Labour's Jacinda Ardern has leapfrogged over her leader Andrew Little as preferred PM.

COMMENT: This year is shaping up to be Winston Peters' year, writes Barry Soper.

COMMENT: Will Peters be another Trump or Brexit? writes Toby Manhire.

MPs are expecting furious opposition to proposals on fluoridated drinking water as public hearings kick off this week.

COMMENT: The events of the past week may be a turning point in election year, writes Audrey Young.

Barbara Stewart is hurting after the death of her husband in January.

Extra days off for domestic violence victims is one step closer.

COMMENT: Bill English and team made a hash of announcing the plan to lift the eligibility age for superannuation.

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

No room for the Conservatives or The Opportunities Party at first debate.

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

COMMENT: Andrew Little has made some interesting moves this week.

Labour has opted for NZ First over the Greens in its nomination to the committee which oversees New Zealand's spies.

Labour's Stuart Nash will be up against three or more others in race for seat in Parliament

Prime Minister Bill English is defending the latest increase in net migration and says he is not looking at curbing demand.

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.

Former Prime Minister John Key is consigned to a distant memory as PM Bill English inherits almost all of Key's support in new poll.

Labour and Act say they will back a Green Party proposal to give domestic violence victims up to 10 days' paid leave.

COMMENT: Shane Jones' is set to join New Zealand First but not everyone in the party is holding up the welcome sign.

Among the new targets set by Bill English, police will be attending 98 per cent of burglaries within 48 hours, up from current rates of 86 per cent.

English says NZ First an 'unlikely' choice of governing partner, saying Nats prefer to stick to their present allies.

The Greens and some Labour MPs are calling for a national goal of making Māori language compulsory for all children in state schools.

COMMENT: Gareth Morgan plays with a straight bat, but he needs to adjust his aim, writes Alan Duff.

Labour's visit to Ratana Pa today was a relatively quiet one - the fireworks instead came from Gareth Morgan.

Morgan compared Peters to Don Brash, saying they were "black-and-white facsimiles of each other"; Peters described Morgan as "a thinned-out version of Kim Dotcom".

Labour leader Andrew Little has all but ruled out forming a post-election coalition with the Maori Party or Mana Movement.

Bill English's arrival this afternoon was uneventful compared to his first Ratana visit in 2002 - also the first by a National Party leader.

Labour leader Andrew Little says the Maori Party is "effectively the Maori branch of the National Party."

Labour leader Andrew Little is proposing a new solution to recover bodies in the Pike River coal mine.