John Key is tipping an unhappy new year for Phil Goff, saying the Labour leader is at risk of being rolled.

Phil Goff has made it clear that it is not up to MP George Hawkins to decide who will replace him in his Manurewa seat.

MP George Hawkins is threatening to force a byelection if the party selects a replacement Manurewa candidate he dislikes.

The Labour Party's finance spokesman, David Cunliffe, raised some eyebrows last Thursday

The parents of tens of thousands of preschoolers can expect to start paying more for early childhood care next year.

Jim Anderton seems to have made it his personal mission to end the life-and-death lottery that working in underground mines has entailed.

The Labour Party has signalled a willingness to allow private capital into state-owned enterprises - at the subsidiary level.

Phil Goff and the wider party can take little heart from the result of the Mana byelection apart from keeping the seat in Labour hands.

Labour's leadership was yesterday putting on a brave face over the party's sharply reduced majority in the weekend's Mana byelection.

John Key says his deal to keep The Hobbit in NZ was far less than what Labour paid for LOTR, but Labour says the PM isn't telling the full story.

The law change that was part of the deal to clinch The Hobbit for New Zealand was still being heatedly debated when Parliament adjourned last night.