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Key's 'cannibalism joke' picked up by global media
International media are having a ball with John Key's Tuhoe "cannibalism joke" and "passive-aggressive" apology.
Key like aunties rushing hui to get to biscuits - elder
'Cabinet is not so different from a marae committee meeting,' Tuhoe representative Tamati Kruger says.
Tuhoe hold emergency talks over Key 'betrayal'
Tuhoe are holding emergency hui to discuss John Key's announcement that iwi ownership of the Urewera National Park is off the negotiating table.
Popularity fears cost Urewera settlement, says Tuhoe
Tuhoe representatives believe they had Cabinet numbers to secure ownership of Te Urewera National Park but say a nervous prime minister acting unilaterally stood in the way.
'No room for separatism in NZ,' says John Key
In defensive mode over National's Maori policy agenda, John Key says separatism has no place in New Zealand.
Tuhoe deal stalls over Urewera park return
National's stack of agreements with the Maori Party may spark Cabinet dissent.
Smoke signals - controlling tobacco
Higher tobacco taxes are a first step to reducing numbers of smokers. Martin Johnston looks at what else could be on the cards.
Beneficiaries and pensioners lose $430m
The Govt has cancelled pumping $430m into superannuation, tax credits and benefits that would have, in effect, been compensation for higher tobacco taxes.
$17 a packet: Parliament socks smokers
A typical pack of 25 cigarettes will cost now $17 after tax hikes were bulldozed through Parliament last night.
Tobacco tax to jump 10pc at midnight
Tobacco tax will jump 10 per cent from midnight, raising the price of a pack of 20 cigarettes by about a dollar to around $11.
Alcohol tax hike among likely reform recommendations
An increase in excise tax is among likely recommendations of a report into alcohol to be released next week, the Bill English says.
PM 'naive in the extreme' over UN declaration - Hide
The PM says the UN declaration on the rights of indigenous people that NZ signed up to overnight will have no practical effect, but Rodney Hide disagrees.