Labour leader David Shearer is brushing off a crescendo of calls for him to step down by left-leaning bloggers and commentators, saying it is "nonsense".

David Shearer has been wholly unconvincing - seeming not only to lack a real understanding of the issues, but the conviction of his words, writes Tapu Misa.

As Police Minister, Judith Collins made an ally of the metal crushers, took on the boy racers and won.

The promise to deal with alcopops has been reduced to a provision that will allow a future government to act on them at some unspecified time, writes Claire Trevett.

Labour says it has not taken a position on whether to back the United States proposal for a large reserve in the Antarctic's Ross Sea.

Appeals to patriotism seek to tap the most accommodating of instincts. They can also be the most dangerous of tools. That's why Labour's work restrictions won't work.

The saga of the Ministry of Social Development's failings certainly drew attention away from that ugly wart of what John Key knew and when about Kim Dotcom, writes Claire Trevett.

Housing NZ spent $1.6 million on security firms last year for work which included monitoring about 355 houses which were sitting empty waiting for tenants.

Labour leader David Shearer has refused to comment on reports that his press secretary's partner was the source for apparent GCSB leaks.

Kim Dotcom has issued a call for whistleblowers to leak information about his case to the media in the wake of spy and police blunders.

The GCSB started an investigation into its staff last night after the Labour leader said he'd been leaked information about John Key's knowledge of the Dotcom case.

Labour could learn a lot from the chocolate wars - that bitter contest that played out on the bloody battlefields of the supermarket shelves in 2009, writes Claire Trevett.

A United States judge has allowed the case against Megaupload to proceed after throwing out an appeal from its founder Kim Doctom.

John Tamihere will have to wait until November to find out if the Labour Party will take him back as a member - and it could depend on whether others have objections.

John Key insists he knew nothing about Kim Dotcom before this year, as new evidence reveals his office was told about Dotcom's bid to buy a Coatesville mansion last July.

Thousands of young New Zealanders are leaving for Australia because of a failing job market, says Labour's finance spokesman David Parker.

John Key's explanation of how the illegal spying on Kim Dotcom occurred is wrong in law and could not have happened the way he describes, legal experts say.

Labour is due for a reshuffle toward the end of the year, but one MP is promising she'll resist any attempt to take the edcucation portfolio from her.