David Cunliffe has admitted a trust was used to take donations for his leadership campaign, allowing him to sidestep the obligation to disclose donations.

Labour says it will ensure the Rena owners remove the wrecked container ship if elected to Government.

Labour leader David Cunliffe has confirmed he used a trust to deal with donations to his leadership campaign in last year's run-off for Labour's top job.

Labour leader David Cunliffe used an "agent arrangement" to take donations to his leadership campaign last November.

The economy is not suddenly perfect just because the economic cycle has turned for the better, writes Liam Dann. There is still serious work to be done,

What you see with Matt McCarten is what you get. He's upfront and honest in his beliefs and approach. He is a hard-left, political head-kicker, writes Rodney Hide.

The political world was stunned on Wednesday when David Cunliffe announced me as his chief of staff, writes Matt McCarten.

Matt McCarten, Labour's new chief of staff, will have to find a way to make Cunliffe palatable to the centre without alienating those on the left, writes John Armstrong.

Former TV star Tamati Coffey wants to be Rotorua's next MP, and has been nominated for selection as a candidate for the Labour Party.

Mike Williams, quipped that Cunliffe's choice was either a stroke of brilliance or of lunacy, writes Brian Rudman. Certainly keeping the reins on McCarten is going to be a task for Cunliffe.

McCarten's campaign skills should help draw voters back to Labour in its metropolitan strongholds, writes John Armstrong.

Matt McCarten's appointment as Labour leader David Cunliffe's chief of staff has reawakened a longstanding rift.

The allegations aired under parliamentary privilege by Shane Jones about the "Countdown Shakedown" are ugly in many ways, but not the obvious.

The Commerce Commission has announced it will investigate claims that Countdown and its parent company, Woolworths, are engaging in extortionate behaviour.

The Labour Party is guaranteed one thing in the countdown to this year's general election: there is no danger of David Cunliffe peaking too soon.

Labour's decision to back the fast-tracking of Auckland's $2.86 billion city rail link at this year's general election is the good news.

New Zealanders are switching to cheaper power companies in droves with help from Government-sponsored campaign.

Shane Taurima probably felt he was trying to make New Zealand a better place, even if he went about it the wrong way, as everyone seems to agree, writes Geoff Kemp.

Labour MP Shane Jones has gone into bat for Shane Taurima, saying his chances with Labour should not be written off because of one mistake.

A Labour party candidate in Auckland's first Super City elections will serve five months' community detention for his involvement in New Zealand's first electoral fraud.

TVNZ chief executive Kevin Kenrick says the state broadcaster gave Shane Taurima a journalism-or-politics ultimatum when he was reinstated at TVNZ.

David Cunliffe has probably done enough to avoid Labour suffering too much collateral damage from the Shane Taurima affair, writes John Armstrong.

TVNZ's chief executive Kevin Kenrick says in hindsight it was a mistake to take Shane Taurima back on after Taurima's first attempt to enter politics for Labour.

TVNZ is reviewing all the work Shane Taurima has been involved in for about the past year as allegations of political bias are fired at him by National Party ministers.

The Shane Taurima fiasco will hasten calls for Maori TV to take over TVNZ's Maori and Pacific unit.