No sympathy for Brexit in Spain
COMMENT: Europeans are not in a mood to help Britain through Brexit, Shane Te Pou finds.
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Liam Dann: Pot and property tax pose double dilemma for PM
Cannabis law and tax policy reform will both test Labour's appetite for electoral risk.
Aids funding cuts stopped ahead of Big Gay Out
Over $200,000 was to be slashed from the NZ Aids Foundation annual budget.
Young: The year of delivering sitting targets
COMMENT: Of all the reviews commissioned last year, one was particularly worthwhile.
What ever happened to David Cunliffe?
Former MPs reveal what they miss, and what they don't, about Parliament.
'Loud, uncouth': Security called to gym stoush involving Police Minister Stuart Nash
Security arrived to quell a "loud" confrontation between Nash and another gym-goer.
Bridges the Merkel, Collins the Trump?
COMMENT: On the eve of Waitangi, will Simon Bridges be the leader we need?
What's that proposed blue-green party about?
Comment: What's that proposed new blue-green party really for?
Elder abuse sentence 'shockingly inadequate'
Grey Power want an Aged Care Commission to be urgently set-up.
Ardern declares 2019 the Year of Delivery
We do not claim perfection, Jacinda Ardern tells MPs at their first meeting of the year.
'Really nervous' Ardern surprised by pregnancy response
'I was really nervous about that announcement – really nervous'
Use of developers for social housing 'short-sighted'
The shift towards developers comes as the wait list for social housing nears 12,000.
KiwiBuild not only weapon in armoury
EDITORIAL: Government has no greater task than to increase home-ownership.
Battle looms to end 'winner and loser' schools
Schools are roughly evenly divided over proposals for a radical shakeup.
Auckland communist's 'seditious' books
Auckland communist grocer convicted over seditious books.
'That doesn't sit right with me': Megan Woods on Southern Response OIA review
Megan Woods is seeking a "please explain" from government insurer Southern Response.
Meet the backbencher: Deborah Russell
Meet one of Labour's rising stars, New Lynn MP Deborah Russell.
Our rest home shame: Death, hunger and expired meds
This summer we look back at the big stories of last year. This is from March.
Ardern, Shipley and Clark and how we made that photo
This summer we look back at the best stories of the year. This is from September.
David Cormack: My list of the best MPs of 2018
Comment: You can't escape 'best of' lists. Here's one for MMP, rather than in FPP style.
Yardley: Cynical cannabis referendum from a Govt soft on crime
COMMENT: Is cannabis referendum bait to woo young people to the ballot box?
Southern Response boss quits amid spying scandal
A damming report into the use of private investigators was issued earlier today.
Political Roundup: The battle for our school system
COMMENT: Competitive school model has created 'too many losers and not enough winners'.
Labour violins play but ovation must wait
COMMENT: Labour governments have one habit that is intensely annoying.
PM plans to change phone number, says thousands of people text her
PM says thousands of people contact her and expect some level of privacy.
Hosking: Grant Robertson's numbers spare Govt's blushes
COMMENT: Finance Minister deserves praise: The economy numbers are good.
Soper: Labour pains - strikes dog Govt in Parliament
Let's hope Labour doesn't bite the hand that feeds them.
John Tamihere: Marking the Government's cards
Three parties trying to negotiate a way forward, a superb display of MMP representation.
Hosking: Winston to the rescue on Labour's ropey union law
COMMENT: The Greens are rabid, Labour's hitched to unions that are nothing but trouble.
Soper: Labour waves the white flag as Winston prunes union power
COMMENT: Labour surrenders flagship policy of giving unions more power in the workplace.
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Govt helping white teens study
COMMENT: Labour's year of free university study is an expensive flop.
Hosking: KiwiBuild scheme is a house of cards
COMMENT: Is it politically wise to continue to insist this is a social assistance scheme?
Bridges says Labour 'woefully underestimated' KiwiBuild
PM says the claim Labour undercosted its KiwiBuild policy by $18 billion is incorrect.
Fees-free money could be better spent
Figures show free tertiary education is not serving any real need.