Clouds darken over National as Labour shinesThis has been by far the best week for Labour this year, due in equal parts to the Williamson scandal and Labour's management of an important policy, writes Audrey Young.02 May 05:00 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Lack of judgment as worrying as it is bizarreThere may be an explanation as to why Maurice Williamson's political judgment deserted him to the extent he interfered in a police investigation that cost him his ministerial post.01 May 09:30 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Too many words and not enough ActTiny parties are rarely in the spotlight and rarely get the chance to set the news agenda. Whyte squandered his opportunity, writes Audrey Young.02 Mar 04:30 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Winston Peters resists excellent questionsA bunch of colleagues from the Press Gallery yesterday were showered with a suite of insults by NZ First leader Winston Peters on his way into Parliament, writes Audrey Young.12 Feb 05:45 AM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Has Act got talent?John Boscawen took a risk in holding the meeting, writes Audrey Young. It might have been a miserable turnout but it was a respectable 100. It could have been disrupted by enemies outside the party, or even inside but it wasn't.30 Jan 08:30 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Key: Power-sharing off the tableJohn Key this morning scoffed at speculation that National might consider any power-sharing arrangement with Winston Peters as though it were complete fantasy, writes Audrey Young.28 Jan 02:13 AM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: National accepts the risks in going back to NZ FirstNational's decision to potentially work with Winston Peters and New Zealand First after the next election is not without risk, writes Audrey Young.21 Jan 04:30 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Bennett asset to NatsTo understand Paula Bennett's value to the National Party, you just have to see how much Labour cant stand her.21 Nov 04:30 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Norman's climate change lecture strikes the wrong noteMisery united Parliament yesterday - until politics intervened, writes Audrey Young on Greens co-leader Russel Norman's climate change speech.12 Nov 04:30 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Cunliffe gets a bloody noseCunliffe implied that National's opposition to the policy is because it received big donations from the insurance industry in 2005, writes Audrey Young.05 Nov 04:30 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: PM moves on to next regional talksApec's focus is trade liberalisation, writes Audrey Young. The East Asia Summit focus is wider; leaders will talk about regional questions of the moment, including security issues such as North Korea.08 Oct 04:30 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Mystical Bali missing the magicThe absence of US President Barack Obama from the Apec leaders summit leaves a gaping hole, and a lot of disappointment, if not misery, writes Audrey Young.07 Oct 04:30 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: PM's chance on world stage as 'honest broker'New Zealand really likes being characterised as the firm but fair "honest broker" in matters of world affairs, writes Audrey Young.06 Oct 04:30 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Union, party support bolstered light caucus backingNew Labour leader David Cunliffe received less than a third of the support of caucus when the votes were counted yesterday.15 Sep 05:30 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: A fish out of water whose leadership never took offIt has been a leadership not so much in decline, as never taking off, writes Audrey Young. Shearer was a risk his supporters thought worth taking in 2011.22 Aug 09:30 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Wow factor missing from the conference of bright ideasConference 2013 was meant to be the conference of good ideas. Political editor Audrey Young looks at whether it delivered.11 Aug 05:30 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: At least the office didn't drop into the poolThe <i>Herald</i>'s political editor Audrey Young says the Press Gallery hunts as a pack and panics as a pack during a quake.21 Jul 05:30 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Ball in Key's court to get GCSB bill passedThere are three things John Key could do in the coming week to make the GCSB bill more acceptable than it is now, to the public and others, writes Audrey Young.19 Jul 05:30 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Turmoil on cards for Labour leadershipAt the start of the week, I would have put Shearer's chances of surviving at 80/20. Now they would be closer to 50/50.12 Jul 05:30 PM
