New Zealand First is doing "far better'' among voters than recent polls would suggest, leader Winston Peters says.

National has fallen two points to 43 per cent in the latest Roy Morgan poll.

Two female New Zealand First employees have received payouts after being "bullied" out of their jobs by MP Andrew Williams.

Claims by a political pundit that Labour's Shane Jones is about to jump waka to another political party is just 'mischief', the MP says.

Labour's support has sunk nearly six points and it is polling only 29.5 per cent in the Herald-DigiPoll survey.

New Zealand First wants to limit foreign ownership of residential property, and ban foreign boats and crews from fishing New Zealand waters.

National and the Greens have been major movers in the latest One News Colmar Brunton poll, with National up six points to 51 per cent and the Greens down by five to 8 per cent.

The general manager of the Huka Lodge has denied claims by Winston Peters that the world-famous lodge near Taupo has been sold to Chinese buyers.

Prime Minister John Key has hinted his tip-off about NZ First leader Winston Peter's visits to the Dotcom mansion came from blogger Cameron Slater.

New Zealand First would hold the balance of power if the results of the first major political poll of the year were translated to an election result.

Winston Peters' summer went rather well for him and so has his start to the political year.

If Peters does a deal with National after the election - and he will, for reasons that will become obvious - he will want trophies, writes John Roughan.

The PM's about-turn on working with Peters was utterly predictable, writes John Armstrong.

'A few things have changed.' National could work with Winston Peters' NZ First after this year's election, PM John Key has said - reversing his stance.

National's decision to potentially work with Winston Peters and New Zealand First after the next election is not without risk, writes Audrey Young.

'These were ludicrous, frivolous allegations.' Independent MP Brendan Horan is cleared over allegations he took money from the accounts of his late mother.

Winston Peters says changes to KiwiSaver which would stop it being "a pot of gold’’ for fund managers would be a bottom line in any post election coalition talks.

NZ First Leader Winston Peters says police investigating electoral finance fraud allegations against Act MP John Banks pulled their punches for political reasons.

The focus of NZ First's annual conference this weekend will be about readying the party for an early election next year which Leader Winston Peters believes is more likely than not.

Eight months after his notorious "Wogistan" anti-Muslim rant NZ First MP Richard Prosser says he received more messages of support than of criticism.

Tougher sentences are on the way for criminals who cook up methamphetamine in homes where children are present.

United Future leader Peter Dunne hopes a new investigation will reveal exactly who accessed his email records during the GCSB leak inquiry.

Winston Peters claims the Government co-operated with Fiji's military regime when the SIS "raided" a NZ-based member of Fiji democracy movement.

A night out with Winston Peters.

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters said his concerns about the bill had widened beyond the four he specified in his first reading.